Journalists assassinated and detained incommunicado, peaceful protesters arrested Published at 20.01.2021 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist HRD detained protestor(s) detained protest release of HRDs Read more
Human rights organisations criticise civic space restrictions ahead of UPR review Published at 19.01.2021 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship HRD detained restrictive law release of HRDs Read more
Serious abuses in North Korean camps documented by NGOs while radio broadcasts jammed Published at 18.01.2021 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment labour rights censorship Read more
Cuban government backtracks on talks with protesters and uses COVID-19 regulations to harass critics Published at 15.01.2021 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women harassment surveillance HRD detained protest public vilification internet restriction prevention of protest protestor(s) detained Read more
CSOs call for Azeri authorities to stop the persecution of independent journalists Published at 11.01.2021 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development journalist detained enabling law Read more
Rights groups and the UN continue to press Laos where civic space remains ‘closed’ Published at 07.01.2021 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance restrictive law HRD detained indigenous groups minority groups Read more
While insisting it’s COVID-19 free, Turkmenistan renews efforts to clamp down on dissent Published at 22.12.2020 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment release of HRDs protest internet restriction prevention of protest censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Contested legislative elections in Venezuela amid pandemic Published at 18.12.2020 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups office raid women intimidation attack on journalist criminal defamation public vilification killing of protestors censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Encarcelan al rapero Denis Solís y varios artistas inician una huelga de hambre Published at 16.12.2020 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: youth office raid attack on HRD intimidation HRD detained prevention of protest censorship surveillance non state actors women attack on journalist protest internet restriction restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Laws on Foreign Agents and Cybercrimes restrict civic space further in Nicaragua Published at 16.12.2020 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship LGBTI funding restriction women youth intimidation positive CS development HRD detained protest internet restriction prevention of protest sexual assault torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship Read more
Thousands attend demonstrations marking the one-year anniversary of the popular movement Published at 07.12.2020 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation HRD detained HRD killing excessive force prevention of protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment time,place restrictions censorship non state actors release of HRDs attack on journalist protest protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
Police use excessive force on protesters Published at 02.12.2020 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment attack on journalist excessive force killing of protestors political interference restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
