Maldives elected to UN Human Rights Council despite press freedom concerns, restrictions on protests and impunity Published at 18.11.2022 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protestor(s) detained positive court ruling protest disruption restrictive law Read more
Protesters face judicial harassment while restrictions to freedom of expression persist in Malaysia Published at 17.11.2022 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption harassment labour rights protest criminal defamation restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
University trade unions stage hunger strike; concerns over proposed amendment affecting access to information Published at 16.11.2022 Country Albania Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights censorship labour rights restrictive law Read more
Concerns over anti-rave draft law and death threats towards journalists intensify after far-right wins elections Published at 16.11.2022 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling intimidation harassment protest restrictive law Read more
Spate of arrests spirals, as journalists bear the brunt of war-related reporting Published at 15.11.2022 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid journalist detained bureaucratic restriction harassment HRD detained negative court ruling public vilification Read more
Despite UN scrutiny, activists continue to be criminalised by the new Philippines administration Published at 15.11.2022 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist restrictive law intimidation HRD detained negative court ruling HRD prosecuted criminal defamation Read more
La reforma de la ley mordaza se estanca y la ley de secretos oficiales suscita preocupación Published at 14.11.2022 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women refugees and migrants harassment attack on journalist protest restrictive law censorship Read more
Economic crisis & teachers’ conditions spark mass protests as FIDESZ government continues its battle for EU funds Published at 11.11.2022 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women harassment labour rights protest public vilification prevention of protest censorship non state actors Read more
Mass arrests of activists, restrictive draft laws and widening campaign against ‘’false’’ information Published at 11.11.2022 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling intimidation harassment travel ban HRD detained protest public vilification internet restriction prevention of protest restrictive law HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Bahrain withdraws candidacy for Human Rights Council reportedly in response to sharp criticism on its human rights record Published at 11.11.2022 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained torture/ill-treatment Read more
New military action against Armenia received with opposition Published at 10.11.2022 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained public vilification torture/ill-treatment release of HRDs Read more
CSOs team up to support refugees from Ukraine Published at 10.11.2022 Country Estonia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling positive CS development refugees and migrants protest Read more
