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International civil society puts pressure on Sudanese authorities to respect human rights
Published at
05.12.2017
Country
Sudan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- bureaucratic restriction
- political interference
- release of HRDs
- censorship
- HRD detained
Civil society: new law restricts freedoms of association and expression
Published at
30.11.2017
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- public vilification
Blogger remains in UAE jail seven months after completing his sentence
Published at
29.11.2017
Country
United Arab Emirates
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
Charges lifted against Turan News Agency and its director
Published at
29.11.2017
Country
Azerbaijan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive CS development
- protest
New anti-terror law used to restrict activities of HRDs, academics and journalists
Published at
28.11.2017
Country
Saudi Arabia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- HRD prosecuted
- restrictive law
No end to repression after the Asian Games
Published at
27.11.2017
Country
Turkmenistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- attack on HRD
- religious groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- refusal of registration
- protest
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- censorship
- surveillance
New ban on protests, just months after the state of emergency was lifted
Published at
21.11.2017
Country
Ethiopia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- time,place restrictions
- killing of protestors
- excessive force
- protest
Independent newspaper shut down permanently by Omani Supreme Court
Published at
14.11.2017
Country
Oman
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- release of HRDs
UN appoints group of experts to investigate human rights violations in Yemen
Published at
14.11.2017
Country
Yemen
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD acquitted
- positive CS development
- women
Indigenous community judge murdered and HRDs face continuous threats
Published at
14.11.2017
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- protest
- political interference
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- environmental rights
Despite reported decrease in level of violence, civic space in Syria under severe threat
Published at
10.11.2017
Country
Syria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- attack on journalist
- journalist detained
- non state actors