Conviction of lawyer and recent legal changes further erodes civic space in Fiji ahead of elections Published at 24.11.2022 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling HRD prosecuted restrictive law Read more
República Dominicana: un grupo ultranacionalista arremete contra manifestantes anticolonialistas Published at 28.11.2022 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption minority groups harassment excessive force protest non state actors Read more
El Salvador: hostile environment for human rights defenders and journalists Published at 22.11.2022 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship youth intimidation positive CS development labour rights public vilification internet restriction surveillance Read more
As Qatar hosts the FIFA World Cup, human rights organisations draw attention to its dismal human rights record Published at 06.12.2022 Country Qatar Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI negative court ruling HRD prosecuted refugees and migrants Read more
North Korean authorities have used the pandemic to increase border security and further repress citizens Published at 08.12.2022 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship surveillance Read more
Nicaragua in contempt of international human rights mechanisms Published at 08.12.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: women CSO closure release of HRDs harassment HRD detained torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Harassment and criminalisation of activists and journalists in Hong Kong continues unabated Published at 13.12.2022 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Protesters continue to face prosecution and excessive force while activists criminalised for royal defamation in Thailand Published at 15.12.2022 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women youth harassment surveillance attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment restrictive law time,place restrictions protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Las autoridades cubanas acosan a periodistas y militantes para obligarlos a abandonar su labor Published at 15.12.2022 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship LGBTI harassment travel ban protest public vilification internet restriction restrictive law HRD threatened Read more
Ataques contra organizaciones de derechos humanos y miembros del aparato judicial guatemaltecos Published at 15.12.2022 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling self censorship women harassment HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights protest public vilification internet restriction sexual assault HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
The Singapore authorities continues its use of restrictive laws to harass critics and activists and stifle protests Published at 20.12.2022 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship protest disruption women Read more
Paraguay: September marked by killings of a journalist and a campesino leader Published at 20.12.2022 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling indigenous groups harassment HRD detained HRD killing negative court ruling labour rights criminal defamation protest killing of journalist prevention of protest non state actors private sector land rights Read more
Bolivia: una huelga paraliza el departamento de Santa Cruz durante más de un mes Published at 16.12.2022 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment attack on journalist labour rights protest extractive industries killing of protestors violent protest protestor(s) detained HRD threatened non state actors Read more
Calls for accountability for disappeared activist Sombath Somphone, release of political prisoners as repression of civic space persists in Laos Published at 20.12.2022 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance censorship land rights harassment intimidation Read more
Nicaragua menosprecia los mecanismos internacionales de derechos humanos Published at 20.12.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: women CSO closure release of HRDs harassment HRD detained torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
L'espace civique encore plus restreint après un second coup d'État militaire Published at 21.12.2022 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest intimidation harassment censorship HRD prosecuted protest Read more
Bangladeshi government brutally cracks down on opposition rallies as well as journalists and dissidents Published at 22.12.2022 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation harassment excessive force public vilification enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Brazil: anti-democratic demonstrations following presidential election Published at 21.12.2022 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD killing public vilification censorship non state actors women indigenous groups religious groups attack on journalist negative court ruling protest internet restriction violent protest political interference environmental rights land rights Read more
Slow progress in ensuring accountability for unlawful killing of protesters in PNG while journalists face restrictions and threats Published at 30.12.2022 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption killing of protestors intimidation harassment excessive force Read more
Canada: workers push back against restricting legislation Published at 05.01.2023 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling internet restriction restrictive law labour rights protest non state actors Read more
Argentina: economic crisis leads to recurrent protests Published at 30.12.2022 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force public vilification censorship surveillance non state actors positive court ruling women indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
