Tension between right to protest and COVID-19 measures rises Published at 14.07.2020 Country Netherlands Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
Militarised police continue to use excessive force against protesters Published at 13.07.2020 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protest disruption protestor(s) detained minority groups surveillance positive CS development attack on journalist excessive force protest killing of protestors violent protest non state actors Read more
Honduras enacts new Criminal Code enabling criminalisation of protesters and journalists Published at 13.07.2020 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing internet restriction killing of journalist restrictive law journalist detained women indigenous groups minority groups intimidation harassment non state actors Read more
Police watchdog raises concerns over abusive policing practices at Black Lives Matter protests Published at 13.07.2020 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation protest public vilification restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained people with disabilities non state actors Read more
Court finds German mass surveillance law disregards press freedom, large turnout at BLM protests Published at 09.07.2020 Country Germany Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption protestor(s) detained protest Read more
COVID-19 restrictions affect peaceful assembly, expression Published at 09.07.2020 Country Armenia Category Latest Developments Tags: women positive CS development access to info. law protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Civil society group’s funds seized in the Maldives while women’s rights organisation smeared online Published at 09.07.2020 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure protest protest disruption public vilification Read more
Afghan human rights and media workers face attacks while new NGO law threatens civil society Published at 08.07.2020 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women attack on HRD attack on journalist excessive force protest killing of journalist killing of protestors restrictive law Read more
Indigenous defender killed and others threatened and attacked in Guatemala Published at 07.07.2020 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment attack on journalist HRD killing non state actors extractive industries journalist detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
Critics detained for COVID-19 related remarks Published at 07.07.2020 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption journalist detained CSO closure release of HRDs surveillance HRD detained attack on journalist excessive force protest torture/ill-treatment political interference censorship access to info. law protestor(s) detained Read more
Swedes take protests online as freedom of assembly is further restricted due to pandemic Published at 07.07.2020 Country Sweden Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption protest intimidation Read more
Military forced to admit that journalist Samuel Wazizi died in custody, 10 months after his death Published at 06.07.2020 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protest public vilification killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment political interference censorship journalist detained Read more
