The latest CIVICUS Watch Report shows that in 2015 one or more of the core civil society freedoms – freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, were seriously violated in at least 109 countries. Of the three core civil society freedoms, the freedom of association was most frequently violated. In the Western Balkans region, the report shows that violation of freedom of expression has been recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, violations of freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression have been noted in Macedonia, whereas in Montenegro and Turkey all the three freedoms have been violated during 2015. More information is available here.
Source: Freeassembly.net
