Protests met with detention and disruption, activists detained Published at 30.12.2022 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment HRD detained protest prevention of protest protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
PCCA activist acquitted after 17 month detention Published at 30.12.2022 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD acquitted journalist detained positive court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
Mass protests over fuel prices erupt across the country Published at 30.12.2022 Country Jordan Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction violent protest journalist detained HRD detained protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
Colombia: four journalists killed in the second half of 2022 Published at 30.12.2022 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women indigenous groups attack on HRD religious groups protest disruption minority groups harassment sexual assault HRD killing labour rights protest public vilification killing of journalist violent protest restrictive law HRD threatened non state actors Read more
Argentina: economic crisis leads to recurrent protests Published at 30.12.2022 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force public vilification censorship surveillance non state actors positive court ruling women indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Increasing internet censorship and ongoing persecution of dissenting voices, despite some releases Published at 30.12.2022 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained internet restriction restrictive law HRD threatened Read more
Online activists targeted and brutal killings highlight difficulties Omani women face Published at 30.12.2022 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained women torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted Read more
International community turns a blind eye as Saudi Arabia increases oppression of HRDs and civil society Published at 30.12.2022 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD prosecuted Read more
UAE civil society fears crackdown ahead of COP28 Published at 30.12.2022 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained release of HRDs Read more
Prominent human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja convicted on new charges Published at 30.12.2022 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted Read more
New Law on Foreign Agents could undermine civil society work Published at 30.12.2022 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law Read more
Mexico: women defenders and the families of disappeared persons targeted Published at 30.12.2022 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption indigenous groups women positive CS development attack on journalist HRD killing labour rights excessive force protest public vilification sexual assault violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
