Dictatorship-era National Security Law used to intimidate critics in Brazil Published at 11.05.2021 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women office raid attack on HRD HRD killing intimidation youth killing of journalist HRD detained access to info. law private sector non state actors positive court ruling indigenous groups positive CS development environmental rights attack on journalist protest internet restriction extractive industries restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Crackdown on activists, protesters continue in Myanmar despite ASEAN summit and global calls Published at 12.05.2021 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing protest disruption office raid protest excessive force attack on HRD restrictive law women HRD detained torture/ill-treatment internet restriction criminal defamation public vilification censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Systematic persecution of activists, journalists and critics in mainland China and Hong Kong Published at 19.05.2021 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling journalist detained HRD prosecuted labour rights enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment minority groups intimidation restrictive law harassment travel ban censorship HRD detained HRD killing Read more
Protests against tax reform lead thousands to the streets in Colombia, face brutal police repression Published at 19.05.2021 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights excessive force attack on journalist criminal defamation violent protest women public vilification sexual assault killing of protestors youth protest disruption negative court ruling censorship protestor(s) detained indigenous groups environmental rights protest attack on HRD internet restriction land rights HRD killing non state actors Read more
Repression of activists and journalists persists in Myanmar despite ASEAN rebuke Published at 09.11.2021 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: women office raid religious groups release of HRDs HRD detained HRD killing protest internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Killings and fabricated charges against activists persist as ICC investigation moves forward Published at 18.06.2021 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction attack on HRD harassment HRD detained HRD killing public vilification restrictive law HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Haiti: President Moïse assassinated, launching country into further uncertainty Published at 22.07.2021 Country Haiti Category Latest Developments Tags: protest killing of journalist youth women HRD threatened religious groups harassment attack on journalist environmental rights HRD killing excessive force non state actors land rights Read more
Death of Fr Swamy and increasing online restrictions highlights risk facing activists in India Published at 09.07.2021 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction women torture/ill-treatment restrictive law HRD killing land rights Read more
Increasing insecurity in Burkina Faso: mass protests, two journalists, one conservationist killed Published at 12.07.2021 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing killing of journalist protest censorship non state actors Read more
Civil society alarmed by rise of lese majeste cases and proposed NGO law in Thailand Published at 16.07.2021 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: protest access to info. law positive court ruling journalist detained HRD detained HRD killing criminal defamation land rights Read more
Insécurité croissante au Burkina : manifestations de masse, deux journalistes et un écologiste tués Published at 19.07.2021 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist protest censorship HRD killing non state actors Read more
L'assassinat du président Moïse enfonce le pays dans l'incertitude Published at 26.07.2021 Country Haiti Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women religious groups harassment excessive force attack on journalist protest HRD killing killing of journalist non state actors HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Dissolved parliament, and ongoing crackdown on peaceful assembly and expression Published at 11.08.2021 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights censorship attack on journalist HRD killing protest Read more
Human Rights Organisations Mourn the Loss of Human Rights Champions Published at 22.06.2021 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist HRD killing Read more
Afghan authorities failing to protect activists, journalists as attacks against civilians surge Published at 10.11.2020 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship attack on journalist HRD killing journalist detained Read more
Police excesses during protests a worrying trend, company in spotlight for using SLAPP Published at 29.10.2021 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption youth attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD killing censorship killing of protestors LGBTI attack on journalist labour rights protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Mexico: wave of killings of journalists, environmental and Indigenous rights defenders Published at 23.08.2021 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups attack on journalist women HRD killing protest public vilification killing of journalist violent protest protestor(s) detained HRD threatened protest disruption environmental rights non state actors Read more
Academics, Journalists, Actors and Lawyers Targeted for Exercising Right to Freedom of Expression Published at 25.08.2021 Country Yemen Category Latest Developments Tags: women office raid harassment censorship journalist detained HRD killing non state actors Read more
CSOs Denounce Recent Intensification in the Persecution of HRDs and Dissenting Voices Published at 25.08.2021 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD killing negative court ruling Read more
Afghan human rights defenders and journalists killed as US-Taliban talks collapse Published at 08.10.2019 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist attack on HRD attack on journalist HRD killing HRD threatened non state actors Read more
Despite formation of a commission to protect rights defenders, attacks persist in Afghanistan Published at 18.03.2021 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist women attack on HRD intimidation positive CS development HRD killing Read more
