Reforms Continue as Parties Ready for Promised 2020 Election Published at 22.01.2019 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption release of HRDs positive CS development excessive force protest killing of protestors enabling law protestor(s) detained Read more
Government poised to decriminalise libel Published at 03.04.2019 Country Sierra Leone Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist HRD detained labour rights violent protest non state actors private sector land rights Read more
Authorities withdraw NGO's license to operate Published at 03.12.2018 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist criminal defamation CSO closure intimidation harassment protest Read more
Hundreds arrested as clashes reported during a series of anti-government protests Published at 25.01.2019 Country Belgium Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained protestor(s) detained refugees and migrants protest violent protest Read more
Dozens of demonstrators injured and one killed in clashes with the National Police Published at 23.11.2018 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force killing of protestors violent protest restrictive law attack on journalist labour rights protest Read more
New media charter considered "worthless" by journalists Published at 30.11.2018 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship women self censorship restrictive law Read more
Human rights defenders arrested and journalists injured Published at 03.12.2018 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained journalist detained intimidation censorship attack on journalist criminal defamation non state actors Read more
Protesters killed, journalists detained and media outlets set ablaze during wave of protests Published at 03.12.2018 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained attack on journalist HRD killing journalist detained women Read more
Moratorium on use of repressive laws lifted despite promises at the UN human rights council Published at 04.12.2018 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups intimidation travel ban negative court ruling criminal defamation HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Journalists slain as Somalia tops Media Impunity Index Published at 04.12.2018 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: non state actors killing of journalist censorship intimidation Read more
80 CSOs call for accountability and justice for past war crimes Published at 04.12.2018 Country Liberia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist non state actors protest intimidation Read more
Anti-racism protests held to counteract far-right marches Published at 05.12.2018 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest LGBTI environmental rights enabling law Read more
Human rights defenders still at risk from state actors and businesses Published at 06.12.2018 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protest HRD threatened criminal defamation Read more
Humanitarian workers released on bail, still face serious charges Published at 06.12.2018 Country Greece Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs protestor(s) detained excessive force labour rights refugees and migrants violent protest protest Read more
Femen protestors met with violence by pro-Franco supporters in Madrid Published at 07.12.2018 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: women positive CS development protest disruption protestor(s) detained excessive force Read more
Elections in Bahrain condemned as sham by civil society Published at 06.12.2018 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment women political interference HRD prosecuted intimidation Read more
Website blocked and HRD's twitter account hacked Published at 07.12.2018 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship internet restriction Read more
String of attacks against journalists while growing calls for the passage of the RTI Bill Published at 11.12.2018 Country Ghana Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption extractive industries attack on journalist protest violent protest access to info. law protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights non state actors Read more
Violence at #1od5miliona protests in Belgrade Published at 21.03.2019 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD violent protest protestor(s) detained excessive force protest public vilification Read more
Protests violently dispersed, journalists detained Published at 22.01.2019 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption HRD detained excessive force protest criminal defamation violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Residents protest failure to deliver on housing in Ryanggang Province Published at 10.12.2018 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship women surveillance protest Read more
