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UN condemns North Korea for denial of freedoms through ‘absolute monopoly on information’
- Published at
- 21.09.2020
- Country
- North Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- surveillance
- harassment
- censorship
- women
- torture/ill-treatment
Protest against police killing suppressed in Cuba and Sunflower Uprising proceeds despite repression
- Published at
- 17.09.2020
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- intimidation
- women
- attack on HRD
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
Wave of protests prompts growing pressure on activists as government continues COVID-19 denial
- Published at
- 17.09.2020
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- censorship
- youth
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- protestor(s) detained
Journalists under constant attack; four journalists sentenced to death after grossly unfair trial
- Published at
- 09.09.2020
- Country
- Yemen
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- release of HRDs
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- journalist detained
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
Suppression of journalists and activists by Bangladesh ruling party and supporters intensifying
- Published at
- 09.09.2020
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- youth
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
Lao activist Muay in jail for nearly a year while still no justice for 2018 dam collapse
- Published at
- 02.09.2020
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- environmental rights
- land rights
Concerns about increased use of death penalty and judicial harassment to crack down on civic space
- Published at
- 31.08.2020
- Country
- Iran
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- women
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
Mass protests follow disputed election results
- Published at
- 20.08.2020
- Country
- Belarus
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- travel ban
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- violent protest
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
Human rights lawyer imprisoned for tweet, Nabeel Rajab conditionally released from prison
- Published at
- 14.08.2020
- Country
- Bahrain
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- release of HRDs
Activists & women human rights defenders continue to face reprisals
- Published at
- 14.08.2020
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD detained
- LGBTI
Myanmar activists protesting internet ban criminalised while attacks against Rohingya continue
- Published at
- 13.08.2020
- Country
- Myanmar
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- minority groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- non state actors