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Bhutan: Human rights groups call for release of political prisoners while journalists and civil society remain constrained
- Published at
- 26.08.2024
- Country
- Bhutan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- torture/ill-treatment
Japan: Press freedom ranking drops while new law passed to remove defamatory online posts
- Published at
- 27.08.2024
- Country
- Japan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- refugees and migrants
- protest
Protesters detained as pro-Palestine demonstrations surge since October 2023
- Published at
- 19.02.2024
- Country
- United States of America
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- journalist detained
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- censorship
- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained
Papua New Guinea: Media restrictions and cybercrime law undermine freedom of expression
- Published at
- 28.08.2024
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- protest
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights
UWI and UTECH staff demand better labour conditions; residents protest poor infrastructure
- Published at
- 03.05.2024
- Country
- Jamaica
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- protest
Trinidad and Tobago High Court criticises practices in high-profile defamation cases; workers seek fair wages and job security
- Published at
- 29.04.2024
- Country
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- violent protest
- labour rights
- protest
A Government Minister threatens legal action over defamation as media faces exclusion from tourism events
- Published at
- 17.04.2024
- Country
- St Kitts and Nevis
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- access to info. law
- intimidation
Singapore: New Prime Minister continues policy of silencing dissent by criminalising protesters and harassing critics
- Published at
- 29.08.2024
- Country
- Singapore
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- harassment
- protest
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- HRD prosecuted
Vanuatu: UN body calls for repeal of criminal defamation laws, teachers’ union holds strike
- Published at
- 30.08.2024
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- protest
Thailand: Opposition party dissolved while activists criminalised and attacked
- Published at
- 02.09.2024
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- women
- refugees and migrants
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- HRD prosecuted
Social unrest grows as the government’s agenda erodes fundamental freedoms
- Published at
- 20.05.2024
- Country
- Argentina
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- women
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
Criticism mounts as Cuban authorities curb civic space and implement harsher restrictions
- Published at
- 14.02.2024
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- censorship
- surveillance
Dominican Republic introduces updated freedom of expression draft law amid concerns over restrictive intelligence legislation’s impact on fundamental freedoms
- Published at
- 22.04.2024
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- protest disruption
- protest
- enabling law
Journalists face access restrictions: barred from cabinet ceremony and subject to new interview policy
- Published at
- 28.03.2024
- Country
- Grenada
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- access to info. law
Service delivery protests held, attacks on HRDs continue
- Published at
- 30.04.2024
- Country
- South Africa
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- positive CS development
- labour rights
- protest
- violent protest
- enabling law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
Writer and online activist Mohammed Ali Bakhit (Abu Ali Al-Barami) acquitted
- Published at
- 31.07.2024
- Country
- Oman
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- HRD detained
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
Afghanistan: Activists and journalists face arrest, detention, torture and new morality law, three years after the Taliban takeover
- Published at
- 04.09.2024
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
Hundreds of protesters injured and dozens detained in clashes with security forces
- Published at
- 12.08.2024
- Country
- Argentina
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- extractive industries
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
Maldives: UN body raises concerns about restrictions and attacks on civic freedoms while protesters face reprisals
- Published at
- 06.09.2024
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- protest
- restrictive law
Legal battle over book on corruption raises questions on press freedom in Suriname
- Published at
- 24.04.2024
- Country
- Suriname
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- protest
- intimidation