Politician proposes review of National Security Law used to restrict freedom of expression Published at 25.10.2018 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: protest restrictive law women criminal defamation Read more
Repressive laws and tactics used to silence critics as Bangladesh elected to UN Human Rights body Published at 26.10.2018 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: youth surveillance HRD detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Questions grow over police killings, attacks and arrested journalists Published at 29.10.2018 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI protest disruption harassment excessive force protest restrictive law journalist detained Read more
Civil society highlights repressive sedition law in submission to UN Published at 29.10.2018 Country Brunei Darussalam Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law criminal defamation Read more
Turkey's Civic Space Bulletin Published at 30.10.2018 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women CSO closure HRD detained attack on journalist excessive force protest positive court ruling internet restriction prevention of protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Victory for indigenous and environmental groups protesting a controversial pipeline project Published at 30.10.2018 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups refugees and migrants positive court ruling LGBTI religious groups youth labour rights protest restrictive law private sector environmental rights Read more
Despite international scrutiny, Vietnam continues to conduct surveillance, harass and jail activists Published at 25.03.2019 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban criminal defamation enforced disappearance restrictive law time,place restrictions women intimidation harassment surveillance HRD detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Les manifestations de l'opposition tournent au carnage à la veille des élections du 20 décembre Published at 20.12.2018 Country Togo Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest killing of protestors violent protest restrictive law time,place restrictions protestor(s) detained excessive force Read more
Proposed foreign agent law: a "mechanism for crushing civic initiatives" Published at 09.11.2018 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest restrictive law Read more
Civic space under pressure in France - a roundup of the latest developments Published at 11.01.2018 Country France Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling public vilification refugees and migrants CSO closure protest disruption intimidation criminal defamation political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Interview: Civil society activist speaks about situation of civic freedoms in Timor-Leste Published at 05.11.2018 Country Timor-Leste Category Latest Developments Tags: protest restrictive law Read more
Activists fear Rajapaksa’s return to power Published at 05.11.2018 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance violent protest political interference restrictive law censorship protest Read more
France's parliament approves security law eroding civic freedoms Published at 10.10.2017 Country France Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance restrictive law Read more
Police in Hungary are already using a restrictive new law to ban protests Published at 06.11.2018 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest refugees and migrants political interference restrictive law Read more
UN experts alarmed over systematic targeting of civil society Published at 06.11.2018 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship LGBTI women release of HRDs HRD detained enforced disappearance internet restriction torture/ill-treatment Read more
Police charged for unjustified use of violence, as Romanian politicians blame protestors Published at 02.11.2018 Country Romania Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development political interference restrictive law public vilification Read more
Criminal defamation laws used to prosecute online criticism of religion and monarchy Published at 26.03.2019 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups restrictive law harassment negative court ruling criminal defamation censorship protest surveillance public vilification land rights Read more
Judicial harassment against the members of Open Russia movement Published at 27.03.2019 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted harassment restrictive law protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Hong Kong protests met with excessive force as activists suppressed around Tiananmen anniversary Published at 11.07.2019 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment intimidation harassment protestor(s) detained sexual assault travel ban HRD detained women excessive force enforced disappearance censorship internet restriction HRD prosecuted restrictive law environmental rights land rights Read more
Attacks on journalists increasingly connected to government corruption and criminal investigations Published at 13.11.2018 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups refugees and migrants intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist HRD killing protest killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors land rights Read more
