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Thursday 4.10.2018 Solomon Islands - Latest Developments -
New anti-corruption laws protecting whistle blowers and the media passed
In July 2018, the Solomon Islands National Parliament passed the Whistleblowers Protection Act into law effectively protecting complainants of corruption from reprisals against them Read more
Wednesday 25.7.2018 Solomon Islands - Latest Developments -
Civil society in Solomon Islands concerned about limitations in Anti-Corruption Bill
Civil society groups have raised concerns about the long awaited Anti-Corruption Bill which is currently before parliament. They say thatthe Anti-Corruption Bill limits the powers of any investigation to events after the bill is enacted Read more
Friday 20.7.2018 Kenya - Latest Developments -
Kenyan activist disappears ahead of protests while a new cyber crimes law is challenged in court
A Kenyan activist mysteriously disappeared ahead of a planned protest, while a new law on Misuse of computers and cyber crimes has been challenged in Court by Civil society for being restrictive to media freedom. The government has also been accused of threatening and intimidating Human Rights defenders Read more
Thursday 14.6.2018 Liberia - Latest Developments -
President Weah submits bill to repeal certain limitations on free expression
Newspaper Front Page Africa is facing a 1.8 million USD civil defamation lawsuit for publishing an advertisement on land administration back in March. On 9th April, summons were delivered at the newspaper's offices, and court sheriffs temporarily shut down the newspaper and briefly detained seven of the newspaper's journalists. Owner of Front Page Africa Rodney Sieh declared to CPJ that he and the newspaper have been subject to harassment on social media prior to the lawsuit for the newspaper's critical reporting. Read more
Tuesday 24.4.2018 United Kingdom - Latest Developments -
Two important victories for anti-fracking protestors
British police have agreed to a consultation on policing of anti-fracking protests and an oil company climbs down in its attempt to get a blanket ban on all protests. Read more
Wednesday 4.4.2018 Slovenia - Latest Developments -
New NGO law welcomed as challenges to civic space remain
On 23rd March, the Slovenian parliament passed a new NGO law which, for the first time, allows all categories of NGOs to apply for public benefit status. Read more
Tuesday 27.2.2018 United States of America - Latest Developments -
Protests over Congress' inaction on immigration, racial justice and gun control
Several protests and demonstrations took place in several cities in the US, some of them ended in violence and with several protesters arrested, however, most of them remain peaceful. Read more
Tuesday 23.1.2018 Mali - Latest Developments -
Mali - third African country to adopt law on protection of HRDs
On 12th January 2018, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita enacted the Law on Human Rights Defenders (HRDs), which was approved by Mali's parliament on 13th December 2017. The law, initially adopted by the Council of Minister in January 2017, comes after years of persistent advocacy and negotiation by Malian civil society groups. Read more
Friday 8.9.2017 Panama - Latest Developments -
Constant repression of protests in Panama
Freedom of peaceful assembly continue to be undermined in Panama Read more
Wednesday 2.8.2017 Denmark - Latest Developments -
Blasphemy law scrapped as Denmark retains healthy press freedom ranking
Denmark continues to perform well on international press freedom index, although some are concerned about the potential effects of harmful speech blacklists and increased surveillance. Read more
