Human rights situation still appalling in post-election Turkmenistan Published at 29.03.2017 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs harassment bureaucratic restriction intimidation public vilification HRD killing HRD detained enforced disappearance censorship torture/ill-treatment access to info. law surveillance Read more
Three protesters killed in clashes as court upholds President Park's impeachment Published at 03.04.2017 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors positive court ruling violent protest HRD detained surveillance protest Read more
Foundation Open Society Macedonia: "Civil Society Under Unprecedented Attack" Published at 05.04.2017 Country North Macedonia Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment attack on journalist protest public vilification bureaucratic restriction surveillance Read more
Harassment, detentions and mass surveillance restrict Uzbek citizens' civil and political rights Published at 05.05.2017 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on journalist travel ban time,place restrictions protest disruption release of HRDs journalist detained harassment surveillance 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
HRD killed and journalists attacked by Ugandan People's Defence Forces Published at 27.07.2017 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference censorship positive court ruling LGBTI protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation journalist detained surveillance attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest internet restriction protestor(s) detained Read more
China increases pressure on dissidents ahead of Communist Party Congress Published at 12.10.2017 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants HRD detained protest disruption protest enforced disappearance internet restriction torture/ill-treatment censorship surveillance Read more
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 Read more
North Korea crowned worst in the world for freedom of expression Published at 06.06.2017 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship surveillance torture/ill-treatment Read more
Pipeline protestors met with force by Italian police Published at 24.07.2017 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: protest surveillance protest disruption intimidation censorship attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation access to info. law non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
Canada's ranking worsens on World Press Freedom Index 2017 Published at 08.06.2017 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development surveillance labour rights restrictive law Read more
Undaunted by severe state suppression of peaceful assembly, Venezuelans protest Published at 09.06.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment protest disruption office raid censorship women intimidation harassment surveillance attack on journalist excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Chinese laws further suppress and squeeze out civil society Published at 28.06.2017 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment surveillance excessive force protest public vilification internet restriction restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Burmese civil society fights back against restrictions on freedom of expression Published at 22.06.2017 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained surveillance women attack on HRD intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD detained protest restrictive law HRD acquitted HRD threatened Read more
Mexican government uses spyware against journalists and HRDs Published at 05.07.2017 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist sexual assault intimidation harassment attack on journalist surveillance protest Read more
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 Read more
Protests and arrests as the president mulls amending age limits in constitution Published at 15.09.2017 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption protestor(s) detained attack on journalist prevention of protest surveillance Read more
Civil society reports poor implementation of protection mechanism for HRDs Published at 18.08.2017 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation positive court ruling harassment attack on journalist surveillance protest Read more
Flashy Asiada marred by human rights violations Published at 22.09.2017 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment attack on journalist enforced disappearance internet restriction time,place restrictions censorship surveillance Read more
State under scrutiny for surveillance during G20 Summit Published at 27.09.2017 Country Germany Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance protest Read more
Human rights groups demand release of HRD Ahmed Mansoor Published at 27.09.2017 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance censorship surveillance negative court ruling LGBTI Read more
