UN Special Rapporteur on torture denounces police brutality; animal rights group campaign muted Published at 18.01.2022 Country Netherlands Category Latest Developments Tags: women prevention of protest intimidation harassment environmental rights negative court ruling protest Read more
La Corte Suprema anula el juicio de los defensores del agua de Guapinol y los deja en libertad Published at 01.04.2022 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD HRD threatened minority groups release of HRDs harassment HRD prosecuted attack on journalist extractive industries environmental rights bureaucratic restriction enabling law women HRD acquitted non state actors Read more
Crackdown on dissent continues Published at 28.01.2022 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law intimidation HRD detained LGBTI women protest Read more
Dominican Republic: militarisation in response to small community protest Published at 04.04.2022 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction protest intimidation Read more
Palestinian CSOs branded ‘terrorist organisations’ and surveilled by Pegasus spyware Published at 15.02.2022 Country Palestine Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained surveillance internet restriction funding restriction youth attack on journalist bureaucratic restriction excessive force criminal defamation protest Read more
Despite UN review, Thai government continues to silence dissent, push restrictive NGO bill Published at 04.04.2022 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment women labour rights restrictive law public vilification protestor(s) detained environmental rights positive court ruling protest disruption Read more
Protesters clash with the police, journalists protest restricted access to parliament proceedings Published at 19.11.2021 Country Armenia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protest protest disruption environmental rights bureaucratic restriction Read more
Several protests around Nagorno Karabakh issues held, court criticised for restrictive judgment Published at 10.01.2022 Country Armenia Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants protestor(s) detained protest restrictive law negative court ruling HRD threatened Read more
Government critics face continued harassment, journalists face restrictions, assault and arrest Published at 18.02.2022 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment office raid intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained labour rights protest torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
New repressive measures after January 2022 events in Kazakhstan, ahead of presidential elections Published at 25.03.2022 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained protest internet restriction protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Journalists face imprisonment; environmental activists targeted by punitive measures Published at 01.12.2021 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protest protestor(s) detained environmental rights bureaucratic restriction Read more
Helsinki police detain 38 climate activists Published at 19.01.2022 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights protestor(s) detained protest Read more
COVID-19 restrictions spark more protests, new evidence of police violence in 2020 protests unveiled Published at 25.10.2021 Country Bulgaria Category Latest Developments Tags: protest Read more
Orbán government secures landslide victory spelling further concerns for civic freedoms Published at 07.04.2022 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI harassment negative court ruling protest prevention of protest political interference bureaucratic restriction Read more
Activists and journalists in China face persecution during and after Winter Olympics Published at 11.04.2022 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained criminal defamation enforced disappearance restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance women HRD prosecuted Read more
Ecuador: amnistían a 268 manifestantes y defensores de derechos Published at 11.04.2022 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women indigenous groups harassment positive CS development attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest enabling law environmental rights land rights Read more
Singapore continues to restrict fundamental freedoms, despite downgrade in civic space rating Published at 12.04.2022 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship negative court ruling HRD prosecuted LGBTI Read more
Protesters call for release of political prisoners, imprisoned journalist appeals for support Published at 30.11.2021 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI torture/ill-treatment release of HRDs journalist detained protestor(s) detained protest Read more
New laws impose stiffer restrictions on CSOs & media, journalist killed Published at 12.04.2022 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption harassment protest killing of journalist restrictive law HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained Read more
El Salvador: freedom of expression under threat amid rising gang violence Published at 19.04.2022 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD harassment HRD detained protest public vilification restrictive law censorship surveillance Read more
USA: Amazon workers vote for unionisation; courts hold police liable for excessive force Published at 19.04.2022 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI protest women refugees and migrants restrictive law environmental rights youth protest disruption killing of protestors bureaucratic restriction time,place restrictions negative court ruling private sector non state actors labour rights Read more
