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Calls for accountability for disappeared activist Sombath Somphone, release of political prisoners as repression of civic space persists in Laos
- Published at
- 20.12.2022
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- censorship
- land rights
- harassment
- intimidation

Las autoridades cubanas acosan a periodistas y militantes para obligarlos a abandonar su labor
- Published at
- 15.12.2022
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- public vilification
- internet restriction
- self censorship
- LGBTI
- restrictive law
- harassment
- travel ban
- HRD threatened
- protest

Repression continues with new wave of protests
- Published at
- 15.12.2022
- Country
- Iran
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- protest disruption
- women
- journalist detained
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors

Harassment and criminalisation of activists and journalists in Hong Kong continues unabated
- Published at
- 13.12.2022
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted

Nicaragua in contempt of international human rights mechanisms
- Published at
- 08.12.2022
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- CSO closure
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors

North Korean authorities have used the pandemic to increase border security and further repress citizens
- Published at
- 08.12.2022
- Country
- North Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- surveillance

Widespread protests in China met with repression including restrictions, harassment and censorship
- Published at
- 05.12.2022
- Country
- China
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- prevention of protest
- harassment
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force

Cuban authorities harassing journalists and activists to force them to renounce their work
- Published at
- 01.12.2022
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- LGBTI
- harassment
- internet restriction
- travel ban
- protest
- HRD threatened
- public vilification
- restrictive law

Journalists barred from entering parliament to cover election of the President
- Published at
- 01.12.2022
- Country
- Iraq
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- LGBTI

Protests escalate in Afghanistan as frustration with Taliban rule and abuses grow
- Published at
- 28.11.2022
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction

Bahrain withdraws candidacy for Human Rights Council reportedly in response to sharp criticism on its human rights record
- Published at
- 11.11.2022
- Country
- Bahrain
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment