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Afghan human rights and media workers face attacks while new NGO law threatens civil society
Published at
08.07.2020
Country
Afghanistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- attack on HRD
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- restrictive law
Critics detained for COVID-19 related remarks
Published at
07.07.2020
Country
Azerbaijan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- journalist detained
- CSO closure
- release of HRDs
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- censorship
- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained
Enforced disappearances and arbitrary detentions increase in Venezuela during pandemic
Published at
03.07.2020
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- people with disabilities
- non state actors
COVID-19, a pretext to further suppress freedom of expression and association
Published at
22.06.2020
Country
Egypt
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- protest
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
Forte répression des libertés pendant la période électorale et décès soudain du président sortant
Published at
19.06.2020
Country
Burundi
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- internet restriction
- political interference
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
At least 37 political prisoners in Nicaragua have presented COVID-19 symptoms say CSOs
Published at
15.06.2020
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship
- non state actors
- intimidation
Election period sees clampdown on freedoms; Outgoing president Nkurunziza dies suddenly
Published at
15.06.2020
Country
Burundi
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- internet restriction
- political interference
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Oman: Artistic censorship and harassment of online activists continues
Published at
11.06.2020
Country
Oman
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Cuba cracking down on dissent using internet regulation and COVID-19 pretence
Published at
10.06.2020
Country
Cuba
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
Denialism of COVID-19 pandemic and continuous threats to freedom of expression
Published at
09.06.2020
Country
Tajikistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- intimidation
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- internet restriction
- political interference
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- non state actors
Government responds to COVID-19 and hurricane with denial, cover-ups and intimidation tactics
Published at
08.06.2020
Country
Turkmenistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- intimidation
- surveillance
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- protest