Malaysia: Bookstores raided, news portal blocked, activists criminalised and sedition law used to stifle dissent Published at 28.11.2023 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: women harassment HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship land rights Read more
Afro-Guyanese people demand reparations over enslavement; Sugar workers on strike, following roadblocks and detentions Published at 27.11.2023 Country Guyana Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption labour rights protest extractive industries protestor(s) detained private sector Read more
Elections marred by escalating organised crime violence, surge in attacks on journalists and media workers Published at 27.11.2023 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups women intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist protest extractive industries violent protest censorship protestor(s) detained non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
Press freedom violations in the run-up to elections Published at 27.11.2023 Country Liberia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship attack on journalist non state actors intimidation Read more
Crackdown on protesters: at least one person killed and several injured Published at 24.11.2023 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups women harassment attack on journalist HRD killing negative court ruling excessive force protest public vilification killing of protestors violent protest protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
26 opposition protesters arrested, sentenced to prison for ‘disturbing public order’ Published at 22.11.2023 Country Côte d'Ivoire Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD release of HRDs harassment protest extractive industries censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Belarusian human rights activist denied asylum over “security concerns” Published at 20.11.2023 Country Lithuania Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI transnational repression labour rights protest restrictive law censorship Read more
Détention de journalists; suspension d’un groupe de médias jusqu’à nouvel ordre pour sa couverture du coup d’état militaire au Niger Published at 20.11.2023 Country Benin Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption censorship journalist detained prevention of protest Read more
Repression against the Otomí community; NAFTA continues to put union rights under the microscope Published at 16.11.2023 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption indigenous groups women attack on journalist excessive force labour rights protest enforced disappearance killing of journalist environmental rights land rights Read more
South Korea: News organisations being targeted while court strikes down law banning anti-North Korea leafleting Published at 15.11.2023 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI harassment positive CS development negative court ruling labour rights protest Read more
A wave of protests sweeps Jamaica: from police killings to missing dancehall artist demonstrations Published at 14.11.2023 Country Jamaica Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women labour rights protest Read more
Protesters take to the streets amidst the escalation of the Israel-Palestine conflict Published at 13.11.2023 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI youth protest public vilification restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
