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Arbitrary travel restrictions, harassment of activists and targeting of journalists in India
Published at
15.04.2022
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- travel ban
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Authorities harass and squeeze funding of NGOs while activists, journalists targeted in India
Published at
28.02.2022
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- protest disruption
- office raid
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- surveillance
- non state actors
- women
- minority groups
- protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights
Increasing use of draconian UAPA and other repressive laws to stifle dissent in India
Published at
02.12.2021
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- journalist detained
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- protest
Indian government snooping row sparks outrage as restrictions on civic freedoms persist
Published at
15.09.2021
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- protest disruption
- surveillance
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- protest
Death of Fr Swamy and increasing online restrictions highlights risk facing activists in India
Published at
09.07.2021
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- women
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- HRD killing
- land rights
Indian authorities continue to stifle dissent and persecute activists despite pandemic surge
Published at
04.05.2021
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- protest
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD threatened
Indian authorities target activists, journalists as they suppress support for the farmers’ protests
Published at
24.02.2021
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- women
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Persecution of activists, raids in Kashmir and increasing restrictions on foreign funding in India
Published at
12.01.2021
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- office raid
- journalist detained
- CSO closure
- restrictive law
- HRD detained
- protest
Activists, academics and journalists in India face judicial harassment despite pandemic
Published at
16.09.2020
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- internet restriction
- sexual assault
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
In India the situation of activists and journalists remains precarious under the COVID-19 lockdown
Published at
06.05.2020
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- refugees and migrants
- harassment
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Civil society calls on authorities to address police inaction and hate speech around Delhi violence
Published at
28.02.2020
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- religious groups
- minority groups
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained