CoI mandate extended; Iwacu four are released Published at 10.02.2021 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained CSO closure protest release of HRDs Read more
La Voix de Djibouti recognised for their journalism, but attacked by President Guelleh Published at 10.02.2021 Country Djibouti Category Latest Developments Tags: public vilification Read more
Movimientos feministas argentinos celebran la aprobación de la ley del aborto legal Published at 10.02.2021 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: women harassment positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling protest HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Kizito Mihigo named as the first artist to receive prestigious human rights award posthumously Published at 10.02.2021 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Concern for violations against journalists in South Sudan ahead of the 2021 election Published at 10.02.2021 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights journalist detained labour rights extractive industries attack on HRD torture/ill-treatment protest Read more
Voters protest election results; CSOs denounce vilification Published at 10.02.2021 Country Georgia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption religious groups intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest public vilification censorship protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
Russia: Thousands arrested, fined, charged in nationwide pro-opposition protests Published at 10.02.2021 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment funding restriction bureaucratic restriction protest disruption HRD detained public vilification intimidation torture/ill-treatment excessive force censorship attack on journalist negative court ruling protest internet restriction political interference restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Rights groups: increase in violations in 2020 Published at 10.02.2021 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest HRD acquitted journalist detained HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Australia commits to press freedom reforms, better whistle-blower protection around UN review Published at 10.02.2021 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted positive court ruling restrictive law bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Freedom of expression under the spotlight - yet again Published at 09.02.2021 Country Germany Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights censorship protest non state actors protest disruption intimidation Read more
Constitutional Court rulings threatens to limit freedom of expression Published at 09.02.2021 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship negative court ruling labour rights protest Read more
Civil disobedience movement mobilises against Myanmar coup despite net shutdown, arrests Published at 08.02.2021 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction restrictive law censorship youth protest disruption harassment surveillance attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest protestor(s) detained Read more
