Migrants & HRDs remain at risk, service delivery a key protest theme Published at 31.10.2025 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship criminal defamation harassment HRD killing HRD threatened positive court ruling protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification refugees and migrants violent protest Read more
HRDs & LGBTQI+ persons face brutal killings Published at 31.07.2025 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI youth HRD killing protest violent protest restrictive law surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
LGBTQIA+ attacks, student and service delivery protests continue Published at 24.04.2025 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption youth HRD killing excessive force protest violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Activists & Whistle blowers continue to face assassination Published at 31.12.2024 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption sexual assault intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD killing protest extractive industries censorship journalist detained land rights Read more
Service delivery protests held, attacks on HRDs continue Published at 30.04.2024 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption positive CS development labour rights protest violent protest enabling law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
Protests held in Cape Town over Israel's siege on Gaza Published at 30.12.2023 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption positive CS development attack on journalist HRD killing labour rights criminal defamation protest Read more
HRD killed, CSOs villified, protests documented Published at 20.10.2023 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption refugees and migrants intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest public vilification killing of protestors censorship environmental rights land rights Read more
Plight of activists continues to raise concerns as more are killed, attacked Published at 17.05.2023 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth women minority groups intimidation harassment HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation public vilification protest extractive industries protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Worrying trends: Vilification of CSOs and killings of HRDs Published at 30.08.2022 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women refugees and migrants HRD killing public vilification extractive industries land rights non state actors Read more
Anti-xenophobia protest banned, court issues progressive judgment on expression Published at 23.03.2022 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling prevention of protest protest Read more
Highest number of protests recorded, whistle blower and trade unionist killed Published at 17.09.2021 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women HRD killing labour rights protest violent protest enabling law censorship Read more
Protest action results in arrests, looting and killing Published at 20.07.2021 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest political interference protestor(s) detained negative court ruling excessive force protest Read more
