Regional ECOWAS Court of Justice rules that 2017 internet shutdowns violated freedom of expression Published at 11.08.2020 Country Togo Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling surveillance Read more
Draft law seeks to reduce funding to CSOs; PM attacks CSOs during pandemic Published at 11.08.2020 Country Czech Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment funding restriction political interference protest restrictive law Read more
Papuan activists prosecuted while critics face judicial harassment and digital attacks Published at 10.08.2020 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women minority groups intimidation harassment surveillance negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Journalist Samira Sabou acquitted, one HRD released while three others linger in prison Published at 08.08.2020 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD acquitted journalist detained positive court ruling HRD prosecuted release of HRDs Read more
Popular Protests: Demonstrators, journalists and human rights defenders killed, attacked & silenced Published at 07.08.2020 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD killing HRD detained protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained killing of journalist killing of protestors protest disruption violent protest attack on HRD attack on journalist Read more
Journalists bear the brunt of repression of expression in Somalia Published at 07.08.2020 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained women release of HRDs attack on journalist negative court ruling criminal defamation killing of journalist restrictive law HRD prosecuted Read more
Disinformation and fake news on the rise during COVID-19 Published at 07.08.2020 Country Croatia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI refugees and migrants protest prevention of protest minority groups harassment attack on journalist labour rights Read more
Refugees in Norway threatened by their home governments; BLM protests draw thousands Published at 07.08.2020 Country Norway Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants protest Read more
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights highlights continuing human rights violations Published at 06.08.2020 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD acquitted women indigenous groups attack on HRD CSO closure harassment HRD killing HRD threatened Read more
Photojournalist Christoff Griffith killed while covering a crime in Barbados Published at 06.08.2020 Country Barbados Category Latest Developments Tags: protest killing of journalist protest disruption minority groups positive CS development Read more
New law to protect against LGBTI discrimination Published at 06.08.2020 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
Malaysian police ramp up persecution of Al Jazeera, journalists and activists to stifle criticism Published at 05.08.2020 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption office raid refugees and migrants women harassment HRD detained criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
