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Continued violence and harassment of HRDs and journalists as UN extends arms embargo
Published at
21.10.2020
Country
South Sudan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- killing of journalist
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD killing
- HRD threatened
Feministas ocupan la Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos
Published at
20.10.2020
Country
Mexico
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- prevention of protest
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Tightening restrictions on freedom of speech ahead of presidential election
Published at
19.10.2020
Country
Uganda
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- youth
- protest
- political interference
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
More restrictions reported ahead of October election
Published at
19.10.2020
Country
Tanzania
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- political interference
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- CSO closure
- intimidation
Rwandan government continues to target opposition in exile.
Published at
16.10.2020
Country
Rwanda
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD killing
- HRD prosecuted
Journalists face persistent onslaught, new media law further threatens expression
Published at
16.10.2020
Country
Somalia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- CSO closure
- release of HRDs
- protest
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Arrests of activists dangerously escalate while draft public order law draws flak in Cambodia
Published at
16.10.2020
Country
Cambodia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- protest
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Invasive COVID-19 tracing apps pose a threat to civic freedoms
Published at
12.10.2020
Country
Kuwait
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- surveillance
Media situation in focus ahead of October elections
Published at
09.10.2020
Country
Georgia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- protest
Feminist occupation of National Human Rights Commission in Mexico
Published at
07.10.2020
Country
Mexico
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- prevention of protest
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Journalists attacked while covering protests
Published at
03.10.2020
Country
Nigeria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained