ARGENTINA: Press freedom under threat as government gives amnesty to tax dodgers Read more
BAHRAIN: Human rights defender forced to flee country after lengthy detention Read more
Human rights defender hospitalised after 15 days in solitary confinement Read more
BANGLADESH: NGOs condemn declining free expression environment Read more
BRAZIL: Human rights defender working against dam constructions found murdered Read more
CAMBODIA: Bail denied for human rights defenders detained on ‘bribery and corruption’ charges Read more
CUBA: Human rights activist receives anonymous death threats on email and telephone Read more
EGYPT: Two journalists sentenced to death for ‘leaking state secrets’ Read more
Woman human rights defender barred from travelling to feminist conference Read more
Assets of head of civil society organisation frozen in investigation on foreign funding of NGOs Read more
ERITREA: Journalist held for 15 years still not charged but government says he is alive Read more
GUATEMALA: Activist working to attain legal status for victims in land disputes murdered Read more
Radio host critical of local government assassinated Read more
Top member of workers union shot and killed in city in drive-by assassination Read more
HONDURAS: LGBTI activist and anti-violence campaigner who was missing now found murdered Read more
Civil society activists taking part in transparency initiatives harassed and intimidated Read more
Students occupy universities in protests demanding transparency on use of funds Read more
INDIA: Another NGO’s licence cancelled for using foreign funding Read more
Human rights lawyer’s organisation suspended for six months for violating foreign funding law Read more
NGOs put on government watch list unable to receive funding Read more
IRAN: Court upholds 19-year sentence against student human rights defender for ‘insult’ Read more
JORDAN: State orders media not to report killing of intelligence officer Read more
KAZAKHSTAN: Activists arrested after land protests Read more
KENYA: Human rights lawyer who laid charge against police found dead Read more
Government bans protest against electoral commission Read more
KUWAIT: Human rights defender beaten by police as sentence reduced Read more
KYRGYZSTAN: Court dismisses slander case against human rights defenders Read more
LAOS: Crackdown on social media activists as “offenders” are publicly paraded Read more
MAURITANIA: Draft law threatens freedom of assembly and association Read more
MEXICO: Nine dead after police violently disperse teacher’s union strike Read more
MOROCCO: Journalists on trial for running training on citizen journalism Read more
NICARAGUA: Six environmental activists deported on charge of ‘handling explosives’ Read more
NIGER: Social media activist sentenced to six months for Facebook comment Read more
‘Hostile’ journalist banned from covering news in the country Read more
OMAN: Court upholds three year jail term for online activist Read more
RUSSIA: President amends NGO law despite international protest Read more
Rights activist faces charges for not complying with foreign agents law Read more
Saudi Arabia: Eight-year prison sentence for human rights defender Read more
SOUTH KOREA: State asks for 8-year sentence against trade unionist for illegal rally Read more
SUDAN: Intelligence agent’s raid home of NGO director Read more
SYRIA: Second attempt to kill journalist and rights defender Read more
THAILAND: Human rights defenders charged for criminal defamation and computer crimes Read more
TURKEY: Journalists, activists jailed for taking part in solidarity march Read more
Human rights lawyers further remanded in custody Read more
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Journalist reporting on human trafficking found murdered Read more
VENEZUELA: Journalists attacked, equipment stolen and police delete footage in protest Read more
Venezuelan Supreme Court bans media from publishing lynching videos because they create “anxiety” Read more
ZAMBIA: Closure of biggest daily independent newspaper a worry for freedom of expression Read more
East
and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project: Exiled in Limbo:
Support Mechanisms for Human Rights Defenders in Exile in Kenya,
Uganda, and Rwanda
Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of
the right to freedom of opinion and expression on the topic of ‘freedom
of expression, states and the private sector in the digital age’
ANGOLA: Court orders conditional release of 17 activists Read more
BURKINA FASO: African Court awards journalist financial damages in first ruling on freedom of expression Read more
GHANA: Human rights court fines two people for 2014 assault of journalists Read more
HONDURAS: Activists set free after failed case of illegal demonstration and property destruction Read more
HONG KONG: Four activists acquitted over 2014 charge of obstructing police during a protest Read more
KENYA: Court protects Human Rights Commission from deregistration and asset freeze Read more
SUDAN: Arrested students who protested university relocation released Read more
SOMALILAND: Human Rights lawyer’s license to practise reinstated Read more
CIVICUS
speaks to Phyllis Omido, a Kenyan grassroots environmental activist
about the challenges faced by activists for environmental rights in the
country. Read more
CIVICUS
speaks to Diana Vegas, the vice-president of Sinergia, a Venezuelan
organisation that aims at expanding spaces for citizen participation,
providing a space for civil society articulation and strengthening
civil society. Read more
CIVICUS
speaks to Camila Rojas, a public administration student and the
president of the biggest student federation in Chile, that of the
University of Chile, about the environment for activism and the reasons
why protests usually turn violent and are repressed in the country Read more
CIVICUS
speaks to Lae-goon Park, director general of Human Rights Center and a
steering committee member of Coalition 4.16 on the Sewol Ferry
Disaster, about the environment for civil society and the on-going mass
protest movement in South Korea. Read more
In
light of the recent crackdown on students protesting peacefully in
Sudan, attacks on civil society organisations and judicial persecution
of human rights defenders, CIVICUS speaks to a Sudanese human rights
defender, who asked to remain anonymous, to shed light on the
challenging environment in which civil society operates. Read moree
In
this anonymous interview with CIVICUS, a Tunisian activist who works
for an LGBTI organisation speaks about the conditions for LGBT
activists and organisations in Tunisia. Read more
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views expressed in this bulletin are a reflection of those contained in
the original reports to which they are linked here, and are not
necessarily those of CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation.