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Voters protest election results; CSOs denounce vilification
Published at
10.02.2021
Country
Georgia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- religious groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
Russia: Thousands arrested, fined, charged in nationwide pro-opposition protests
Published at
10.02.2021
Country
Russia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- protest
- internet restriction
- political interference
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Rights groups: increase in violations in 2020
Published at
10.02.2021
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- protest
- HRD acquitted
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
Australia commits to press freedom reforms, better whistle-blower protection around UN review
Published at
10.02.2021
Country
Australia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- protest
Freedom of expression under the spotlight - yet again
Published at
09.02.2021
Country
Germany
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- environmental rights
- censorship
- protest
- non state actors
Constitutional Court rulings threatens to limit freedom of expression
Published at
09.02.2021
Country
Spain
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
Civil disobedience movement mobilises against Myanmar coup despite net shutdown, arrests
Published at
08.02.2021
Country
Myanmar
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- harassment
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
Presidential decrees could restrict civic space in Haiti as unrest and insecurity grow
Published at
05.02.2021
Country
Haiti
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- killing of protestors
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
Escalation of attacks against independent media and civil society organisations in Venezuela
Published at
05.02.2021
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- office raid
- HRD detained
- protest
- public vilification
- internet restriction
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
Protests disrupted by police, met with excessive force in Nepal as UN reviews its rights record
Published at
05.02.2021
Country
Nepal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Government continues its attack on CSOs
Published at
04.02.2021
Country
Slovenia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- restrictive law
- environmental rights
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest