July 2021: Black weeks for Belarusian Civil Society Published at 26.08.2021 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted CSO closure attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling internet restriction censorship Read more
Manifestations contre l'impunité des crimes de guerre ; des journalistes et des militants menacés Published at 03.11.2020 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation excessive force criminal defamation protest prevention of protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
Climate protests and actions amid COVID-19, attacks on journalists continue Published at 04.11.2020 Country Germany Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights harassment censorship attack on journalist protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Censorship, discrimination raises questions about fairness of Myanmar elections Published at 05.11.2020 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship minority groups travel ban Read more
National media regulator suspends twelve newspapers, threatens three others with sanctions Published at 05.11.2020 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted bureaucratic restriction censorship Read more
Opposition protests: hundreds arrested, journalists assaulted and detained Published at 09.11.2020 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation attack on journalist protest time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Janša's government threatens to evict 18 CSOs and continues to attack the media Published at 16.11.2020 Country Slovenia Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained protest violent protest political interference attack on journalist public vilification Read more
Protests to demand local elections, jobs and better living conditions violently repressed Published at 25.11.2020 Country Angola Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors youth protest disruption attack on journalist violent protest HRD detained criminal defamation time,place restrictions protest prevention of protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Critics and media face harassment amid political and COVID-19 crisis in Nepal Published at 16.06.2021 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women harassment restrictive law HRD detained protest journalist detained criminal defamation protestor(s) detained Read more
Government stalls near abortion ban; while women protest leaders face threats to their safety Published at 05.11.2020 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist protestor(s) detained excessive force protest violent protest youth women non state actors Read more
Criminal sanctions for organising gatherings remain, critical social media posts surveilled Published at 07.12.2020 Country Ireland Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD protest refugees and migrants LGBTI censorship excessive force protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Contested legislative elections in Venezuela amid pandemic Published at 18.12.2020 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups office raid protest disruption women intimidation attack on journalist criminal defamation public vilification killing of protestors censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Suriname elects new leader, ousting government in power for a decade Published at 05.11.2020 Country Suriname Category Latest Developments Tags: protest Read more
Closing civic space in Brazil: censorship, harassment and attacks on journalists and activists Published at 18.12.2020 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: protest violent protest intimidation harassment HRD detained political interference HRD killing excessive force enforced disappearance censorship HRD prosecuted non state actors women environmental rights indigenous groups minority groups positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling land rights Read more
Canada: Local and global concerns move people to rally and call on government to take action Published at 05.11.2020 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights protestor(s) detained private sector positive court ruling youth protest disruption indigenous groups refugees and migrants women labour rights protest land rights Read more
Three HRDs provisionally released; civil society protests against corruption and injustice banned Published at 09.11.2020 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: time,place restrictions prevention of protest release of HRDs Read more
State broadcaster removes logo from vans in the face of repeated attacks Published at 18.11.2020 Country Netherlands Category Latest Developments Tags: protest protestor(s) detained environmental rights intimidation Read more
Activists at risk as repression in Papua escalates while Indonesia imposes further net restrictions Published at 10.06.2021 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups harassment HRD detained excessive force protest internet restriction prevention of protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted youth Read more
Targeting of human rights defenders and enforced disappearances in Pakistan continue Published at 14.12.2020 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance harassment HRD prosecuted Read more
Government actions spark chilling effects on freedom of expression Published at 06.11.2020 Country Albania Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship private sector restrictive law intimidation censorship labour rights protest Read more
Climate protesters dispersed with pepper spray and detained Published at 18.11.2020 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: protest protestor(s) detained excessive force environmental rights Read more
