Civil society highlights torture and ill-treatment of activists at UN review Published at 20.11.2018 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: women positive CS development attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling travel ban criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
17 journalists killed between 2015 and 2018 Published at 22.11.2018 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment restrictive law land rights protest intimidation Read more
Omani journalists arrested and detained ahead of Israeli Prime Minister visit Published at 20.11.2018 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained Read more
Nine Hong Kong “Umbrella movement” activists facing trial while pro-independence party banned Published at 17.11.2018 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women HRD detained protest restrictive law censorship surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
La crisis política socava las libertades del espacio cívico Published at 01.04.2019 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force protest enforced disappearance internet restriction killing of protestors censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened indigenous groups attack on HRD office raid harassment attack on journalist non state actors Read more
Six killed during anti-corruption protests Published at 20.11.2018 Country Haiti Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained killing of protestors violent protest excessive force protest Read more
Civil society concerned about physical attacks and ongoing prosecution of Thai activists Published at 12.07.2019 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment criminal defamation enforced disappearance restrictive law surveillance women intimidation land rights Read more
CSOs and governments criticise systematic violations during Saudi Arabia's UPR review Published at 19.11.2018 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist Read more
'Escape the corset’ feminist movement challenging societal beauty standards Published at 18.01.2019 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling restrictive law women protest Read more
Wave of killing of human rights defenders continues Published at 17.12.2018 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women indigenous groups intimidation HRD killing protest land rights Read more
Widespread protests in Sudan see excessive force and systematic repression of civic freedoms Published at 17.01.2019 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained protest disruption harassment attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation protest prevention of protest killing of protestors protestor(s) detained Read more
Singapore cracks down on critical news websites to silence dissent Published at 21.11.2018 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship LGBTI criminal defamation internet restriction Read more
Human rights lawyer assisting families of slain sugar farmers in Sagay gunned down Published at 22.11.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD torture/ill-treatment positive CS development HRD detained HRD killing land rights Read more
Improvement of civic space ratings but violations still occur Published at 26.11.2018 Country Gambia Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained positive CS development attack on journalist protest disruption killing of protestors violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
International groups criticise Italy for targetting NGOs Published at 26.11.2018 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference refugees and migrants CSO closure public vilification Read more
Three women HRDs sentenced to two and a half years in prison Published at 26.11.2018 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups negative court ruling Read more
Concern after brutal attack on women HRDs in prison Published at 27.11.2018 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: protest youth protest disruption women torture/ill-treatment attack on HRD censorship intimidation harassment attack on journalist journalist detained non state actors Read more
Smear campaign against leading human rights group, as elections loom Published at 29.11.2018 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: protest public vilification refugees and migrants criminal defamation restrictive law release of HRDs harassment Read more
Crackdown on civil society continues, according to Azerbaijan Universal Periodic Review Published at 28.11.2018 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Journalist assaulted by group of vigilantes linked to ruling party Published at 29.11.2018 Country Sierra Leone Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist Read more
