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North Korea: Laws used to crack down on access to foreign media and mobile phones with harsh punishments
Published at
26.09.2024
Country
North Korea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- surveillance

Reports of multiple grave violations of freedom of expression and freedom of assembly
Published at
20.09.2024
Country
Iraq
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- killing of journalist
- censorship
- positive court ruling
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- youth

Targeting of government critics unabating
Published at
09.09.2024
Country
Egypt
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- HRD detained
- political interference
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted

Afghanistan: Activists and journalists face arrest, detention, torture and new morality law, three years after the Taliban takeover
Published at
04.09.2024
Country
Afghanistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained

Concerns over mistreatment of detained HRDs, prolonged hunger strikes
Published at
02.09.2024
Country
Saudi Arabia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- sexual assault
- negative court ruling
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted

Journalist disappeared after raid as repression intensifies in Nicaragua
Published at
02.08.2024
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- CSO closure
- religious groups
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained

Abu Dhabi Federal Appeals Court convicts at least 44 defendants following mass trial
Published at
01.08.2024
Country
United Arab Emirates
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- HRD acquitted
- HRD prosecuted

Reports highlight continuing hostile conditions for critics, HRDs & journalists
Published at
31.07.2024
Country
Ethiopia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- HRD threatened
- women
- release of HRDs
- intimidation
- sexual assault
- enabling law

reports highlight role of global technology intermediaries in systematic violation of Palestinians' rights online
Published at
31.07.2024
Country
Occupied Palestinian Territories
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- killing of journalist
- censorship
Arbitrary arrests and imprisonment; no respite for HRDs, journalists
Published at
31.07.2024
Country
Yemen
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- enforced disappearance
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted

Further tightening of restrictions on “undesirable” organisations
Published at
30.07.2024
Country
Russia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- protest