Malaysia: Bookstores raided, news portal blocked, activists criminalised and sedition law used to stifle dissent Published at 28.11.2023 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: women harassment HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship land rights Read more
Press freedom violations in the run-up to elections Published at 27.11.2023 Country Liberia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship attack on journalist non state actors intimidation Read more
Crackdown on protesters: at least one person killed and several injured Published at 24.11.2023 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups women harassment attack on journalist HRD killing negative court ruling excessive force protest public vilification killing of protestors violent protest protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
26 opposition protesters arrested, sentenced to prison for ‘disturbing public order’ Published at 22.11.2023 Country Côte d'Ivoire Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD release of HRDs harassment protest extractive industries censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Détention de journalists; suspension d’un groupe de médias jusqu’à nouvel ordre pour sa couverture du coup d’état militaire au Niger Published at 20.11.2023 Country Benin Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption censorship journalist detained prevention of protest Read more
South Korea: News organisations being targeted while court strikes down law banning anti-North Korea leafleting Published at 15.11.2023 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI harassment positive CS development negative court ruling labour rights protest Read more
Security forces used excessive force against peaceful protesters Published at 09.11.2023 Country Mozambique Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation excessive force criminal defamation killing of protestors censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Niger: Les violations contre la liberté de la presse s’intensifient après le coup d’état militaire Published at 09.11.2023 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained protest censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Deadly floods spark protests, authorities respond with restrictions Published at 09.11.2023 Country Libya Category Latest Developments Tags: women release of HRDs HRD detained protest internet restriction bureaucratic restriction censorship Read more
Foreign agent style law advances; pressure on media and criminal proceedings against government critics continue Published at 08.11.2023 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI intimidation harassment travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation public vilification internet restriction restrictive law time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted funding restriction Read more
Panamá: manifestaciones generalizadas contra la mayor concesión minera para la explotación de cobre Published at 08.11.2023 Country Panama Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups positive CS development extractive industries access to info. law protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Agents of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services detained journalists Published at 08.11.2023 Country Botswana Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained Read more
