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Opposition candidates and supporters persecuted, detained ahead of elections
- Published at
- 11.08.2020
- Country
- Belarus
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- protest
- political interference
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- release of HRDs
- HRD prosecuted
Popular Protests: Demonstrators, journalists and human rights defenders killed, attacked & silenced
- Published at
- 07.08.2020
- Country
- Iraq
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD killing
- HRD detained
- protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- protest disruption
- violent protest
- attack on HRD
- attack on journalist
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights highlights continuing human rights violations
- Published at
- 06.08.2020
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD acquitted
- women
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- CSO closure
- harassment
- HRD killing
- HRD threatened
Repression of Liberal Publishing House, journalists and online critics escalates in Vietnam
- Published at
- 30.07.2020
- Country
- Vietnam
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- women
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
Afghan human rights and media workers face attacks while new NGO law threatens civil society
- Published at
- 08.07.2020
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- attack on HRD
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- restrictive law
Critics detained for COVID-19 related remarks
- Published at
- 07.07.2020
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- journalist detained
- CSO closure
- release of HRDs
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- censorship
- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained
Enforced disappearances and arbitrary detentions increase in Venezuela during pandemic
- Published at
- 03.07.2020
- Country
- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- people with disabilities
- non state actors
- youth
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- protest
- enforced disappearance
COVID-19, a pretext to further suppress freedom of expression and association
- Published at
- 22.06.2020
- Country
- Egypt
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- harassment
- protest
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
Journalists in Bangladesh face criminalisation amid the pandemic while critics are silenced
- Published at
- 19.06.2020
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- enforced disappearance
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- surveillance
At least 37 political prisoners in Nicaragua have presented COVID-19 symptoms say CSOs
- Published at
- 15.06.2020
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- non state actors
- harassment
- intimidation
Cuba cracking down on dissent using internet regulation and COVID-19 pretence
- Published at
- 10.06.2020
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- HRD threatened
- harassment
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- HRD prosecuted