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Despite international scrutiny and criticism, Turkmen authorities restrict civic freedoms
Published at
15.05.2017
Country
Turkmenistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- religious groups
- political interference
- minority groups
- land rights
Immigration and impending elections lead to protests in Bulgaria
Published at
27.04.2017
Country
Bulgaria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- positive court ruling
- refugees and migrants
- religious groups
- environmental rights
Offensive and discriminatory language used against minority groups in the Netherlands
Published at
05.05.2017
Country
Netherlands
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- LGBTI
- religious groups
- minority groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- protestor(s) detained
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
Millions demonstrate against Trump as states plan restrictive protest laws
Published at
31.01.2017
Country
United States of America
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- religious groups
- protest
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
New constitutional amendments - a false hope for democratisation
Published at
06.04.2017
Country
Kazakhstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- office raid
- religious groups
Continued human rights violations in the world's "fastest emptying country"
Published at
28.07.2017
Country
Eritrea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- religious groups
Serbian women in the media face threats, intimidation and harassment
Published at
02.08.2017
Country
Serbia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- political interference
- LGBTI
- women
- religious groups
- intimidation
- HRD threatened
A tentative hope for human rights improvements?
Published at
13.07.2017
Country
Uzbekistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- religious groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- surveillance
- travel ban
Insults, threats and physical attacks against journalists remain a serious concern
Published at
17.07.2017
Country
Croatia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- religious groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
Proposed ban on face veils undermines Norway's free speech ranking
Published at
20.07.2017
Country
Norway
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- LGBTI
- women
- refugees and migrants
- religious groups
- intimidation
- non state actors
Authorities hinder civil society's monitoring and human rights activities in Rakhine
Published at
26.07.2017
Country
Myanmar
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- self censorship
- religious groups
- minority groups
- travel ban
In Bangladesh: Protests undermined, opposition persecuted and HRDs harrassed
Published at
13.06.2017
Country
Bangladesh
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- time,place restrictions
- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
- religious groups
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- killing of journalist
- environmental rights
#IAmMyOwnGuardian activists detained and harassed for defending women's rights
Published at
19.06.2017
Country
Saudi Arabia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- women
- religious groups
- protestor(s) detained
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- travel ban
- negative court ruling
- internet restriction
- environmental rights
Litany of abuses continues, even under Expo-2017 spotlight
Published at
01.08.2017
Country
Kazakhstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- religious groups
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- labour rights
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
Blasphemy law scrapped as Denmark retains healthy press freedom ranking
Published at
02.08.2017
Country
Denmark
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- violent protest
- religious groups
- protest disruption
- enabling law
- surveillance
- protestor(s) detained
Concern over proposed amendments to law on religious freedom
Published at
07.08.2017
Country
Armenia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- torture/ill-treatment
- religious groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- censorship
Wave of arrests in Saudia Arabia
Published at
05.10.2017
Country
Saudi Arabia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- women
- religious groups
- minority groups
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- enforced disappearance
- journalist detained
Crackdown on Christian followers as thousands flee the country
Published at
19.09.2017
Country
Eritrea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- religious groups
- refugees and migrants