New constitutional amendments - a false hope for democratisation Published at 06.04.2017 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid religious groups intimidation HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction Read more
Lao authorities ruthlessly suppress criticism and dissent Published at 07.04.2017 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance censorship HRD detained surveillance Read more
Repression of civic freedoms in Azerbaijan only worsens Published at 07.04.2017 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment attack on journalist negative court ruling criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment violent protest Read more
Civil society organisation in Cochabamba harassed and forced to relocate Published at 05.05.2017 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment intimidation Read more
Arrest of activist in UAE marks a new low in state repression of civic freedoms Published at 07.04.2017 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship HRD detained negative court ruling Read more
Authorities continue to crack down on protests and detain online critics in Sri Lanka, despite UN human rights review Published at 17.02.2023 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption minority groups restrictive law HRD detained protestor(s) detained criminal defamation Read more
Journalists jailed for attempting to flee the country Published at 27.03.2017 Country Eritrea Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law Read more
Concern over new committee to review media law in Niger Published at 27.03.2017 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Read more
Nicaraguan activists intimidated and threatened for civic and human rights efforts Published at 27.03.2017 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: women protest disruption intimidation harassment excessive force protest public vilification prevention of protest Read more
19 activists have been murdered in Colombia since January 2017 Published at 03.04.2017 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: women protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing extractive industries torture/ill-treatment non state actors Read more
Women human rights defenders face intimidation, harassment and persecution Published at 28.03.2017 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD detained intimidation harassment attack on journalist protest Read more
Egyptian authorities continue their brazen curtailment of civic space Published at 28.03.2017 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure intimidation harassment travel ban HRD detained HRD killing labour rights torture/ill-treatment Read more
States consider legislation to limit and control protests Published at 28.03.2017 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction prevention of protest surveillance labour rights Read more
Thousands of Jamaicans protest against gender-based violence Published at 28.03.2017 Country Jamaica Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship women protest Read more
Major protests against metered parking held in Guyana's capital city Published at 29.03.2017 Country Guyana Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest Read more
Human rights situation still appalling in post-election Turkmenistan Published at 29.03.2017 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs harassment intimidation HRD detained HRD killing enforced disappearance public vilification torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship access to info. law surveillance Read more
Disquiet grows over government plans to tighten civil society regulation Published at 31.03.2017 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest bureaucratic restriction access to info. law protest Read more
Three protesters killed in clashes as court upholds President Park's impeachment Published at 03.04.2017 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling killing of protestors violent protest HRD detained surveillance protest Read more
Opposition protests come to an end ahead of elections Published at 07.07.2017 Country Albania Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment LGBTI criminal defamation protest Read more
Liberian business owners prolong protests Published at 12.04.2017 Country Liberia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist women protest public vilification Read more
Security forces fire on protesters in Baghdad and journalist killed in Mosul Published at 30.03.2017 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest internet restriction prevention of protest killing of protestors killing of journalist time,place restrictions access to info. law Read more
