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Authorities embark on major crackdown on expression amid COVID-19 and ahead of elections
Published at
08.09.2020
Country
Tanzania
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- CSO closure
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
Harassment and intimidation of journalists continue unabated
Published at
02.09.2020
Country
Serbia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship
- access to info. law
- public vilification
- intimidation
Continued rights violations reported throughout COVID-19 lockdown and run up to national elections
Published at
31.08.2020
Country
Uganda
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- labour rights
- protest
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
HRD Azimjan Askarov dies in prison amid growing pressure on civil society and media
Published at
31.08.2020
Country
Kyrgyzstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- office raid
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- protest
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
Activists and journalists arrested, protests dispersed and banned
Published at
27.08.2020
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- protest
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- time,place restrictions
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Militantes en peligro: asesinan a dos y desaparecen cinco líderes garífunas
Published at
26.08.2020
Country
Honduras
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- minority groups
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- protest
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
CSOs and journalists probed for links to money laundering and terrorism
Published at
26.08.2020
Country
Serbia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- bureaucratic restriction
- intimidation
Honduran defenders at high risk: two defenders killed and five Garifuna leaders missing
Published at
24.08.2020
Country
Honduras
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- minority groups
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- protest
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Massive restrictions on expression during COVID-19; sudden banning of peaceful opposition
Published at
24.08.2020
Country
Kazakhstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- people with disabilities
- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Economic decline, crackdown on rights; Zimbabweans hanker for change through protests
Published at
24.08.2020
Country
Zimbabwe
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- labour rights
- protest
COVID-19: civil society protest banned; news anchor sidelined after interview
Published at
24.08.2020
Country
Republic of the Congo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- public vilification