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Press freedom violations surge: journalists assaulted, detained, prosecuted
Published at
22.04.2022
Country
Ghana
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
UN experts alarmed over systematic targeting of civil society
Published at
06.11.2018
Country
Egypt
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- censorship
- LGBTI
- women
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
More than 100 arrested during opposition protests, several journalists detained
Published at
05.03.2019
Country
Cameroon
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- protest disruption
- protest
- excessive force
- prevention of protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
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
Women's rights come to the fore in India
Published at
29.11.2018
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD killing
- protestor(s) detained
- censorship
- excessive force
- environmental rights
- protest
- journalist detained
- people with disabilities
- protest disruption
- women
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- violent protest
Reforms Continue as Parties Ready for Promised 2020 Election
Published at
22.01.2019
Country
Ethiopia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- positive CS development
- excessive force
- protest
- killing of protestors
- enabling law
- protestor(s) detained
Humanitarian workers released on bail, still face serious charges
Published at
06.12.2018
Country
Greece
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- release of HRDs
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- labour rights
- refugees and migrants
- violent protest
- protest
After 62 days in hunger strike, Tomas Nuñez was released
Published at
13.12.2018
Country
Cuba
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- torture/ill-treatment
- release of HRDs
- travel ban
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
Yemen's human rights record examined by the UN as human rights defenders arrested
Published at
19.02.2019
Country
Yemen
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
- release of HRDs
- criminal defamation
- intimidation
Concerns about freedom of expression in Nigeria: journalists arrested, protests repressed
Published at
19.11.2019
Country
Nigeria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- office raid
- intimidation
- protest
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- violent protest
- killing of journalist
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- killing of protestors
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- private sector
- non state actors
- protestor(s) detained
- women
- religious groups
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD prosecuted
Heavy prison sentences for HRDs
Published at
11.02.2019
Country
Togo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- protest
Des lourdes peines de prison pour deux défenseurs des droits de l’homme
Published at
14.02.2019
Country
Togo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- protest
Human rights groups decry deteriorating situation as peace agreement remains unimplemented
Published at
05.09.2019
Country
South Sudan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD killing
- criminal defamation
- political interference
- censorship
- women
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
Laos increases controls on social media news sites while anti-land grab protesters jailed
Published at
05.09.2019
Country
Laos
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- release of HRDs
- minority groups
- enforced disappearance
- land rights
Omani authorities target bloggers and journalists
Published at
27.02.2019
Country
Oman
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD detained
- release of HRDs
- intimidation
#OdupriSe builds unity against government corruption
Published at
09.04.2019
Country
Montenegro
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
- women
- political interference
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- public vilification
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
Des journalistes détenus et plus de cent arrestations lors de manifestations de l'opposition
Published at
08.03.2019
Country
Cameroon
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Prominent HRD’s lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh sentenced to 38 years imprisonment
Published at
13.03.2019
Country
Iran
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- HRD prosecuted
- release of HRDs
- censorship
- journalist detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
Political prisoners pardoned for the first time in history, critics term decision political move
Published at
02.05.2019
Country
Azerbaijan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- negative court ruling
- release of HRDs