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Nicaragua: media shutdowns continue
Published at
31.10.2022
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship
- torture/ill-treatment
- religious groups
- restrictive law

Protestors dispersed and detained, attacks against LGBTIQ+ community escalate
Published at
20.10.2022
Country
Azerbaijan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- torture/ill-treatment
- religious groups
- protestor(s) detained
- protest

Mass detentions continue as government employs facial recognition to identify protesters
Published at
20.10.2022
Country
Russia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- protest

Civic freedoms remain highly restricted as Karakalpakstan protests turn violent, bloggers and activists targeted
Published at
07.10.2022
Country
Uzbekistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- refusal of registration
- excessive force
- restrictive law
- protest
- internet restriction
- journalist detained
- killing of protestors
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted

As Belarus marks 2nd anniversary of the 2020 protests, pressure against CSOs and protesters continues
Published at
06.10.2022
Country
Belarus
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- CSO closure
- criminal defamation

Venezuela: intimidation and harassment of human rights defenders
Published at
04.10.2022
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- internet restriction
- censorship
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- travel ban
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- HRD prosecuted

Human Rights Organisations Keep the Spotlight on Grave Violations in Syria
Published at
04.10.2022
Country
Syria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law

Cuba: frustration over power shortages leads to recurrent protests
Published at
01.10.2022
Country
Cuba
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- protestor(s) detained
- harassment
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- surveillance
- protest

Saudi civil society at serious risk as global energy crisis leads US and others to abandon human rights commitments
Published at
23.09.2022
Country
Saudi Arabia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment

The UAE continues to arbitrarily detain prisoners of conscience well past completion of their sentences
Published at
23.09.2022
Country
United Arab Emirates
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD acquitted
- HRD detained

Civil society urges the UN to reject Vietnam’s bid for the Human Rights Council as it continues to arrest and jail activists
Published at
21.09.2022
Country
Vietnam
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- protest
- women
- minority groups
- protest disruption
- travel ban
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights