Vanuatu: UN body calls for repeal of criminal defamation laws, teachers’ union holds strike Published at 30.08.2024 Country Vanuatu Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest Read more
Japan: Press freedom ranking drops while new law passed to remove defamatory online posts Published at 27.08.2024 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: youth refugees and migrants protest Read more
Tonga: Lack of progress on ratifying the ICCPR and establishing a human rights body as press freedom challenges remain Published at 21.08.2024 Country Tonga Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship Read more
Solomon Islands: News outlet exposing corruption temporarily blocked by Facebook Published at 14.08.2024 Country Solomon Islands Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship Read more
Hundreds of protesters injured and dozens detained in clashes with security forces Published at 12.08.2024 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist excessive force labour rights protest public vilification extractive industries violent protest restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
South Korea: Freedom of expression undermined as press freedom ranking drops and North Korean song banned Published at 24.07.2024 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship labour rights restrictive law Read more
Mongolia: Press freedom at risk with arrest and prosecution of journalists while protesters detained Published at 08.07.2024 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women harassment journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Timor-Leste: Press freedom rankings drop, protesters detained, while martial arts ban extended Published at 04.06.2024 Country Timor-Leste Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Concerning terrorism probe into Catalan independence activists continues Published at 01.06.2024 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation surveillance excessive force protest public vilification prevention of protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Social unrest grows as the government’s agenda erodes fundamental freedoms Published at 20.05.2024 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women attack on HRD intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest public vilification censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Australia: Sentencing of whistle-blower and crackdown on protests a setback for civic freedoms Published at 17.05.2024 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women harassment excessive force torture/ill-treatment censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
UWI and UTECH staff demand better labour conditions; residents protest poor infrastructure Published at 03.05.2024 Country Jamaica Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest Read more
