Argentina: Journalists harassed and threatened Published at 29.07.2022 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid intimidation sexual assault harassment HRD detained excessive force extractive industries non state actors women protestor(s) detained indigenous groups attack on journalist labour rights protest land rights Read more
Cuba: Repercussions of July 2021 mass protests still felt Published at 08.08.2022 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD prosecuted youth intimidation HRD detained protest internet restriction torture/ill-treatment people with disabilities Read more
Ongoing attacks on freedom of expression spark international concern Published at 17.08.2022 Country Yemen Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist HRD prosecuted Read more
Uruguay: Government push to repeal Media Law and reinstate dictatorship-era legislation Published at 16.08.2022 Country Uruguay Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law women religious groups protest intimidation Read more
Lawyers representing death row prisoners, activists and journalists face harassment in Singapore Published at 18.08.2022 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation restrictive law women refugees and migrants harassment HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights censorship Read more
Continued repression under new President Published at 27.07.2022 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest women intimidation harassment release of HRDs surveillance HRD detained protest internet restriction HRD prosecuted Read more
New decree mandates NGOs to align their activities to governmental development priorities Published at 15.07.2022 Country Togo Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest restrictive law Read more
Indian authorities criminalise activists and bulldoze homes of protesters to silence dissent Published at 01.08.2022 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups harassment youth women attack on HRD journalist detained HRD detained Read more
Brazil: Anger at government inaction after Indigenous advocate and international correspondent are killed in the Amazon Published at 13.07.2022 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law public vilification LGBTI intimidation harassment killing of journalist women positive court ruling HRD killing non state actors criminal defamation censorship indigenous groups minority groups attack on journalist negative court ruling protest extractive industries political interference journalist detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Protests staged against energy crisis, labour rights and gender-based violence Published at 20.01.2022 Country Kosovo Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment labour rights protest public vilification journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Police fine women rights activists for IWD actions Published at 12.04.2022 Country Kosovo Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women youth intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest internet restriction bureaucratic restriction censorship protestor(s) detained people with disabilities Read more
Samoan authorities use defamation laws against critics as press freedom rankings drop Published at 04.08.2022 Country Samoa Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law criminal defamation Read more
El nombramiento de una nueva fiscal general presagia tiempos difíciles para la sociedad civil y la prensa en Guatemala Published at 29.07.2022 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups attack on journalist HRD detained protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted environmental rights youth women indigenous groups attack on HRD non state actors Read more
CSOs report new wave of oppression against human rights defenders and civil society Published at 08.08.2022 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI torture/ill-treatment journalist detained harassment HRD detained negative court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
Bangladesh authorities intensify persecution of rights group Odhikar, journalists, and critics Published at 10.08.2022 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment attack on journalist public vilification torture/ill-treatment restrictive law youth protest disruption CSO closure journalist detained Read more
Blanket ban on protests until the election campaign starts Published at 30.05.2022 Country Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: time,place restrictions attack on journalist prevention of protest intimidation Read more
Un nouveau décret oblige les ONG à aligner leurs activités sur les priorités de développement du gouvernement Published at 10.08.2022 Country Togo Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest restrictive law Read more
Journalists subjected to intimidation, threats, and physical attacks Published at 25.03.2022 Country Sierra Leone Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist journalist detained women intimidation Read more
Colombia: human rights defenders and local leaders impacted by violence in rural areas Published at 10.08.2022 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups protestor(s) detained attack on journalist environmental rights youth intimidation labour rights HRD killing censorship access to info. law protest non state actors LGBTI internet restriction women indigenous groups journalist detained land rights Read more
Authorities declare nationwide curfew amid deadly protests sparked by the rising cost of living Published at 12.08.2022 Country Sierra Leone Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction protest disruption killing of protestors violent protest protestor(s) detained excessive force Read more
Journalists in Timor-Leste face charges for exposing corruption and abuse, tainting media freedom Published at 15.08.2022 Country Timor-Leste Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law criminal defamation censorship Read more
