Legitimacy of upcoming elections questioned with crackdown on media and opposition Published at 28.05.2018 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: women negative court ruling excessive force protest prevention of protest restrictive law censorship land rights Read more
Fidesz landslide heightens concerns for civil society and independent media Published at 29.05.2018 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling prevention of protest CSO closure political interference protest public vilification Read more
Police detain and beat protestors demonstrating against new laws Published at 11.06.2018 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained excessive force protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Access to social media restricted for the second time in 2018 Published at 13.06.2018 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship prevention of protest labour rights internet restriction Read more
Security forces use excessive force during protests: one student killed Published at 14.06.2018 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest killing of protestors violent protest youth protest disruption attack on journalist HRD detained protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Opposition figure detained at airport and forcibly deported again Published at 14.06.2018 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI indigenous groups harassment attack on journalist excessive force prevention of protest censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
CSOs and UN Special Rapporteurs concerned over draft Law on Associations Published at 21.06.2018 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained non state actors violent protest protest disruption intimidation restrictive law attack on journalist prevention of protest extractive industries private sector environmental rights Read more
Harsh sentences for 18 opposition protesters Published at 21.06.2018 Country Côte d'Ivoire Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption attack on journalist intimidation labour rights harassment excessive force negative court ruling prevention of protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Journalist detained after complaint of the Minister of Justice Published at 06.08.2018 Country Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption prevention of protest violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
Continued attacks on independent journalists Published at 06.07.2018 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest prevention of protest restrictive law time,place restrictions access to info. law positive court ruling women Read more
Tens of thousands of South Korean women protest against ‘spycam porn’ Published at 21.08.2018 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest women sexual assault torture/ill-treatment protest Read more
Anti-corruption journalist Rafael Marques and Mariano Bras acquitted Published at 09.07.2018 Country Angola Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation prevention of protest protestor(s) detained excessive force protest positive court ruling criminal defamation Read more
Kazakhstan: Closure of independent media and peaceful protests hampered Published at 12.07.2018 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment women prevention of protest religious groups intimidation restrictive law internet restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Hun Sen increases restrictions on media and online expression in Cambodia ahead of elections Published at 20.07.2018 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest restrictive law HRD prosecuted bureaucratic restriction positive court ruling HRD killing HRD acquitted negative court ruling environmental rights criminal defamation internet restriction censorship journalist detained land rights Read more
Government of Liberia Suspends Media Licences Published at 21.08.2018 Country Liberia Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship criminal defamation positive CS development youth prevention of protest protest Read more
Singapore Public Order Act used to restrict or criminalise expression and peaceful assembly Published at 26.07.2018 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI prevention of protest political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction HRD prosecuted criminal defamation Read more
"You are warned": police threaten the public on discussing governance issues in the media and online Published at 27.07.2018 Country Sierra Leone Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained prevention of protest killing of protestors excessive force intimidation Read more
Student wing of ruling party attacking activists, academics and journalists with impunity Published at 02.08.2018 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest censorship protestor(s) detained youth protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation harassment surveillance attack on journalist public vilification enforced disappearance non state actors Read more
Authorities threaten human rights group with legal action for publishing report Published at 04.09.2018 Country Togo Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment prevention of protest intimidation Read more
Thousands participate in the Women's march, while LGBTIQ group loses observer status with the ACHPR Published at 04.09.2018 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest extractive industries violent protest bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained HRD threatened LGBTI protest disruption women intimidation surveillance labour rights protest non state actors Read more
UN fact-finding mission finds serious crimes fuelled by the silencing of critical voices Published at 19.09.2018 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups HRD detained protest criminal defamation prevention of protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
