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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
Myanmar junta continues to arrest, torture activists despite global outrage around executions Published at 15.09.2022 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: youth HRD detained HRD killing negative court ruling killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Escalating tensions & crackdown on human rights defenders & journalists Published at 12.09.2022 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on journalist protest internet restriction violent protest intimidation harassment HRD detained journalist detained excessive force killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
A year of Taliban rule leaves civic space decimated in Afghanistan Published at 08.09.2022 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women journalist detained restrictive law intimidation attack on journalist excessive force Read more
Nicaragua: cierre de OSC, radios comunitarias y un canal de televisión por cable Published at 02.09.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban HRD prosecuted prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment censorship women indigenous groups religious groups labour rights protest self censorship youth protest disruption office raid restrictive law CSO closure harassment journalist detained environmental rights Read more
Amid protests, censorship and persecution of Uyghurs and activists in China, Xi Jinping seeks third term Published at 01.09.2022 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation censorship surveillance women minority groups negative court ruling protest restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Nicaragua: closure of CSOs, community radio stations, and television cable channel Published at 23.08.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure office raid censorship religious groups journalist detained environmental rights restrictive law harassment women labour rights travel ban HRD prosecuted indigenous groups prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment self censorship youth protest protest disruption Read more
Reports and monitoring missions document extreme repression and violence against activists Published at 18.08.2022 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained negative court ruling criminal defamation protest disruption protest HRD prosecuted non state actors attack on HRD release of HRDs censorship harassment positive CS development HRD killing Read more
