Venezuela: draconian NGO Law threatens civil society organisations Published at 06.02.2023 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment labour rights protest prevention of protest restrictive law censorship Read more
Journalists and activists continue to be given long jail sentences on fabricated charges nearly two years on from the illegal coup Published at 31.12.2022 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women surveillance HRD detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Protests met with detention and disruption, activists detained Published at 30.12.2022 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment HRD detained protest prevention of protest protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Increasing internet censorship and ongoing persecution of dissenting voices, despite some releases Published at 30.12.2022 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained internet restriction restrictive law HRD threatened Read more
Online activists targeted and brutal killings highlight difficulties Omani women face Published at 30.12.2022 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained women torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted Read more
International community turns a blind eye as Saudi Arabia increases oppression of HRDs and civil society Published at 30.12.2022 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD prosecuted Read more
UAE civil society fears crackdown ahead of COP28 Published at 30.12.2022 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained release of HRDs Read more
Prominent human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja convicted on new charges Published at 30.12.2022 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted Read more
New Law on Foreign Agents could undermine civil society work Published at 30.12.2022 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law Read more
One year after the coup, civic space violations continue unabated Published at 29.12.2022 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid intimidation harassment HRD detained refusal of registration excessive force enforced disappearance killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction women attack on journalist protest internet restriction sexual assault restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Israeli occupation forces raid, damage and seal offices of several CSOs; Jerusalem born French-Palestinian lawyer exiled to France Published at 27.12.2022 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid attack on HRD CSO closure intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD detained censorship journalist detained Read more
Nicaragua menosprecia los mecanismos internacionales de derechos humanos Published at 20.12.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: women CSO closure release of HRDs harassment HRD detained torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
