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Singapore: New Prime Minister continues policy of silencing dissent by criminalising protesters and harassing critics
- Published at
- 29.08.2024
- Country
- Singapore
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- harassment
- protest
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- HRD prosecuted
India: Activists and journalists continued to be targeted around elections despite UN Human Rights Committee scrutiny
- Published at
- 22.08.2024
- Country
- India
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- women
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
Cambodia: Environmental, land and labour activists targeted by the government
- Published at
- 13.08.2024
- Country
- Cambodia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- labour rights
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights
Sri Lanka: Authorities continue to target activists, stifle protests and silence journalists, as elections draw near
- Published at
- 31.07.2024
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- place restrictions
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- excessive force
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- surveillance
Writer and online activist Mohammed Ali Bakhit (Abu Ali Al-Barami) acquitted
- Published at
- 31.07.2024
- Country
- Oman
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- HRD detained
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
Philippines: Harassment and targeting of activists, NGOs continue despite formation of new human rights ‘super body’
- Published at
- 15.07.2024
- Country
- Philippines
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- funding restriction
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- youth
- harassment
- excessive force
- labour rights
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Mali: Military authorities suspend activities of political parties and associations; several CSOs dissolved
- Published at
- 03.07.2024
- Country
- Mali
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- prevention of protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Thailand: Activists face increasing risk with death in custody, ongoing use of royal defamation law and transnational repression
- Published at
- 20.06.2024
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- refugees and migrants
- transnational repression
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
Flood coverage restrictions, women’s rights rally ban, and legal cases against activists
- Published at
- 05.06.2024
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- refusal of registration
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- LGBTI
- women
- refugees and migrants
- labour rights
- protest
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- transnational repression
India: Crackdown on the opposition, divisive rhetoric and targeting of activists and critics persists around the elections
- Published at
- 29.05.2024
- Country
- India
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- women
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
Press freedom violations: two journalists arrested, intimidation
- Published at
- 27.05.2024
- Country
- Niger
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- protest
- intimidation