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Hong Kong: Jailing of 45 pro-democracy activists, Stand News editors and critics highlights climate of repression
Published at
28.11.2024
Country
Hong Kong
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- HRD prosecuted
China: Human rights defenders criminalised as well as face harassment, surveillance and transnational repression
Published at
27.11.2024
Country
China
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- transnational repression
- harassment
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
Violence targets journalists and human rights defenders without end
Published at
22.11.2024
Country
Colombia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- self censorship
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- HRD killing
- protest
- public vilification
- internet restriction
- killing of journalist
- enabling law
- HRD threatened
- non state actors
India: Death of human rights defender and continued repression of dissent highlights risks facing activists
Published at
20.11.2024
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- minority groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Turkmenistan: Economic hardship, repression, and targeting of critics at home and abroad
Published at
19.11.2024
Country
Turkmenistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- transnational repression
- travel ban
- internet restriction
- censorship
Killing of activist amidst wave of violence in Chiapas
Published at
18.11.2024
Country
Mexico
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- sexual assault
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- violent protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Nepal: Activists and online critics arrested to stifle dissent as journalists remain at risk
Published at
18.11.2024
Country
Nepal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Parliament votes not to decriminalise assisted abortion; Activists acquitted for 2020 protests over abortion ban
Published at
16.11.2024
Country
Poland
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- labour rights
- protest
- HRD acquitted
- surveillance
Guarani Kaiowá leader killed; a judge sentences ex-cops over Marielle Franco killing
Published at
15.11.2024
Country
Brazil
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- protest
- public vilification
- censorship
- land rights
Expulsan a 135 personas presas políticas y cierran 1500 OSC en un mes
Published at
15.11.2024
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- office raid
- CSO closure
- minority groups
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- religious groups
- attack on journalist
- travel ban
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- censorship
More foreign media outlets banned; enforced disappearances or detention of critical voices
Published at
14.11.2024
Country
Mali
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- transnational repression
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted