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Bangladesh authorities intensify persecution of rights group Odhikar, journalists, and critics
Published at
10.08.2022
Country
Bangladesh
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- youth
- protest disruption
- CSO closure
- journalist detained
Niger adopts a law on human rights defenders; restrictive cybercrime law reviewed
Published at
09.08.2022
Country
Niger
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive CS development
Mass protests by taxi drivers; journalists’ phones and materials confiscated
Published at
08.08.2022
Country
Italy
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- environmental rights
- labour rights
- violent protest
- intimidation
- harassment
- protest
CSOs report new wave of oppression against human rights defenders and civil society
Published at
08.08.2022
Country
Iran
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
Cuba: Repercussions of July 2021 mass protests still felt
Published at
08.08.2022
Country
Cuba
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- youth
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- people with disabilities
Sentences handed down against alleged violent rioters
Published at
08.08.2022
Country
Sweden
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- environmental rights
- violent protest
- protest
Protests staged for workers’ rights, incidents against journalists
Published at
04.08.2022
Country
Kosovo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
Samoan authorities use defamation laws against critics as press freedom rankings drop
Published at
04.08.2022
Country
Samoa
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- criminal defamation
Several killed, injured, arrested in protest against the military junta’s “unilateral management of the transition”
Published at
03.08.2022
Country
Guinea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- violent protest
- HRD acquitted
- journalist detained
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- time,place restrictions
- non state actors
- HRD prosecuted
Escalating attacks on women journalists, the new bill criminalises misinformation further stifling free speech
Published at
02.08.2022
Country
Turkey
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- internet restriction
- youth
- office raid
- intimidation
- restrictive law
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- prevention of protest
- journalist detained
- censorship
- positive court ruling
- protestor(s) detained
- LGBTI
- women
- refugees and migrants
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- HRD prosecuted
Des manifestants tués et des journalistes menacés et intimidés à l'approche des élections législatives du 31 juillet 2022
Published at
02.08.2022
Country
Senegal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- positive CS development
- excessive force
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- time,place restrictions
- protestor(s) detained