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
Bolivia: coca growers’ protests marked by violence and use of excessive force Published at 15.09.2022 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment attack on journalist excessive force violent protest bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
A win for environmental rights activists; threats against journalists Published at 15.09.2022 Country Bosnia & Herzegovina Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment positive CS development excessive force protest censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
