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Malaysia: Restrictions on freedoms escalating despite international scrutiny at the Human Rights Council
Published at
28.03.2024
Country
Malaysia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted

Mongolia: Editor arrested for her criticism of the courts and activists criminalised
Published at
13.03.2024
Country
Mongolia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- office raid
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- journalist detained

Papua New Guinea: Cybercrime law used to criminalise expression while concerns remain around proposed media law
Published at
12.03.2024
Country
Papua New Guinea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- harassment
- excessive force
- protest
- criminal defamation

Attacks on journalists and media workers amidst state of emergency in Ecuador
Published at
01.03.2024
Country
Ecuador
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- protest
- public vilification
- censorship

EU urged to take action on declining media freedom; Student protesters clash with police
Published at
22.02.2024
Country
Greece
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- excessive force
- protest
- violent protest

Social leader sentenced; protesters clash with police as blockades spread across Bolivia
Published at
21.02.2024
Country
Bolivia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- violent protest
- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained

Indonesia: Activists and critics criminalised, events disrupted and protests suppressed as country holds elections
Published at
20.02.2024
Country
Indonesia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- killing of protestors
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights

Bhutan: Concerns about ongoing detention of political prisoners and the lack of a national human rights body
Published at
13.02.2024
Country
Bhutan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction

El estado del espacio cívico sigue empeorando bajo el estado de excepción
Published at
03.02.2024
Country
El Salvador
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- protest
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted

Civic space conditions continue to worsen under the state of emergency in El Salvador
Published at
02.02.2024
Country
El Salvador
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- protest
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted

Nepal: Civic freedoms at risk with Tik Tok ban, social media directive and targeting of journalists and protesters
Published at
02.02.2024
Country
Nepal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- time,place restrictions
- protestor(s) detained