Journalists face difficult civic space environment Published at 13.10.2023 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment positive CS development HRD threatened intimidation Read more
CSO members sentenced for LGBTQI+ related charges Published at 13.10.2023 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI HRD prosecuted Read more
Sri Lanka: Journalists and activists targeted, protests stifled and new restrictive laws proposed Published at 13.10.2023 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained surveillance Read more
Philippines: Activists face judicial harassment, abductions and being designated as terrorists Published at 11.10.2023 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth women intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD killing labour rights protest public vilification enforced disappearance restrictive law HRD acquitted HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Journalist detained, charged with ‘interference with witnesses’ Published at 10.10.2023 Country Gambia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth positive CS development attack on journalist protest journalist detained non state actors Read more
DRC: Over 50 killed in protest; renowned journalist arrested, prosecuted Published at 10.10.2023 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Proposed anti-LGBTQI+ Law imposes harsher penalties Published at 10.10.2023 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI harassment restrictive law censorship journalist detained Read more
Journalists and environmental HRDs face threats and attacks Published at 10.10.2023 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI CSO closure harassment attack on journalist HRD detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Nicaragua: The government continues deepening its strategies to shut down civic space Published at 10.10.2023 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups attack on HRD religious groups harassment attack on journalist HRD detained enforced disappearance Read more
Mongolia: UN raises concerns around investigation into environmental activist and need to amend human rights defenders law Published at 10.10.2023 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment women environmental rights Read more
Health care workers strike to improve working conditions Published at 09.10.2023 Country Barbados Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest Read more
EU accused of illegally funding Azerbaijani civil society, opposition condemns torture of activists Published at 06.10.2023 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment sexual assault religious groups public vilification Read more
