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Rights groups and the UN continue to press Laos where civic space remains ‘closed’
- Published at
- 07.01.2021
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- HRD detained
- minority groups
Anti-vaxxer case dismissed while controversial bills passed by Samoan parliament
- Published at
- 06.01.2021
- Country
- Samoa
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
While insisting it’s COVID-19 free, Turkmenistan renews efforts to clamp down on dissent
- Published at
- 22.12.2020
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Closing civic space in Brazil: censorship, harassment and attacks on journalists and activists
- Published at
- 18.12.2020
- Country
- Brazil
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- violent protest
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- political interference
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
- women
- environmental rights
- indigenous groups
- minority groups
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- land rights
Contested legislative elections in Venezuela amid pandemic
- Published at
- 18.12.2020
- Country
- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- office raid
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
- killing of protestors
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Mass protests against reduced budget for social policies in Guatemala
- Published at
- 17.12.2020
- Country
- Guatemala
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- killing of journalist
- attack on journalist
- violent protest
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD killing
- positive court ruling
- excessive force
- women
Encarcelan al rapero Denis Solís y varios artistas inician una huelga de hambre
- Published at
- 16.12.2020
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- surveillance
- attack on HRD
- protest
- intimidation
- journalist detained
- non state actors
- HRD detained
- restrictive law
- attack on journalist
- prevention of protest
- internet restriction
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- youth
- office raid
- censorship
- women
Continúa la polarización tras las elecciones presidenciales en Bolivia
- Published at
- 16.12.2020
- Country
- Bolivia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- protest
- extractive industries
- indigenous groups
- environmental rights
- women
- non state actors
- HRD threatened
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- attack on journalist
- positive court ruling
- self censorship
Laws on Foreign Agents and Cybercrimes restrict civic space further in Nicaragua
- Published at
- 16.12.2020
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- sexual assault
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- self censorship
- LGBTI
- funding restriction
- women
- youth
- intimidation
- censorship
Asesinato de tres reporteros apunta a un contexto cada vez más peligroso para los periodistas
- Published at
- 15.12.2020
- Country
- Mexico
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- intimidation
- excessive force
- refugees and migrants
- funding restriction
- protest disruption
- killing of journalist
- women
- labour rights
- protest
- sexual assault
- youth
- violent protest
- enabling law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Manifestaciones contra las medidas anti-COVID-19 durante la segunda ola
- Published at
- 15.12.2020
- Country
- Spain
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- refugees and migrants
- violent protest
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- negative court ruling
- protest