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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Press threatened by far-right extremists, mafia & politicians
Published at
15.09.2022
Country
Italy
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- harassment
- environmental rights
- attack on journalist
- protest
Military junta dissolves FNDC coalition following protests
Published at
15.09.2022
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
Myanmar junta continues to arrest, torture activists despite global outrage around executions
Published at
15.09.2022
Country
Myanmar
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- killing of journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Costa Rica: concerns over stigmatisation of media and government actions to limit access to information
Published at
14.09.2022
Country
Costa Rica
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- access to info. law
- bureaucratic restriction