Cover-up and downplay of COVID-19; massive restrictions on expression Published at 06.10.2020 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force labour rights protest internet restriction restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Nicaragua: ley sobre agentes extranjeros aumentará el control del gobierno sobre la sociedad civil Published at 06.10.2020 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction women youth intimidation harassment attack on journalist criminal defamation protest sexual assault torture/ill-treatment restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
China deploys security law against Hong Kong activists as persecution of critics and Uighurs persist Published at 06.10.2020 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: youth office raid minority groups harassment HRD detained protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Political opposition figures persecuted and detained Published at 03.10.2020 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption travel ban HRD detained protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
Proposed Foreign Agents Law would expand government control over civil society in Nicaragua Published at 28.09.2020 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction women youth intimidation harassment attack on journalist criminal defamation protest sexual assault torture/ill-treatment restrictive law protestor(s) detained 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: youth women attack on HRD 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: harassment censorship women surveillance 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 women attack on HRD 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
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: youth protest disruption intimidation harassment surveillance HRD detained protest internet restriction prevention of protest political interference censorship 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
