Philippines: A year into the Marcos Jr presidency, arbitrary arrests, surveillance, attacks on journalists and enforced disappearances persist Published at 13.07.2023 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained HRD killing excessive force public vilification enforced disappearance killing of journalist surveillance private sector non state actors women indigenous groups attack on journalist labour rights extractive industries restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights youth Read more
Armenia: Protests at home and abroad over Nagorno-Karabakh, lawyers strike over police violence Published at 12.07.2023 Country Armenia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development torture/ill-treatment protest Read more
Mongolia: Involuntary return of dissident back to China, while activists critical of mining projects face harassment Published at 10.07.2023 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants harassment HRD detained labour rights protest extractive industries Read more
In Somalia and Somaliland, no reprieve is in sight for journalists Published at 07.07.2023 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: women religious groups intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD threatened non state actors Read more
Sri Lanka: Despite UN calls to protect civic freedoms, government targets activists and critics and stifles dissent Published at 07.07.2023 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protest disruption women intimidation harassment labour rights excessive force criminal defamation restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Workers strike against bill banning “rioters” from protests; fourteen arrested as activists occupy gas terminal Published at 06.07.2023 Country Belgium Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI negative court ruling labour rights protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Freedom of expression under threat as anti-boycott bill enters Parliament Published at 06.07.2023 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption refugees and migrants surveillance excessive force labour rights protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Dispute continues over gender identity laws, Orthodox Church stages protests Published at 05.07.2023 Country North Macedonia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women religious groups negative court ruling labour rights protest public vilification political interference Read more
Islamophobic discrimination and protests more and more present in Sweden Published at 04.07.2023 Country Sweden Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups protest Read more
Workers protested for better working conditions Published at 03.07.2023 Country Barbados Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest Read more
DRC: Violent repression of opposition protest as Senate adopts law on the protection of human rights defenders Published at 03.07.2023 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption positive CS development attack on journalist excessive force prevention of protest violent protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Attacks and threats against journalists continue Published at 03.07.2023 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups intimidation labour rights protest public vilification internet restriction censorship Read more
