Access to social media restricted for the second time in 2018 Published at 13.06.2018 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship prevention of protest labour rights internet restriction Read more
Another activist silenced: Germain Rukuki sentenced to 32 years in prison Published at 13.06.2018 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference HRD prosecuted censorship HRD detained intimidation Read more
Authorities force unregistered blogs and online platforms to shut down Published at 12.06.2018 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship restrictive law internet restriction Read more
President accuses civil society of conspiring to destabilise the country Published at 08.06.2018 Country Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women violent protest labour rights protest public vilification Read more
Journalists detained without charge in Puntland and Somaliland Published at 08.06.2018 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: women journalist detained positive CS development HRD detained protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
Calls for legislation to protect human rights defenders as attacks against them persist Published at 04.06.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: youth attack on journalist women restrictive law HRD killing attack on HRD minority groups environmental rights intimidation extractive industries protest land rights Read more
Police disperse protest against the ill-treatment of migrants by Algerian authorities Published at 01.06.2018 Country Mali Category Latest Developments Tags: youth refugees and migrants torture/ill-treatment violent protest attack on journalist excessive force Read more
Human rights defenders face threats and judicial harassment Published at 01.06.2018 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship LGBTI harassment excessive force criminal defamation non state actors censorship HRD threatened HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Civil society to UN: "HRDs are victims of murder, stigmatization, assault, impunity" Published at 01.06.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: women harassment attack on journalist HRD detained labour rights excessive force protest public vilification protestor(s) detained non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
NGO report highlights different challenges faced by urban and rural HRDs and CSOs Published at 28.05.2018 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing attack on HRD censorship non state actors Read more
Legitimacy of upcoming elections questioned with crackdown on media and opposition Published at 28.05.2018 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: women negative court ruling excessive force protest prevention of protest restrictive law censorship land rights Read more
Environmental protesters in Tamil Nadu shot dead Published at 25.05.2018 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest protest disruption killing of protestors excessive force internet restriction extractive industries private sector protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
