Malaysia: Bookstores raided, news portal blocked, activists criminalised and sedition law used to stifle dissent Published at 28.11.2023 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: women harassment HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship land rights Read more
Press freedom violations in the run-up to elections Published at 27.11.2023 Country Liberia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship attack on journalist non state actors intimidation Read more
26 opposition protesters arrested, sentenced to prison for ‘disturbing public order’ Published at 22.11.2023 Country Côte d'Ivoire Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD release of HRDs harassment protest extractive industries censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Foreign agent style law advances; pressure on media and criminal proceedings against government critics continue Published at 08.11.2023 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI intimidation harassment travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation public vilification internet restriction restrictive law time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted funding restriction Read more
Agents of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services detained journalists Published at 08.11.2023 Country Botswana Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained Read more
Journalists attacked by political party supporters Published at 31.10.2023 Country Zambia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women attack on journalist protest prevention of protest protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Government abandons Bill of Rights Bill, controversial laws on migration, protest and strikes remain Published at 30.10.2023 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants positive CS development travel ban negative court ruling labour rights protest restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
General elections: use of excessive force against opposition gathering; journalists attacked Published at 30.10.2023 Country Sierra Leone Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist excessive force non state actors Read more
Les violations de l’espace civique se poursuivent: des manifestants tués, des journalistes et des défenseurs des droits de l’homme harcelés par la justice Published at 29.10.2023 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation internet restriction killing of protestors violent protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Nauru: Lack of transparency around new asylum seekers detained on island Published at 26.10.2023 Country Nauru Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship refugees and migrants Read more
Civic space violations continue in Senegal: protesters killed, HRD and journalists judicially harassed Published at 24.10.2023 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation internet restriction killing of protestors violent protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
HRD killed, CSOs villified, protests documented Published at 20.10.2023 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption refugees and migrants intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest public vilification killing of protestors censorship environmental rights land rights Read more
