Saudi civil society at serious risk as global energy crisis leads US and others to abandon human rights commitments Published at 23.09.2022 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship HRD detained torture/ill-treatment Read more
The Qatari Authorities Target Peaceful Human Rights Defenders at Home and Abroad Published at 23.09.2022 Country Qatar Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption refugees and migrants travel ban labour rights protest enforced disappearance HRD prosecuted Read more
Human Rights Defenders, Journalists and other Civil Society Activists Targeted with Arbitrary Arrests Published at 23.09.2022 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD prosecuted religious groups Read more
The UAE continues to arbitrarily detain prisoners of conscience well past completion of their sentences Published at 23.09.2022 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD acquitted HRD detained Read more
Crackdown on activists and protests persist in Indonesia while draft criminal code revisions could further curtail dissent Published at 23.09.2022 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups intimidation harassment surveillance attack on journalist negative court ruling restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Honduras: HRDs criminalised while changes to protection system spark concern Published at 22.09.2022 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women indigenous groups minority groups harassment protest political interference censorship non state actors HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
La junte militaire dissout la coalition FNDC à la suite des manifestations Published at 22.09.2022 Country Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption CSO closure intimidation attack on journalist excessive force killing of protestors violent protest protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
On the watchlist: LGBTQI+ EuroPride goes ahead at the last minute as journalists and LGBTQI+ activists attacked Published at 22.09.2022 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI attack on HRD harassment attack on journalist protest public vilification violent protest protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Lack of accountability for ‘’Bloody January’’ events & persecution of critics undermine pledged modernisation Published at 21.09.2022 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Civil society urges the UN to reject Vietnam’s bid for the Human Rights Council as it continues to arrest and jail activists Published at 21.09.2022 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Deadly year for journalists in Mexico Published at 20.09.2022 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups women intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist release of HRDs labour rights protest killing of journalist prevention of protest sexual assault HRD acquitted non state actors Read more
Japan introduces tougher penalties for defamation, court ruling a setback for LGBTQI+ rights Published at 19.09.2022 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law LGBTI negative court ruling protest Read more
