WORSENING CLIMATE FOR FREE SPEECH: SPATE OF THREATS AND ATTACKS AGAINST JOURNALISTS AND ACTIVISTS Published at 24.05.2021 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption office raid intimidation harassment HRD detained public vilification enforced disappearance prevention of protest surveillance positive court ruling women positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest restrictive law Read more
Singapore continues to stifle fundamental freedoms despite UN human rights review Published at 24.05.2021 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI harassment HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation prevention of protest restrictive law HRD prosecuted Read more
Protests over women's rights: “There is a war on women.” Published at 21.05.2021 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: women excessive force journalist detained HRD detained labour rights protest Read more
La loi controversée de « sécurité globale » scelle la création d'un état de surveillance généralisée Published at 21.05.2021 Country France Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction women religious groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist restrictive law surveillance Read more
#KilltheBill protests continue amid police violence; Extinction Rebellion co-founder arrested Published at 21.05.2021 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling funding restriction refugees and migrants attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest public vilification extractive industries violent protest restrictive law HRD acquitted people with disabilities protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention; journalists remain under threat Published at 20.05.2021 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women refugees and migrants HRD detained protestor(s) detained labour rights protest Read more
Civil society call for accountability for killing of leading Tongan LGBTIQ+ activist Published at 20.05.2021 Country Tonga Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI HRD killing Read more
World Press Freedom Day in Mexico marked by killing of journalist Published at 20.05.2021 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women refugees and migrants intimidation attack on journalist labour rights internet restriction killing of journalist restrictive law censorship journalist detained non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
Sanctions for protestors, CSOs persecuted and journalists arrested Published at 19.05.2021 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: protest labour rights restrictive law Read more
Cases of hate speech; climate protesters arrested Published at 19.05.2021 Country Norway Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest extractive industries environmental rights protestor(s) detained Read more
Protests against tax reform lead thousands to the streets in Colombia, face brutal police repression Published at 19.05.2021 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption attack on HRD HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation public vilification killing of protestors censorship non state actors women indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest internet restriction sexual assault violent protest protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Crackdown on independent media outlets, lawyers and political activists continues Published at 19.05.2021 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship positive CS development attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling refusal of registration protest internet restriction restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
