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Protesters continue to face arrest, excessive force in Sri Lanka as new UN resolution maintains international scrutiny
- Published at
- 09.10.2022
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- harassment
- excessive force
- time,place restrictions
- youth
- protestor(s) detained
Civic freedoms remain highly restricted as Karakalpakstan protests turn violent, bloggers and activists targeted
- Published at
- 07.10.2022
- Country
- Uzbekistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- refusal of registration
- excessive force
- restrictive law
- protest
- internet restriction
- journalist detained
- killing of protestors
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
Journalist detained by Swedish police for six hours & strip searched
- Published at
- 06.10.2022
- Country
- Sweden
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- harassment
- environmental rights
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
Expert body established for approving names of associations, LGBTQI+ hate attack
- Published at
- 06.10.2022
- Country
- North Macedonia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- journalist detained
- refusal of registration
- labour rights
- protest
- political interference
- LGBTI
- women
- youth
- attack on HRD
- restrictive law
- minority groups
- people with disabilities
- intimidation
As Belarus marks 2nd anniversary of the 2020 protests, pressure against CSOs and protesters continues
- Published at
- 06.10.2022
- Country
- Belarus
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- CSO closure
- criminal defamation
Strike around wages and protest around labour rights violations in Taiwan
- Published at
- 06.10.2022
- Country
- Taiwan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- refugees and migrants
- labour rights
- private sector
Court awards damages for defamation in Tonga, media blocked during visit of delegation from China
- Published at
- 05.10.2022
- Country
- Tonga
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- bureaucratic restriction
El Salvador: aumentan los riesgos para las personas defensoras de los DD. HH. durante el régimen de excepción
- Published at
- 04.10.2022
- Country
- El Salvador
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- private sector
- HRD acquitted
- HRD prosecuted
- positive court ruling
- women
- indigenous groups
- HRD detained
- protest
- public vilification
- environmental rights
Ecuador: two journalists killed in Manabí within a month
- Published at
- 04.10.2022
- Country
- Ecuador
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- women
- indigenous groups
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- public vilification
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
Venezuela: intimidation and harassment of human rights defenders
- Published at
- 04.10.2022
- Country
- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- internet restriction
- censorship
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- travel ban
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- HRD prosecuted
State of emergency and Russian media ban extended; concerns over migrant pushbacks
- Published at
- 04.10.2022
- Country
- Lithuania
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- refugees and migrants