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Indonesia: Crackdown on activists, expression and protests including in Papua as government seeks Human Rights Council membership
Published at
06.10.2023
Country
Indonesia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- place restrictions
- indigenous groups
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- private sector
- land rights
Vietnam: Criminalisation and ill-treatment of activists persists as government marks one year on the Human Rights Council
Published at
05.10.2023
Country
Vietnam
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- attack on HRD
- minority groups
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Samoa: Political activist extradited from Australia to face charges
Published at
04.10.2023
Country
Samoa
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
Censorship takes front seat as authorities target government critics
Published at
02.10.2023
Country
Tanzania
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- land rights
Intimidation against KISA continues amidst violent attacks against migrants and refugees.
Published at
02.10.2023
Country
Cyprus
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship
- refugees and migrants
Tonga: Song on ferry tragedy taken off airwaves while parliament calls for media outlets to retract their reporting
Published at
02.10.2023
Country
Tonga
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
Killing of activists and violence against social leaders and Garifuna members continue across Honduras
Published at
30.09.2023
Country
Honduras
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- labour rights
- protest
- extractive industries
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights
Republika Srpska moves forward with “foreign agents law” despite public outcry
Published at
30.09.2023
Country
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- restrictive law
- women
- criminal defamation
Civic freedoms curtailed in the electoral context, while protesters demanded electoral process integrity
Published at
29.09.2023
Country
Guatemala
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- self censorship
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- political interference
- HRD prosecuted
Ethiopian Police Crack Down on Opposition Leaders and Protesters
Published at
29.09.2023
Country
Ethiopia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- journalist detained
Nepal: Environmental defenders at risk, journalists targeted and concerns around the new cyber security policy
Published at
29.09.2023
Country
Nepal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- environmental rights