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Persecution of activists continue while abuses against Uighurs remain in the spotlight
Published at
07.03.2019
Country
China
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- minority groups
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- internet restriction
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Government Amends Contentious CSO law as human rights actors return to the country
Published at
05.03.2019
Country
Ethiopia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- positive CS development
- killing of protestors
- enabling law
Prominent WHRD Israa Al-Ghomgham spared death penalty sentence
Published at
27.02.2019
Country
Saudi Arabia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship
- women
- torture/ill-treatment
- positive CS development
Freedom of expression under severe threat as journalist and writer killed in Iraq
Published at
26.02.2019
Country
Iraq
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- killing of journalist
Prominent HRD Nabeel Rajab's sentence upheld
Published at
26.02.2019
Country
Bahrain
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
Two leaders of Nicaraguan protests sentenced to more than 200 years in prison
Published at
22.02.2019
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- prevention of protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
Activists remain in detention, as Reuters uncover collusion between authorities and hackers
Published at
21.02.2019
Country
United Arab Emirates
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- surveillance
- negative court ruling
Several Azerbaijani activists declare hunger strike
Published at
20.02.2019
Country
Azerbaijan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- public vilification
Yemen's human rights record examined by the UN as human rights defenders arrested
Published at
19.02.2019
Country
Yemen
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
- release of HRDs
- criminal defamation
- intimidation
HRD and media activist killed, government found culpable for killing of foreign correspondent
Published at
18.02.2019
Country
Syria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- killing of journalist
- journalist detained
- HRD killing
- non state actors
Afghanistan ranked the most dangerous country for journalists in 2018 as peace talks progress
Published at
12.02.2019
Country
Afghanistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- religious groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- journalist detained
- non state actors