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Amid protests, censorship and persecution of Uyghurs and activists in China, Xi Jinping seeks third term
Published at
01.09.2022
Country
China
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- censorship
- surveillance
- women
- minority groups
- negative court ruling
- protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Government embarks on brutal wave of retaliatory tactics against pro-democracy activists amid political impasse
Published at
30.08.2022
Country
Eswatini
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- attack on HRD
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
Venezuela: Teachers protest for decent wages; killing and detention of HRDs
Published at
25.08.2022
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- labour rights
- protest
- censorship
- non state actors
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights
Nicaragua: closure of CSOs, community radio stations, and television cable channel
Published at
23.08.2022
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- youth
- protest disruption
- office raid
- CSO closure
- harassment
- travel ban
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- women
- indigenous groups
- religious groups
- labour rights
- protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Reports and monitoring missions document extreme repression and violence against activists
Published at
18.08.2022
Country
Iraq
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- positive CS development
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
Ongoing attacks on freedom of expression spark international concern
Published at
17.08.2022
Country
Yemen
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- killing of journalist
- HRD prosecuted
Cuba: todavía se sienten las repercusiones de las manifestaciones multitudinarias de julio de 2021
Published at
16.08.2022
Country
Cuba
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- people with disabilities
CSOs report new wave of oppression against human rights defenders and civil society
Published at
08.08.2022
Country
Iran
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
Cuba: Repercussions of July 2021 mass protests still felt
Published at
08.08.2022
Country
Cuba
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- people with disabilities
Continued repression under new President
Published at
27.07.2022
Country
Turkmenistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- violent protest
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
Arrests, jailing of activists and silencing of dissent in Hong Kong persists despite UN review
Published at
26.07.2022
Country
Hong Kong
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted