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Afghanistan: Activists and journalists face arrest, detention, torture and new morality law, three years after the Taliban takeover
- Published at
- 04.09.2024
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
Abu Dhabi Federal Appeals Court convicts at least 44 defendants following mass trial
- Published at
- 01.08.2024
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- HRD acquitted
- HRD prosecuted
Politically motivated persecution of HRDs & journalists continues
- Published at
- 25.07.2024
- Country
- Egypt
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Bangladesh: Brutal crackdown on quota reform protesters by security forces and ruling party youth wing
- Published at
- 25.07.2024
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
Vietnam: Trade unionists, activists and journalist criminalised despite UN human rights review
- Published at
- 18.07.2024
- Country
- Vietnam
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- minority groups
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Hong Kong: Assault on freedoms continue with new security law and crackdown around Tiananmen anniversary
- Published at
- 04.07.2024
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- transnational repression
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
China: Authorities jail activists, stifle memory of the Tiananmen massacre and censor online critics
- Published at
- 03.07.2024
- Country
- China
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- minority groups
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Dual personality cult, arbitrary travel bans and zero-tolerance approach to public criticism
- Published at
- 13.06.2024
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- travel ban
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
Tajikistan: On the road to total control?
- Published at
- 12.06.2024
- Country
- Tajikistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- harassment
- transnational repression
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Violations on expression and peaceful assembly remain a concern against the backdrop of protests
- Published at
- 31.05.2024
- Country
- Iran
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- women
- religious groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- negative court ruling
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
Afghanistan: Detention, criminalisation and torture of activists continue as the UN Human Rights Council reviews its record
- Published at
- 23.05.2024
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- HRD detained
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted