WORSENING CLIMATE FOR FREE SPEECH: SPATE OF THREATS AND ATTACKS AGAINST JOURNALISTS AND ACTIVISTS Published at 24.05.2021 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption office raid intimidation harassment HRD detained public vilification enforced disappearance prevention of protest surveillance positive court ruling women positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest restrictive law Read more
Singapore continues to stifle fundamental freedoms despite UN human rights review Published at 24.05.2021 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI harassment HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation prevention of protest restrictive law HRD prosecuted Read more
Withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention; journalists remain under threat Published at 20.05.2021 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women refugees and migrants HRD detained protestor(s) detained labour rights protest Read more
World Press Freedom Day in Mexico marked by killing of journalist Published at 20.05.2021 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women refugees and migrants intimidation attack on journalist labour rights internet restriction killing of journalist restrictive law censorship journalist detained non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
Protests against tax reform lead thousands to the streets in Colombia, face brutal police repression Published at 19.05.2021 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption attack on HRD HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation public vilification killing of protestors censorship non state actors women indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest internet restriction sexual assault violent protest protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Vague d'arrestations de partisans et militants de l'opposition ; des journalistes toujours en prison Published at 13.05.2021 Country Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained torture/ill-treatment journalist detained HRD prosecuted criminal defamation Read more
Wave of arrests of opposition supporters and activists; journalists continue to be imprisoned Published at 05.05.2021 Country Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained torture/ill-treatment journalist detained HRD prosecuted criminal defamation Read more
Brunei drops two places in global press freedom rankings Published at 05.05.2021 Country Brunei Darussalam Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship censorship restrictive law Read more
Expertos destacan el fuerte declive de la libertad de expresión en El Salvador Published at 04.05.2021 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: women sexual assault political interference harassment protest public vilification Read more
Indian authorities continue to stifle dissent and persecute activists despite pandemic surge Published at 04.05.2021 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD protest criminal defamation public vilification restrictive law censorship journalist detained HRD threatened Read more
Restrictive civic space and a decrease in rank in the annual World Press Freedom Index Published at 03.05.2021 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained intimidation Read more
Smear campaigns against the media and CSOs continue Published at 30.04.2021 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women intimidation harassment protest public vilification internet restriction restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
