The purge continues: protests turn violent, websites blocked and 4,000 civil servants dismissed Published at 02.05.2017 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship protest disruption CSO closure labour rights excessive force protest internet restriction prevention of protest violent protest time,place restrictions protestor(s) detained Read more
Cuban authorities systematically violate citizens' civic freedoms Published at 09.05.2017 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: women prevention of protest attack on HRD harassment HRD detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Police use excessive force to disperse teachers' protest Published at 11.05.2017 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained labour rights excessive force protest internet restriction prevention of protest censorship access to info. law Read more
Iranian authorities censor media ahead of presidential elections Published at 12.05.2017 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction women prevention of protest travel ban HRD detained protestor(s) detained censorship Read more
Serious threats to women human rights defenders in Nicaragua Published at 22.05.2017 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women attack on HRD harassment excessive force prevention of protest censorship HRD threatened Read more
At least five dead, dozens wounded and hundreds arrested in new wave of protests Published at 24.04.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on journalist protestor(s) detained excessive force protest prevention of protest killing of protestors violent protest non state actors Read more
Police injure and detain protesters during peaceful youth march Published at 26.04.2017 Country Mauritania Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained protest disruption prevention of protest HRD detained excessive force protest Read more
LGBTI activists continue to face harassment in El Salvador Published at 01.05.2017 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI prevention of protest harassment time,place restrictions attack on journalist protest Read more
Russian government continues to prevent protests and suppress dissent Published at 16.05.2017 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist prevention of protest office raid CSO closure protestor(s) detained minority groups religious groups attack on journalist excessive force protest HRD prosecuted Read more
Activist released then detained by police two weeks later Published at 22.03.2017 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained labour rights protest internet restriction positive CS development prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment access to info. law Read more
At least five killed as student protests turn violent Published at 13.04.2017 Country Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest killing of protestors harassment protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist excessive force labour rights violent protest Read more
Kyrgyz president slams HRDs' efforts Published at 03.07.2017 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD threatened environmental rights protest disruption harassment travel ban excessive force criminal defamation public vilification prevention of protest censorship surveillance minority groups attack on journalist negative court ruling internet restriction restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
No improvement on civic space: Myanmar shuns international scrutiny Published at 05.05.2017 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption religious groups travel ban excessive force protest prevention of protest extractive industries violent protest protestor(s) detained land rights private sector non state actors Read more
Nicaraguan activists intimidated and threatened for civic and human rights efforts Published at 27.03.2017 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment excessive force protest public vilification women protest disruption prevention of protest Read more
States consider legislation to limit and control protests Published at 28.03.2017 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance labour rights funding restriction prevention of protest Read more
Disquiet grows over government plans to tighten civil society regulation Published at 31.03.2017 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law bureaucratic restriction prevention of protest protest Read more
Security forces fire on protesters in Baghdad and journalist killed in Mosul Published at 30.03.2017 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest internet restriction prevention of protest killing of protestors killing of journalist time,place restrictions access to info. law Read more
Media outlets taken off the air and freedom of expression threatened in Venezuela Published at 05.04.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest public vilification excessive force protest release of HRDs Read more
One killed as protests erupt over fuel costs and closure of media outlets Published at 12.04.2017 Country Togo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption prevention of protest killing of protestors access to info. law excessive force protest Read more
Hostile conditions for Kenyan journalists ahead of August elections Published at 15.06.2017 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment positive CS development prevention of protest attack on journalist political interference censorship surveillance Read more
Closing space for indigenous activists to protect communities' land rights Published at 04.09.2017 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups women excessive force prevention of protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
