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Benin: Activist living in exile abducted from Lomé, brought before court in Cotonou
- Published at
- 02.10.2024
- Country
- Benin
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- transnational repression
Violations during tense electoral period; HRDs and whistleblowers continue to be intimidated, arrested and prosecuted
- Published at
- 27.09.2024
- Country
- Madagascar
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- extractive industries
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- non state actors
Nauru: Refugees face restrictions in communicating and sharing information
- Published at
- 23.09.2024
- Country
- Nauru
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
Maldives: UN body raises concerns about restrictions and attacks on civic freedoms while protesters face reprisals
- Published at
- 06.09.2024
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- protest
- restrictive law
New reports highlight increasing restrictions for associations, journalists & activists
- Published at
- 30.08.2024
- Country
- Lebanon
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- refugees and migrants
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- bureaucratic restriction
- non state actors
Papua New Guinea: Media restrictions and cybercrime law undermine freedom of expression
- Published at
- 28.08.2024
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- protest
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights
Bhutan: Human rights groups call for release of political prisoners while journalists and civil society remain constrained
- Published at
- 26.08.2024
- Country
- Bhutan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- torture/ill-treatment
Paraguayan Senate passes controversial draft law to increase heavy control over CSOs
- Published at
- 22.08.2024
- Country
- Paraguay
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- enabling law
- censorship
Malaysia: Activist investigated for sedition, protesters harassed and increasing online controls
- Published at
- 12.08.2024
- Country
- Malaysia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- place restrictions
- indigenous groups
- women
- harassment
- HRD detained
- refusal of registration
- criminal defamation
- protest
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights
Increasing restrictions on civic freedoms: excessive force, racial profiling and restrictive laws target pro-Palestine protesters
- Published at
- 18.07.2024
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- surveillance
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- women
- refugees and migrants
- release of HRDs
- positive CS development
- labour rights
- protest
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- people with disabilities
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
Fiji: Arbitrary restrictions around solidarity marches for Palestine and use of flag
- Published at
- 17.07.2024
- Country
- Fiji
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- labour rights
- protest
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction