Women’s Rights Defender, Loujain Al-Hathloul, due in court Published at 12.03.2020 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment women torture/ill-treatment Read more
Crackdown against political dissent deepens in Nicaragua Published at 06.03.2020 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist HRD detained protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment censorship surveillance HRD threatened non state actors Read more
UAE continues relentless oppression of dissent despite proclamation of tolerance Published at 05.03.2020 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship surveillance intimidation Read more
Journalists and critics face increasing threats and attacks Published at 05.03.2020 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist attack on HRD intimidation harassment attack on journalist protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Police raid homes of pro-democracy activists Published at 03.03.2020 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment political interference intimidation Read more
Cuba bans defenders from travelling and exposes their families to harassment Published at 27.02.2020 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid intimidation journalist detained release of HRDs harassment travel ban HRD detained Read more
Protesters, activists, journalists & aid workers attacked, kidnapped, killed, as protests escalate Published at 25.02.2020 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption office raid attack on HRD CSO closure intimidation harassment HRD detained HRD killing excessive force enforced disappearance killing of journalist killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment censorship non state actors women attack on journalist protest internet restriction violent protest protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
Laos activist Od Sayavong still missing six months on, while critics continue to be silenced Published at 21.02.2020 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance women restrictive law negative court ruling HRD prosecuted criminal defamation land rights Read more
NGOs raided by Israeli forces, news websites blocked Published at 17.02.2020 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid negative court ruling excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors violent protest censorship Read more
Detention as a systemic tool of suppression Published at 12.02.2020 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid journalist detained restrictive law censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted Read more
CSOs condemn murder attempt against HRD Published at 07.02.2020 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD political interference journalist detained intimidation harassment HRD detained Read more
NGOs highlight suppression around virus outbreak in China while persecution of activists continue Published at 07.02.2020 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption minority groups harassment travel ban HRD detained excessive force protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
