Indigenous rights defenders in Peru at grave risk due to interests in community lands Published at 05.06.2018 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained youth HRD killing excessive force environmental rights protest disruption indigenous groups women attack on journalist Read more
Court sentences accomplice in 2011 murder of Dominican journalist Published at 04.06.2018 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women attack on HRD intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist Read more
Calls for legislation to protect human rights defenders as attacks against them persist Published at 04.06.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: youth attack on journalist women restrictive law HRD killing attack on HRD minority groups environmental rights intimidation extractive industries protest land rights Read more
Police disperse protest against the ill-treatment of migrants by Algerian authorities Published at 01.06.2018 Country Mali Category Latest Developments Tags: youth refugees and migrants torture/ill-treatment violent protest attack on journalist excessive force Read more
Human rights defenders face threats and judicial harassment Published at 01.06.2018 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship LGBTI harassment excessive force criminal defamation non state actors censorship HRD threatened HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Civil society to UN: "HRDs are victims of murder, stigmatization, assault, impunity" Published at 01.06.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: women harassment attack on journalist HRD detained labour rights excessive force protest public vilification protestor(s) detained non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
Costa Rica grants asylum to Honduran activist under threat in his native country Published at 01.06.2018 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development Read more
Attacks on civic space continue with threats to dissolve opposition and jailing of judges Published at 31.05.2018 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance political interference bureaucratic restriction negative court ruling excessive force protest Read more
Latvian CSOs continue to navigate relations with the government as civic space narrows Published at 29.05.2018 Country Latvia Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction refugees and migrants Read more
Fidesz landslide heightens concerns for civil society and independent media Published at 29.05.2018 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling prevention of protest CSO closure political interference protest public vilification Read more
Venezuelans facing food shortages encounter danger and excessive force at protests Published at 29.05.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction HRD detained killing of protestors excessive force protest Read more
NGO report highlights different challenges faced by urban and rural HRDs and CSOs Published at 28.05.2018 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing attack on HRD censorship non state actors Read more
