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CIVICUS Monitor finds that worldwide civic space is threatened in 106 countries

Just three percent of people live in countries where the rights to protest, organise and speak out are respected, protected and fulfilled. This is according to the CIVICUS Monitor, which today releases the first-ever global dataset on civic space. CIVICUS also finds that serious civil space violations are taking place in 106 countries - well over half of all UN Member States.
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CIVICUS raises alarm on the continued deterioration of democratic institutions in Venezuela
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CIVICUS article on why governments are scared of the participation revolution
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CIVICUS article on how civic space is backsliding in democracies
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CIVICUS article on how democracy is being undermined by the curtailing of civil rights
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Activists jailed over election protest
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Peaceful commemoration of civil war met with heavy police presence
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ARGENTINA: Outrage at protest over murder of anti-femicide activist
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ARMENIA: Journalist attacked for filming fraudulent activities at polling station
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BAHRAIN: Jailed human rights activist Nabeel Rajab rushed to hospital, put in solitary confinement two days after major surgery
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BELARUS: Journalists face trial for “disobeying police” at protests
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Crackdown against civil society intensifies
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BELIZE: Government to reward teachers who did not take part in strike
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CANADA: Police orders and court decision on journalist a threat to freedom of expression
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CAMEROON: Journalist convicted by military court on terrorism charge
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CHINA: Electronics giant Apple blocks satirical Web TV show
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CHAD: Human rights activists arrested and detained incommunicado
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ECUADOR: New Bill to regulate citizen participation under review
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ETHIOPIA: New charges laid against Zone 9 bloggers
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GERMANY: Social network Bill meant to curb terror will limit online debate
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GUINEA BISSAU: Protestors dispersed, detained over anti-government sentiments
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HUNGARY: Thousands protest peacefully against Bill that would lead to closure of university
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New law threatens NGOs and will hamper access to funding
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HONDURAS: LGBTI activist tortured and strangled amid rising hate crimes
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INDIA: Stringent rules approved to regulate finances of unregistered CSOs

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Excessive force and violence used by police against protestors in Kashmir

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KENYA: Environmental activists face death threats and intimidation

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KUWAIT: Human rights defender threatened after walk to show solidarity with Saudi women

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MACEDONIA: Protestors storm parliament as ethnic tensions flare

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MALDIVES: Regulator imposes hefty fines on TV channel that is critical of the state
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Killing of popular blogger an attack on freedom of expression
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MALI: Journalist sentenced to six months imprisonment for defaming National Assembly President
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MAURITNIA: Police injure peaceful protestors during youth march
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MEXICO: Police kill four indigenous land activists in ongoing disputes
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NICARAGUA: Radio programme taken off air by station owner with no explanation
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Police block canal protest saying it will ‘disturb the peace’
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NIGERIA: Pro-democracy activist arrested for mobilising protest against secret trial
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Police violently disperse protest on service delivery setting dogs and using teargas on protestors
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OMAN: Writer awaits trial for Facebook posts
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PARAGUAY: Protests turn violent over constitutional amendment for presidential re-election
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PAKISTAN: Human rights activist put on legal remand for litany of charges
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SAUDI ARABIA: Human rights activist pleads for protection after he is forced to flee to Qatar

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Activists harassed for taking part in media campaign

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SENEGAL: Massive protests against unfair treatment of opposition parties
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SLOVENIA: Refugees crisis sparks protest
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SOMALIA: Journalist arrested for expressing political views
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SOMALILAND: Journalists jailed for two years for "anti-national activity"
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SOUTH AFRICA: Special Rapporteur says the Gatherings Act Imposes ‘Illegitimate’ restrictions on assemblies
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Journalists challenge government in court over spying law
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SOUTH KOREA: Three protestors killed as court upholds impeachment of president
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SPAIN: Case of student who got suspended for joke a test for free expression limits
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TURKEY: Human rights lawyer convicted for being member of “illegal organisation”
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Over 1000 arrested, bleak outlook after referendum
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Five NGOs closed for “illegal activities”
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UGANDA: Feminist academic and activist detained for criticising the president on Facebook
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UKRAINE: New anti-corruption law will target CSOs
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Pleas to free activist held on speech-related charges
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UNITES STATES OF AMERICA: Special experts call for repeal of protest laws
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VENEZUELA: Five dead, hundreds injured as protests against President escalate
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Journalists covering protests harassed, attacked, and news websites blocked
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ZAMBIA: Pro-government groups storm offices of law society
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ZIMBABWE: Police deny civil society marches in city but allow marches for pro-government groups
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CIVICUS: Keeping up the Pressure: Enhancing the Sustainability of Protest Movements


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BAHAMAS: Civil society registers massive win after Spy Bill is scrapped
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CAMEROON: Internet restored in two Anglophone regions after 93-days of black out
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MALAWI: Tanzanian activists released on suspended sentences for “trespassing”
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OMAN: Newspaper editor-in-chief released from jail after serving sentence over articles published
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PAKISTAN: Education activist appointed UN messenger of peace
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SPAIN: Journalist cleared of all charges in precedent that could change “gag law”
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SUDAN: 3 arrested activists released but no sign of civic space improving
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TUNISIA: Government signs memorandum allowing citizens to file cases directly to African Court
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UNITED NATIONS: Religious NGO receives UN status after years of refusal
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CIVICUS speaks to Aunohita Mojumdar the editor of Himal Southasian, a review magazine of politics and culture based in Nepal and run by the not-for-profit Southasia Trust. She speaks on the suspension of the magazine from publishing and freedom of expression in the region.
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CIVICUS interviews Habiba Al Hinai a human rights defender from Oman who had to leave the country for her own safety. She also elaborates the situation for human rights defenders in Oman.

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CIVICUS speaks to Rosana Palacios Barriga, President of Ecuador’s National Teachers’ Union (UNE). UNE was dissolved by a resolution issued by the Ministry of Education in August 2016.
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CIVICUS speaks to Marco Antonio Gandarillas, Director of the Centre of Information and Documentation Bolivia, a human rights organisation providing information and consulting services. He speaks on the protests gripping the country in recent years, the response of state security forces and the dire situation of environmental activists
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CIVICUS speaks to Koffi Déla Kepomey, the executive director of Concertation Nationale de la Société Civile du Togo concerning the recent closure of a television and radio station by the regulatory authority as well as the torture of a journalist.
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CIVICUS speaks to Fani Karanfilova-Panovska of the Foundation Open Society Macedonia about the closing space for Macedonian civil society where the situation for foreign-funded CSOs in Macedonia has rapidly deteriorated in recent months.
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Editors: Mandeep Tiwana | Teldah Mawarire

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DISCLAIMER: The 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.