Local residents mobilised in protest over construction project in community Published at 06.02.2018 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force private sector protestor(s) detained labour rights protest public vilification Read more
Laws used to deny trade union registration and workers' right to join a union Published at 06.02.2018 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women political interference restrictive law refusal of registration labour rights protest Read more
Continuous wave of persecution against HRDs and WHRDs Published at 05.02.2018 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained women restrictive law Read more
Qatar praised for human rights reforms as deported human rights defender sentenced to jail Published at 05.02.2018 Country Qatar Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction HRD prosecuted Read more
Banned anti-austerity protests met with arrests and police violence Published at 05.02.2018 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force labour rights protest internet restriction violent protest political interference censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Head of Chechen human rights NGO detained and staff threatened Published at 05.02.2018 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid religious groups intimidation harassment HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights restrictive law HRD threatened Read more
Government curtails freedoms and ignores court order to release its opponents Published at 05.02.2018 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption political interference harassment censorship excessive force Read more
New penal code could threaten civic space in Oman Published at 02.02.2018 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained protestor(s) detained negative court ruling HRD prosecuted restrictive law Read more
Thousands protest over social ills in Iraqi Kurdistan, facing tear gas and live ammunition Published at 02.02.2018 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Journalists and critical voices face harsh crackdown Published at 02.02.2018 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist journalist detained Read more
Attempt to shut down Rappler news site part of efforts to muzzle free expression Published at 01.02.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption indigenous groups attack on HRD HRD killing excessive force protest bureaucratic restriction land rights Read more
Kazakhstan: Strikes, arrests and fears of new restrictions on fundamental freedoms Published at 31.01.2018 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure labour rights protest internet restriction prevention of protest extractive industries restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
