Concerns over freedom of expression heighten as more media outlets are forced to shutdown Published at 07.09.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction harassment censorship journalist detained HRD threatened labour rights protest Read more
Vietnamese activists face imprisonment, attacks and arbitrary prison transfers Published at 05.09.2018 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted attack on journalist negative court ruling environmental rights internet restriction protest disruption intimidation harassment travel ban restrictive law HRD detained excessive force torture/ill-treatment journalist detained non state actors women protestor(s) detained religious groups positive CS development HRD threatened Read more
Prominent human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor sentenced to ten years imprisonment Published at 05.09.2018 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted criminal defamation Read more
Dozens of journalists fear for their lives Published at 04.09.2018 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist journalist detained torture/ill-treatment Read more
UN report finds 'Urgent action is needed to address the human rights crisis in Nicaragua' Published at 03.09.2018 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist enforced disappearance HRD detained protest journalist detained killing of protestors non state actors youth women excessive force attack on HRD harassment Read more
Increased threats against human rights defenders in Ghazni and Farah provinces Published at 30.08.2018 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD threatened protest protest disruption women intimidation non state actors Read more
Saudi authorities detain women human rights defenders in latest crackdown Published at 29.08.2018 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protestor(s) detained women HRD prosecuted Read more
Journalists, bloggers to be included in foreign agents law Published at 24.08.2018 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling funding restriction women youth internet restriction torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Sliding downhill: concerns remain regarding the civic space situation despite releases Published at 24.08.2018 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling religious groups minority groups release of HRDs travel ban internet restriction restrictive law censorship Read more
UN Human Rights Committee slams Laos record on civil and political rights Published at 23.08.2018 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship land rights Read more
13 dead, hundreds injured and detained in widespread protests Published at 22.08.2018 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors violent protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Iranian authorities target human rights lawyers, while activists remain in detention Published at 17.08.2018 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: women killing of protestors HRD detained protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
