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Crackdown on civil society continues: UN office ordered to leave, major NGO ceases operations
Published at
28.01.2019
Country
Burundi
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- positive court ruling
- CSO closure
- criminal defamation
LA RÉPRESSION DE LA SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE SE POURSUIT : LE BUREAU DES NATIONS UNIES EST EXPULSÉ
Published at
29.01.2019
Country
Burundi
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- positive court ruling
- CSO closure
- criminal defamation
Women on front line of peaceful protests bear the brunt of violent crackdown amid state of emergency
Published at
20.03.2019
Country
Sudan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- sexual assault
- violent protest
- youth
- protest disruption
- time,place restrictions
- torture/ill-treatment
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- protest
- attack on HRD
- killing of protestors
- excessive force
- intimidation
- harassment
- women
- prevention of protest
- HRD detained
- censorship
- HRD killing
- political interference
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
Activists, lawyers and critics continue to face harassment and defamation charges in Thailand
Published at
29.11.2019
Country
Thailand
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- positive court ruling
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- private sector
Abelino Chub Caal released amid increasing attacks against HRDs
Published at
07.05.2019
Country
Guatemala
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD acquitted
- LGBTI
- women
- attack on HRD
- HRD prosecuted
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- HRD killing
- land rights
Kuwait fails to implement UPR recommendations, HRDs defending Bedoon rights systematically targeted
Published at
15.10.2019
Country
Kuwait
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- minority groups
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Uzbekistan: Reforming or Redecorating?
Published at
25.10.2019
Country
Uzbekistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- release of HRDs
- travel ban
- refusal of registration
- labour rights
- protest
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- journalist detained
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
Academics arrested, journalists silenced and blanket bans on LGBTI protests
Published at
03.07.2019
Country
Turkey
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- women
- protest
- release of HRDs
- HRD acquitted
- travel ban
- prevention of protest
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- time,place restrictions
Civil society under greater threat as draconian law comes into force
Published at
05.06.2017
Country
Egypt
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- funding restriction
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- HRD acquitted
HRDs at risk protecting environmental, indigenous and women's rights
Published at
15.06.2017
Country
Guatemala
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- HRD acquitted
- excessive force
- environmental rights
- sexual assault
- positive court ruling
- women
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- killing of protestors
- land rights
Burmese civil society fights back against restrictions on freedom of expression
Published at
22.06.2017
Country
Myanmar
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- journalist detained
- surveillance
- women
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- protest
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- HRD threatened
Litany of abuses continues, even under Expo-2017 spotlight
Published at
01.08.2017
Country
Kazakhstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- religious groups
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- labour rights
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
Several activists released but human rights situation remains worrisome
Published at
16.08.2017
Country
Belarus
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD acquitted
- positive court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
- protest
- release of HRDs
Madagascar: "Almost if not all environmentalists are under threat"
Published at
13.10.2017
Country
Madagascar
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- extractive industries
- political interference
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- HRD acquitted
- harassment
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- prevention of protest
- time,place restrictions
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Deepening humanitarian crisis now coined a "catastrophe"
Published at
30.10.2017
Country
Myanmar
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- refugees and migrants
- religious groups
- minority groups
- travel ban
- sexual assault
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- HRD acquitted
UN appoints group of experts to investigate human rights violations in Yemen
Published at
14.11.2017
Country
Yemen
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD acquitted
- positive CS development
- women
Military takeover: civil society calls for peaceful, inclusive political transition
Published at
17.11.2017
Country
Zimbabwe
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- political interference
- intimidation
- HRD acquitted
- attack on journalist
- surveillance
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Uzbekistan: Some positive developments but critics and journalists still face reprisals
Published at
20.12.2017
Country
Uzbekistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- bureaucratic restriction
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- journalist detained
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- protestor(s) detained
Impunity for attacks on journalists draws international scrutiny
Published at
20.12.2017
Country
Mexico
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- torture/ill-treatment
- labour rights
- protest
- HRD acquitted
- killing of journalist
- positive court ruling
- women
- extractive industries
- non state actors
Protest over 2018 budget law: CSO banned and activists arrested
Published at
03.01.2018
Country
Niger
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- extractive industries
- violent protest
- CSO closure
- HRD acquitted
- time,place restrictions
- HRD detained