Human rights defenders continue to be killed in Guatemala Published at 20.12.2016 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing killing of journalist attack on journalist indigenous groups attack on HRD Read more
Systematic reprisals against dissidents in Azerbaijan Published at 09.01.2017 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD detained protest public vilification criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction Read more
People arrested for insulting Tanzania's president Published at 09.12.2016 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI funding restriction public vilification Read more
Civil society fights back against threatened closure of environmental CSO Published at 09.01.2017 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries indigenous groups CSO closure Read more
Civil society warns new decree could undermine freedom of association Published at 13.12.2016 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist Read more
Media activists killed and others targetted as war rages on Published at 13.12.2016 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist attack on journalist non state actors Read more
Journalists and writer convicted as clampdown on free expression continues Published at 13.12.2016 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling Read more
Failure to provide services continues to drive protests in South Africa Published at 27.01.2017 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protest Read more
Brutal repression of protests against Nicaragua Canal Published at 15.12.2016 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest intimidation harassment censorship excessive force protest Read more
New protest law continues the erosion of civic space in Poland Published at 15.12.2016 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: time,place restrictions bureaucratic restriction protest Read more
Tougher laws choke civil society independence in Bangladesh Published at 15.12.2016 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction harassment HRD detained bureaucratic restriction indigenous groups excessive force enforced disappearance censorship prevention of protest time,place restrictions minority groups release of HRDs attack on journalist protest Read more
International human rights officials concerned about free expression violations in Ecuador Published at 16.12.2016 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force protest Read more
Prominent Afro-Colombian human rights defender murdered Published at 03.02.2017 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist censorship HRD killing private sector Read more
Independent news website repeatedly blocked in reprisal for free speech advocacy Published at 12.01.2017 Country Qatar Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship Read more
Concerted crackdown on civil society in the wake of Castro's death Published at 13.01.2017 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid protest disruption prevention of protest intimidation harassment attack on journalist protest Read more
UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings unable to visit Philippines as death toll rises Published at 13.01.2017 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: protest killing of journalist bureaucratic restriction Read more
Perils of investigative reporting show no signs of improving in Montenegro Published at 12.01.2017 Country Montenegro Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs censorship attack on journalist labour rights protest Read more
Worrying use of judicial system to prosecute activists in Armenia Published at 06.02.2017 Country Armenia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women intimidation harassment HRD detained attack on journalist negative court ruling Read more
Protests against electoral fraud turn violent, face repression Published at 07.02.2017 Country Haiti Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest labour rights Read more
Thousands still detained as state of emergency continues to deny rights Published at 07.02.2017 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction release of HRDs censorship HRD detained Read more
Court cancels two prison sentences as authorities still target HRDs Published at 07.02.2017 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling travel ban harassment intimidation Read more
