Samoa: Stringent media rules imposed ahead of Commonwealth meeting raises press freedom concerns Published at 20.09.2024 Country Samoa Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction Read more
Protests in Santo Domingo over bill upholding total abortion ban Published at 19.09.2024 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women labour rights protest public vilification Read more
Pro-Palestinian university encampment forcibly evicted, students receive police summonses Published at 18.09.2024 Country Belgium Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption labour rights protest prevention of protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Prominent HRD detained, released on condition to sign pledge Published at 18.09.2024 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted release of HRDs Read more
Journalists targeted as Claudia Sheinbaum elected Mexico’s first female president; Protest for water rights turns deadly Published at 16.09.2024 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force killing of journalist killing of protestors HRD acquitted HRD prosecuted Read more
Repressive new laws threaten civic space Published at 15.09.2024 Country Angola Category Latest Developments Read more
Civic space violations ahead of 9 October general elections Published at 15.09.2024 Country Mozambique Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained protest journalist detained Read more
DRC resumes executions; civic space restrictions of all sorts Published at 13.09.2024 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption office raid attack on HRD harassment attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling political interference bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Indigenous leader convicted; restrictions on Pro-Palestine protest continue Published at 13.09.2024 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups intimidation attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest extractive industries HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Senegal: A tumultuous electoral process with amnesty for perpetrators of violence against protesters; media in dire financial situation Published at 12.09.2024 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction harassment attack on journalist political interference journalist detained Read more
Authorities embark on widespread crackdown ahead of SADC summit Published at 11.09.2024 Country Zimbabwe Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI protest disruption self censorship intimidation HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force protest public vilification torture/ill-treatment restrictive law HRD acquitted censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Another Kakataibo leader killed; new report finds top state officials potentially liable in protest deaths Published at 10.09.2024 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist HRD killing criminal defamation protest public vilification internet restriction restrictive law HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
