Calls for accountability for disappeared activist Sombath Somphone, release of political prisoners as repression of civic space persists in Laos Published at 20.12.2022 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance censorship land rights harassment intimidation Read more
Las autoridades cubanas acosan a periodistas y militantes para obligarlos a abandonar su labor Published at 15.12.2022 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: public vilification internet restriction self censorship LGBTI restrictive law harassment travel ban protest HRD threatened Read more
Repression continues with new wave of protests Published at 15.12.2022 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: women harassment surveillance HRD detained excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted protest disruption Read more
Harassment and criminalisation of activists and journalists in Hong Kong continues unabated Published at 13.12.2022 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Nicaragua in contempt of international human rights mechanisms Published at 08.12.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: women CSO closure release of HRDs harassment HRD detained torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
North Korean authorities have used the pandemic to increase border security and further repress citizens Published at 08.12.2022 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship surveillance Read more
Widespread protests in China met with repression including restrictions, harassment and censorship Published at 05.12.2022 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption prevention of protest harassment censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained excessive force Read more
Cuban authorities harassing journalists and activists to force them to renounce their work Published at 01.12.2022 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban protest public vilification restrictive law HRD threatened self censorship LGBTI harassment internet restriction Read more
Journalists barred from entering parliament to cover election of the President Published at 01.12.2022 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship torture/ill-treatment restrictive law LGBTI Read more
Protests escalate in Afghanistan as frustration with Taliban rule and abuses grow Published at 28.11.2022 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained protest disruption women minority groups intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force protest torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction HRD threatened 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: journalist detained HRD detained bureaucratic restriction negative court ruling public vilification harassment office raid 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
