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Activists and journalists facing harassment, being forcibly disappeared or killed in Pakistan
Published at
21.08.2020
Country
Pakistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
Groups express concern over deteriorating media freedom
Published at
20.08.2020
Country
Georgia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- censorship
- self censorship
- protest
Protests over government plans to withdraw from Istanbul Convention
Published at
18.08.2020
Country
Turkey
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- women
- harassment
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Harcèlement judiciaire du FNDC ; six morts lors de manifestations contre les barrages de police
Published at
17.08.2020
Country
Guinea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
Cour de justice de la CEDEAO : les coupures d'Internet en 2017 ont violé la liberté d'expression
Published at
13.08.2020
Country
Togo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- surveillance
Libération de la journaliste Samira Sabou et d'un militant. Trois autres restent en prison
Published at
13.08.2020
Country
Niger
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD acquitted
- journalist detained
- positive court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
- release of HRDs
Public vilification of Indigenous peoples and criminalisation of environmental defenders
Published at
12.08.2020
Country
Guatemala
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- indigenous groups
- attack on journalist
- public vilification
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Judicial harassment of FNDC activists; 6 people killed in protest against COVID-19 police roadblocks
Published at
12.08.2020
Country
Guinea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
Activists denounce police excesses in enforcing COVID-19 restrictions
Published at
12.08.2020
Country
Kenya
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- excessive force
- protest
Desaparición forzada durante una manifestación en Guadalajara; dos periodistas en grave peligro
Published at
11.08.2020
Country
Mexico
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- labour rights
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained
Regional ECOWAS Court of Justice rules that 2017 internet shutdowns violated freedom of expression
Published at
11.08.2020
Country
Togo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- surveillance