Discriminatory citizenship law sparks a month of protests in India and brutal response from police Published at 13.01.2020 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force protest internet restriction prevention of protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Despite political change in Nauru, judiciary convicts 2015 protesters Published at 10.01.2020 Country Nauru Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling protest Read more
Activists disappeared or arrested in Pakistan while media faces restrictions and threats Published at 08.01.2020 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation HRD detained excessive force enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Activists, journalists and dissidents detained to prevent protests on International Human Rights Day Published at 07.01.2020 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: women prevention of protest journalist detained religious groups HRD detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Activists criminalised and continuous delegitimisation of press in Brazil Published at 07.01.2020 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women indigenous groups attack on HRD office raid minority groups intimidation attack on journalist HRD detained public vilification political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Brunei authorities convict and sentence critic in absentia for sedition Published at 07.01.2020 Country Brunei Darussalam Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law criminal defamation Read more
Journalists face legal and administrative challenges Published at 07.01.2020 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights enabling law protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Synagogue attack leads to protest and debate on hate speech laws Published at 07.01.2020 Country Germany Category Latest Developments Tags: youth religious groups restrictive law environmental rights labour rights protest non state actors Read more
Journalist detained for four days despite press offences being decriminalised Published at 06.01.2020 Country Gabon Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained Read more
Neo-Nazi’s damage Jewish grave sites, young women call for removal of government’s “Ghetto List” Published at 31.12.2019 Country Denmark Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups non state actors Read more
Kazakhstan: A tightening grip on civil society: ongoing persecution of activists across the country Published at 23.12.2019 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women release of HRDs harassment surveillance HRD detained refusal of registration criminal defamation protest prevention of protest HRD acquitted censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Protests against pulp mill met with excessive force in Uruguay Published at 20.12.2019 Country Uruguay Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protestor(s) detained negative court ruling excessive force protest Read more
