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Cuba: Government authorities crack down on activists and journalists during the G77+China Summit
Published at
25.10.2023
Country
Cuba
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Climate activist fined for protest action; Quran burnings highlight tensions over freedom of expression
Published at
25.10.2023
Country
Sweden
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- refugees and migrants
- religious groups
- protest
- violent protest
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Afghanistan: Continued raids on and detention of activists, journalists, and crackdown on peaceful protests
Published at
25.10.2023
Country
Afghanistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- self censorship
- protest disruption
- women
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Civic space violations continue in Senegal: protesters killed, HRD and journalists judicially harassed
Published at
24.10.2023
Country
Senegal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Cambodia: Criminalisation of activists and the opposition continues following sham elections and transfer of political power
Published at
23.10.2023
Country
Cambodia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- attack on HRD
- harassment
- travel ban
- negative court ruling
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights
Bangladesh: Government continues targeting activists and criminalising opposition members ahead of UN human rights review
Published at
23.10.2023
Country
Bangladesh
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Venezuela continues to crack down on civic space freedoms
Published at
20.10.2023
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- funding restriction
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
- political interference
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Protestas y represión en Jujuy
Published at
20.10.2023
Country
Argentina
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Journalists punished for reporting on corruption & governance
Published at
20.10.2023
Country
Somaliland
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- journalist detained
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
Journalists arrested, detained
Published at
20.10.2023
Country
Somalia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- censorship
HRD killed, CSOs villified, protests documented
Published at
20.10.2023
Country
South Africa
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- killing of protestors
- censorship
- environmental rights
- land rights