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A Government Minister threatens legal action over defamation as media faces exclusion from tourism events
Published at
17.04.2024
Country
St Kitts and Nevis
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- access to info. law
- intimidation
Prominent Bedoon Rights Defender Mohammed Al-Barghash sentenced to three years in prison with hard labour
Published at
16.04.2024
Country
Kuwait
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- minority groups
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
Japan: Local governments restrict journalists while union members sacked following strike
Published at
16.04.2024
Country
Japan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- labour rights
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
No respite for journalists as restrictions and attacks continue
Published at
15.04.2024
Country
Somalia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- killing of journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
Woman human rights defender, blogger and Wikipedian targeted in Saudi Arabia
Published at
15.04.2024
Country
Saudi Arabia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
Crackdown on Peaceful Assembly and Expression amidst Israel's bombardment in Palestine
Published at
12.04.2024
Country
Israel
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- protest
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
Bangladesh: Criminalisation of activists and crackdown on protests continue following one-sided elections
Published at
12.04.2024
Country
Bangladesh
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- labour rights
- protest
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
Ataques contra comunidades indígenas; al menos nueve detenciones durante las protestas por la falta de agua
Published at
12.04.2024
Country
Costa Rica
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- labour rights
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights
Repression of media continues, more arrests and extended detentions
Published at
12.04.2024
Country
Azerbaijan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- office raid
- HRD detained
- protest
- journalist detained
Journalist Louay Al-Azazi continues to be targeted by all parties to the conflict; women’s movement restricted
Published at
11.04.2024
Country
Yemen
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- release of HRDs
- travel ban
- torture/ill-treatment
- time,place restrictions
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Colombia’s crisis: wave of violence against human rights defenders; Tear gas and stun grenades disrupt peaceful Women’s Day March
Published at
11.04.2024
Country
Colombia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- office raid
- minority groups
- women
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- protest
- public vilification
- killing of journalist
- enabling law
- HRD threatened
- non state actors