Declining civic freedoms as teachers’ union continuously targeted; internet freedom restricted Published at 19.11.2021 Country Jordan Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction prevention of protest censorship intimidation positive CS development protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Prominent human rights organisation ceases operation as violations continue Published at 16.06.2022 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: youth CSO closure intimidation harassment positive CS development restrictive law censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Chile: journalist Francisca Sandoval dies after being shot when covering protest Published at 09.06.2022 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women indigenous groups positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest killing of journalist enabling law environmental rights non state actors Read more
Paraguay: Violent evictions affect land rights defenders Published at 21.07.2022 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups environmental rights protest positive CS development HRD detained criminal defamation land rights Read more
Haiti: journalist released after 20 days in captivity Published at 15.08.2022 Country Haiti Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development attack on journalist HRD threatened protest non state actors Read more
Restrictive legislation, criminal cases against the media & bans on protests on Ukraine Published at 18.05.2022 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid intimidation harassment positive CS development surveillance negative court ruling protest public vilification prevention of protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Brazil: environmental and land defenders killed, journalists attacked and pandemic data blackout Published at 18.01.2022 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: youth attack on HRD harassment HRD killing criminal defamation non state actors women indigenous groups minority groups positive CS development attack on journalist protest internet restriction restrictive law enabling law HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Belize: Libel and Defamation Act to be repealed and replaced with new legislation Published at 24.01.2022 Country Belize Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development criminal defamation Read more
Outrage as five journalists killed in Mexico in early 2022 Published at 22.02.2022 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women refugees and migrants intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest killing of journalist non state actors Read more
Ongoing violations on civic freedoms at Poland/Belarus border; further threats to LGBTQI+ rights Published at 21.01.2022 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption office raid intimidation harassment criminal defamation bureaucratic restriction censorship access to info. law surveillance non state actors positive court ruling LGBTI women refugees and migrants positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling protest political interference restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Police brutality a continuing cause for concern in Lesotho Published at 21.12.2022 Country Lesotho Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid CSO closure intimidation harassment positive CS development release of HRDs protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment journalist detained Read more
Paraguay: Protests for land rights amid wave of forced evictions Published at 26.01.2022 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups intimidation positive CS development labour rights protest restrictive law environmental rights land rights Read more
Journalists and activists remain at risk in the Philippines as election looms Published at 03.02.2022 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist HRD detained HRD killing criminal defamation positive CS development Read more
Manifestaciones por el derecho a la tierra en medio de una oleada de desalojos forzosos Published at 02.02.2022 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups intimidation positive CS development labour rights protest restrictive law environmental rights land rights Read more
Concerns remain over parliamentary discretionary spending of protection money Published at 01.11.2021 Country Estonia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development protest Read more
Nieustające naruszenia wolności obywatelskich na granicy polsko-białoruskiej Published at 08.02.2022 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption office raid intimidation harassment criminal defamation bureaucratic restriction censorship access to info. law surveillance non state actors positive court ruling LGBTI women refugees and migrants positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling protest political interference restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Jair Bolsonaro’s first 100 days in office demonstrate Brazilian president’s disregard for pluralism Published at 13.05.2019 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups restrictive law intimidation positive CS development access to info. law protest Read more
Brazil’s civic space in dispute amid democratic backsliding Published at 19.08.2021 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation censorship positive court ruling women indigenous groups release of HRDs positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling protest enabling law HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Brasil: espaço cívico em disputa em meio ao retrocesso democrático Published at 23.08.2021 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation censorship positive court ruling women indigenous groups release of HRDs positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling protest enabling law HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Indignación por el asesinato de cinco periodistas a principios de 2022 Published at 15.03.2022 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women refugees and migrants intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest killing of journalist non state actors Read more
Colombia: surveillance of civil society and detention of protest leaders Published at 02.03.2022 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained HRD killing criminal defamation surveillance non state actors women indigenous groups release of HRDs positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest enabling law protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights self censorship youth Read more
