USA: bills restrict freedom of expression in the classroom; massive protests in Puerto Rico Published at 10.03.2022 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI minority groups intimidation surveillance labour rights protest political interference restrictive law enabling law censorship protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Emergencies Act used to clear truck drivers’ convoy protests in Canada Published at 14.03.2022 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest violent protest bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained environmental rights funding restriction protest disruption youth non state actors Read more
Indignación por el asesinato de cinco periodistas a principios de 2022 Published at 15.03.2022 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women refugees and migrants intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest killing of journalist non state actors Read more
Le gouvernement utilise la Loi sur les mesures d'urgence pour mettre fin au convoi des camionneurs Published at 17.03.2022 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption youth harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest violent protest bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained environmental rights non state actors Read more
Colombia: surveillance of civil society and detention of protest leaders Published at 02.03.2022 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained HRD killing criminal defamation surveillance non state actors women indigenous groups release of HRDs positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest enabling law protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights self censorship youth Read more
Political dissident from Laos finds refuge as ethnic Hmong indigenous people remain at risk Published at 18.03.2022 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained indigenous groups minority groups Read more
Venezuela: estigmatización y censura de los medios de comunicación a principios de 2022 Published at 24.03.2022 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship attack on journalist non state actors protest intimidation Read more
Assault on civic freedoms continue in Sri Lanka as an economic crisis hits the country Published at 29.03.2022 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained excessive force positive court ruling time,place restrictions protest disruption prevention of protest women minority groups intimidation torture/ill-treatment harassment attack on journalist restrictive law Read more
Guatemala: vigilancia a periodistas y represalias contra los agentes anticorrupción Published at 29.03.2022 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women surveillance indigenous groups environmental rights harassment protest extractive industries non state actors Read more
Solidarity protests staged for Ukraine Published at 30.03.2022 Country Croatia Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest intimidation Read more
States call on Timor-Leste government at UN to ensure laws do not restrict freedoms Published at 31.03.2022 Country Timor-Leste Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law Read more
Ecuador: Amnesty granted to 268 rights defenders and protesters Published at 30.03.2022 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups HRD killing harassment public vilification positive CS development protest positive court ruling attack on journalist excessive force enabling law environmental rights land rights Read more
Chile: same-sex marriage legalised; Gabriel Boric sworn in as President Published at 30.03.2022 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: women refugees and migrants positive CS development protest LGBTI violent protest restrictive law enabling law environmental rights surveillance private sector Read more
Mexico: governing party introduces bill restricting civil society work Published at 01.04.2022 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: non state actors women indigenous groups refugees and migrants positive CS development labour rights protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained funding restriction youth intimidation harassment public vilification killing of journalist private sector Read more
Protests over labour rights, insecurity and political crisis in Haiti Published at 04.04.2022 Country Haiti Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on journalist labour rights excessive force protest killing of journalist killing of protestors non state actors Read more
Se aprueba el matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo y Gabriel Boric toma posesión como presidente Published at 11.04.2022 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women refugees and migrants positive CS development protest violent protest restrictive law enabling law environmental rights surveillance private sector Read more
Peru: protests over price rises and violence against human rights defenders Published at 12.04.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest time,place restrictions environmental rights non state actors restrictive law positive court ruling women journalist detained indigenous groups attack on journalist protestor(s) detained protest disruption negative court ruling harassment protest HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation HRD prosecuted killing of protestors extractive industries land rights Read more
Restriction on social gatherings and movement due to pandemic lockdown in Kiribati Published at 13.04.2022 Country Kiribati Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction Read more
Tragic death of long-term political prisoner, systematic violations of fundamental freedoms Published at 09.12.2021 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted release of HRDs travel ban labour rights protest prevention of protest restrictive law Read more
Venezuela: la draconiana ley de ONG amenaza a las organizaciones de la sociedad civil Published at 21.02.2023 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: women prevention of protest restrictive law intimidation censorship labour rights protest Read more
Journalists arrested at environmental rights protest; News outlet limits coverage of football games Published at 18.11.2021 Country Netherlands Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest journalist detained environmental rights attack on journalist protestor(s) detained protest Read more
