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Costa Rica’s law to regulate strikes jeopardises freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Published at
- 04.02.2020
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- restrictive law
Smear campaign against green activists, anti-protest laws and media restrictions in Australia
- Published at
- 04.02.2020
- Country
- Australia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- environmental rights
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
- public vilification
Journaliste d’investigation condamné à 18 mois de prison
- Published at
- 03.02.2020
- Country
- Benin
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- negative court ruling
- bureaucratic restriction
Public sector employees vow to protest restrictive legislation in Canada
- Published at
- 03.02.2020
- Country
- Canada
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- minority groups
- positive CS development
- labour rights
- protest
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
- environmental rights
Protests against insecurity in eastern DRC: at least 10 killed
- Published at
- 31.01.2020
- Country
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights
Demands for accountability and transparency over measles outbreak in Samoa
- Published at
- 31.01.2020
- Country
- Samoa
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
Investigative journalist sentenced to 18 months in prison
- Published at
- 30.01.2020
- Country
- Benin
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- negative court ruling
- bureaucratic restriction
Jimmy Morales' presidency ends with significant setbacks to freedom of expression in Guatemala
- Published at
- 30.01.2020
- Country
- Guatemala
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- protest
- public vilification
- HRD prosecuted
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- office raid
- release of HRDs
- environmental rights
Liberan a 91 presos políticos mientras personas defensoras de los DD.HH. siguen sufriendo hostilidad
- Published at
- 30.01.2020
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD threatened
- protest disruption
- women
- attack on HRD
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- non state actors
Over 12000 NGOs ordered to stop operations, LGBTIQ community face increasing attacks
- Published at
- 29.01.2020
- Country
- Uganda
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- refusal of registration
- protest
- political interference
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
Worrying depictions of LGBTI community spark concern
- Published at
- 29.01.2020
- Country
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- minority groups
- labour rights
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- excessive force
- protest