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Freedom of Expression violations during elections
Published at
13.06.2022
Country
Lebanon
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- intimidation

Harassment of journalists, activists as well as anti-protest decree erodes freedoms in the Maldives
Published at
09.06.2022
Country
Maldives
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- non state actors

Journalists attacked by high-level politicians, with women journalists facing personal attacks
Published at
06.06.2022
Country
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- political interference
- intimidation
- harassment
- labour rights
- protest

El Salvador: public vilification of civil society and press who criticise government decisions
Published at
03.06.2022
Country
El Salvador
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification

“A dark day for democracy’: Policing Bill becomes law; protesters at Sarah Everard vigil prosecuted
Published at
03.06.2022
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- harassment
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
- public vilification
- environmental rights

Prison pour membres de l'opposition, inquiétudes pour les violations contre les personnes LGBTQI+
Published at
23.05.2022
Country
Benin
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- non state actors
- release of HRDs
- protest
- intimidation

Indonesian authorities criminalise activists, violently suppress protests around Papua
Published at
19.05.2022
Country
Indonesia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- intimidation
- youth
- extractive industries
- protest disruption
- harassment
- women
- killing of protestors
- restrictive law
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights

Opposition members sentenced to prison; concerns about violations against LGBTQI+ people
Published at
18.05.2022
Country
Benin
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- non state actors
- release of HRDs
- protest
- LGBTI
- intimidation

Detienen de forma arbitraria a defensores de los derechos humanos durante el estado de excepción
Published at
16.05.2022
Country
El Salvador
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- extractive industries
- torture/ill-treatment
- surveillance
- environmental rights
- self censorship
- LGBTI
- women
- harassment
- HRD detained
- protest
- public vilification
- enforced disappearance

El Salvador: human rights defenders arbitrarily detained during state of emergency
Published at
04.05.2022
Country
El Salvador
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- extractive industries
- self censorship
- LGBTI
- women
- harassment
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD detained
- surveillance
- protest
- public vilification
- environmental rights

President Aleksandar Vucic secures second term, amid growing pressure on civil society and journalists
Published at
02.05.2022
Country
Serbia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- censorship
- surveillance
- environmental rights