Thailand: New government continues to criminalise activists for royal defamation and prosecute protesters Published at 31.10.2023 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth women negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Chad: No accountability one year after deadly ‘Black Thursday’ protests; news site temporarily suspended Published at 31.10.2023 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation positive CS development prevention of protest restrictive law censorship Read more
Panama: Widespread protests against the biggest copper mining concession Published at 31.10.2023 Country Panama Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups positive CS development extractive industries access to info. law protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Journalists attacked by political party supporters Published at 31.10.2023 Country Zambia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women attack on journalist protest prevention of protest protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
One month after the start of the Azerbaijani offensive, 20 arrested so far for speaking out against Nagorno-Karabakh war Published at 30.10.2023 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption excessive force labour rights protest internet restriction extractive industries torture/ill-treatment journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Government abandons Bill of Rights Bill, controversial laws on migration, protest and strikes remain Published at 30.10.2023 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants positive CS development travel ban negative court ruling labour rights protest restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
China: Government elected to UN Human Rights Council as it prosecutes and jails human rights defenders and journalists Published at 30.10.2023 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: women minority groups HRD detained torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
General elections: use of excessive force against opposition gathering; journalists attacked Published at 30.10.2023 Country Sierra Leone Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist excessive force non state actors Read more
Cameroon: Newspaper The Post banned Published at 30.10.2023 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI intimidation protest censorship journalist detained Read more
India: Raids on journalists and activists escalate while those reporting on Manipur and Kashmir are silenced Published at 30.10.2023 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption indigenous groups women minority groups intimidation harassment HRD detained enforced disappearance internet restriction extractive industries political interference restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Les violations de l’espace civique se poursuivent: des manifestants tués, des journalistes et des défenseurs des droits de l’homme harcelés par la justice Published at 29.10.2023 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation internet restriction killing of protestors violent protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Concerns about rule of law in France as protests met with brutality Published at 28.10.2023 Country France Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption CSO closure minority groups intimidation religious groups surveillance attack on journalist excessive force labour rights protest public vilification prevention of protest violent protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
