Indigenous rights defenders in Peru at grave risk due to interests in community lands Published at 05.06.2018 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption indigenous groups women attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Calls for legislation to protect human rights defenders as attacks against them persist Published at 04.06.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women attack on HRD minority groups intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing protest extractive industries restrictive law environmental rights land rights Read more
Police disperse protest against the ill-treatment of migrants by Algerian authorities Published at 01.06.2018 Country Mali Category Latest Developments Tags: youth refugees and migrants torture/ill-treatment violent protest attack on journalist excessive force Read more
Human rights defenders face threats and judicial harassment Published at 01.06.2018 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship LGBTI harassment excessive force criminal defamation non state actors censorship HRD threatened HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Civil society to UN: "HRDs are victims of murder, stigmatization, assault, impunity" Published at 01.06.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: women harassment attack on journalist HRD detained labour rights excessive force protest public vilification protestor(s) detained non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
NGO report highlights different challenges faced by urban and rural HRDs and CSOs Published at 28.05.2018 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD killing attack on HRD non state actors Read more
Legitimacy of upcoming elections questioned with crackdown on media and opposition Published at 28.05.2018 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: women negative court ruling excessive force protest prevention of protest restrictive law censorship land rights Read more
Environmental protesters in Tamil Nadu shot dead Published at 25.05.2018 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption excessive force internet restriction killing of protestors extractive industries violent protest private sector protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
More HRDs murdered: 3 killed in 5 days as civil society calls for better protection mechanisms Published at 25.05.2018 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups attack on HRD HRD killing protest public vilification killing of journalist HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Positive civic space developments: some activists hopeful, some still wary Published at 25.05.2018 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption women positive CS development negative court ruling protest prevention of protest extractive industries violent protest people with disabilities private sector Read more
Human rights advocates challenge new law restricting online content Published at 21.05.2018 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling internet restriction prevention of protest political interference restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Thai junta continues repression nearly four years after coup Published at 17.05.2018 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship environmental rights private sector protest positive CS development HRD detained criminal defamation Read more
