Journalists targeted as Claudia Sheinbaum elected Mexico’s first female president; Protest for water rights turns deadly Published at 16.09.2024 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force killing of journalist killing of protestors HRD acquitted HRD prosecuted Read more
DRC resumes executions; civic space restrictions of all sorts Published at 13.09.2024 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption office raid attack on HRD harassment attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling political interference bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Senegal: A tumultuous electoral process with amnesty for perpetrators of violence against protesters; media in dire financial situation Published at 12.09.2024 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction harassment attack on journalist political interference journalist detained Read more
Authorities embark on widespread crackdown ahead of SADC summit Published at 11.09.2024 Country Zimbabwe Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI protest disruption self censorship intimidation HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force protest public vilification torture/ill-treatment restrictive law HRD acquitted censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
At least three Indigenous leaders murdered; Attacks on journalists raise press freedom concerns Published at 05.09.2024 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI indigenous groups attack on HRD office raid attack on journalist HRD detained HRD killing negative court ruling criminal defamation protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Thailand: Opposition party dissolved while activists criminalised and attacked Published at 02.09.2024 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women refugees and migrants HRD killing negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law HRD prosecuted Read more
authorities clamp down on freedoms ahead of local and general elections Published at 31.08.2024 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained journalist detained political interference release of HRDs Read more
Online violence against women, intimidation of journalists foster climate of fear Published at 30.08.2024 Country Libya Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment HRD detained censorship journalist detained surveillance non state actors Read more
Arbitrary arrests; no respite for journalists and political activists Published at 30.08.2024 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD threatened attack on HRD intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained torture/ill-treatment political interference Read more
Police violently disrupt anti-corruption protests Published at 30.08.2024 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Authorities continue to ban sit-ins, meetings and protests against the new controversial Constitution Published at 30.08.2024 Country Togo Category Latest Developments Tags: time,place restrictions censorship prevention of protest Read more
Singapore: New Prime Minister continues policy of silencing dissent by criminalising protesters and harassing critics Published at 29.08.2024 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women harassment protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction HRD prosecuted Read more
