Proposed Foreign Agents Law would expand government control over civil society in Nicaragua Published at 28.09.2020 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained funding restriction women youth intimidation harassment attack on journalist criminal defamation protest sexual assault torture/ill-treatment restrictive law HRD threatened Read more
Protesters arrested, journalists beaten and detained Published at 24.09.2020 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI journalist detained censorship attack on journalist protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Reprimen manifestación por asesinato a manos de la policía y continua la revolución de los girasoles Published at 23.09.2020 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD youth intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained protest internet restriction prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
Hundreds dead after protests, fears over COVID-19 restrictions’ impact on free speech Published at 20.08.2020 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest censorship journalist detained protest disruption release of HRDs surveillance HRD detained excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors protestor(s) detained Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
