Media and other independent actors face new restrictions Published at 30.06.2024 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction religious groups release of HRDs bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained Read more
New report: Tanzania improves in press freedom ranking, but violations continue Published at 30.06.2024 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs positive CS development HRD detained censorship journalist detained Read more
Environmental Defenders under pressure for opposing controversial oil project Published at 28.06.2024 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained non state actors protest torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Three activists and journalists killed; Dozens detained and injured on International Women's Day Published at 20.06.2024 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid attack on HRD intimidation surveillance attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force public vilification killing of journalist violent protest HRD acquitted journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
Thailand: Activists face increasing risk with death in custody, ongoing use of royal defamation law and transnational repression Published at 20.06.2024 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women refugees and migrants transnational repression HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Flood coverage restrictions, women’s rights rally ban, and legal cases against activists Published at 05.06.2024 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation HRD detained refusal of registration excessive force criminal defamation prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment censorship LGBTI women refugees and migrants labour rights protest internet restriction restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted transnational repression Read more
Opposition leaders bear the brunt of dissent Published at 31.05.2024 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure intimidation HRD detained HRD killing censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Threats against critics persist Published at 31.05.2024 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained criminal defamation enforced disappearance bureaucratic restriction HRD prosecuted Read more
India: Crackdown on the opposition, divisive rhetoric and targeting of activists and critics persists around the elections Published at 29.05.2024 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women release of HRDs harassment travel ban HRD detained restrictive law journalist detained Read more
Press freedom violations: two journalists arrested, intimidation Published at 27.05.2024 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained protest intimidation Read more
Se intensifican los ataques contra la prensa, represión de manifestantes en Choluteca y asesinato de otro líder comunitario en el Bajo Aguán Published at 17.05.2024 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation positive CS development HRD detained HRD killing excessive force killing of journalist violent protest land rights Read more
Brunei: Strict controls of the media, internet freedom and the right to peacefully assemble Published at 15.05.2024 Country Brunei Darussalam Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship surveillance restrictive law Read more
