President Suluhu acts on promise to expand media freedoms, arbitrary arrests of journalists continue Published at 17.05.2022 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship indigenous groups release of HRDs harassment positive CS development protest enabling law journalist detained land rights Read more
Judicial harassment of pro-abortion activist & activists helping refugees at Poland/Belarus border Published at 30.04.2022 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women refugees and migrants intimidation harassment positive CS development HRD detained protest censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted positive court ruling non state actors Read more
Far-right leader Janez Janša loses election, sparking new hope for civic space Published at 10.05.2022 Country Slovenia Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference environmental rights harassment protest public vilification Read more
Belize: British royal family’s visit sparks protests and counter-protests Published at 18.05.2022 Country Belize Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups protest land rights Read more
Guatemala: la libertad de expresión sufre un profundo deterioro Published at 17.05.2022 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups harassment positive CS development protest killing of journalist environmental rights non state actors Read more
Fears mount for Qatari woman human rights defender Noof Al-Maadeed whose fate and whereabouts remain Published at 21.12.2021 Country Qatar Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance women HRD prosecuted refugees and migrants HRD detained labour rights Read more
Perú se sume en una nueva crisis tras la destitución de su presidente Published at 20.02.2023 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing excessive force attack on journalist public vilification journalist detained killing of protestors protest youth protest disruption torture/ill-treatment attack on HRD intimidation sexual assault harassment women indigenous groups violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Freedom of Expression violations during elections Published at 13.06.2022 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment attack on journalist intimidation Read more
Uruguay: decline in freedom of expression; restrictive law maintained after referendum Published at 19.05.2022 Country Uruguay Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights restrictive law internet restriction censorship political interference Read more
HRDs face life sentences & death penalty for their peaceful human rights work Published at 19.05.2022 Country Qatar Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI HRD prosecuted refugees and migrants harassment negative court ruling labour rights Read more
CSOs providing assistance to migrants at the border face investigation Published at 04.04.2022 Country Lithuania Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest LGBTI restrictive law refugees and migrants harassment protest internet restriction HRD prosecuted Read more
Crackdown and arrests reported by the Fact-Finding Mission Published at 14.06.2022 Country Libya Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained protest sexual assault LGBTI women restrictive law intimidation harassment protestor(s) detained Read more
Mass arrests of activists; HRDs and journalists hacked with Pegasus Spyware Published at 15.06.2022 Country Jordan Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained prevention of protest journalist detained labour rights surveillance HRD detained Read more
The Taliban continues to target activists, journalists and stifle protests by women with impunity Published at 16.06.2022 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment women attack on journalist intimidation HRD detained excessive force public vilification enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Malaysian police continue to harass protesters and activists and criminalise online expression Published at 20.06.2022 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants harassment HRD detained labour rights criminal defamation prevention of protest time,place restrictions HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Calls for justice after journalist Shireen Abu-Akleh killed in ‘targeted attack’ by Israeli forces Published at 17.06.2022 Country Palestine Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on journalist excessive force killing of journalist prevention of protest bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Peru launched into crisis following president’s removal Published at 17.02.2023 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups attack on journalist protest sexual assault youth protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation harassment violent protest HRD killing excessive force public vilification journalist detained killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained Read more
Civic space takes further hit from Taliban's deplorable NGO ban for women as activists and journalists continued to be targeted Published at 22.02.2023 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Ongoing concerns about lack of impartial investigations into "Bloody January’’ events Published at 20.06.2022 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment surveillance HRD detained protest torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Attempts to silence HRDs through arrests and imprisonment Published at 21.06.2022 Country Morocco Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women harassment HRD detained excessive force protest sexual assault censorship surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Belize signs Escazú Agreement but delays its ratification Published at 23.02.2023 Country Belize Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights enabling law Read more
