Hundreds dead after protests, fears over COVID-19 restrictions’ impact on free speech Published at 20.08.2020 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest censorship journalist detained protest disruption release of HRDs surveillance HRD detained excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors protestor(s) detained Read more
Black Lives Matter protests continue despite escalating tensions as federal troops deployed Published at 31.08.2020 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: protest killing of protestors violent protest positive court ruling protest disruption refugees and migrants enabling law minority groups surveillance positive CS development time,place restrictions attack on journalist labour rights excessive force protestor(s) detained Read more
Upheaval in Peru as president removed Published at 19.11.2020 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling environmental rights indigenous groups HRD acquitted labour rights HRD threatened land rights youth protest disruption attack on HRD extractive industries positive CS development HRD killing excessive force protest killing of protestors attack on journalist torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained sexual assault Read more
Ongoing suppression of journalists' and protesters' rights; criminal libel law repealed Published at 01.10.2020 Country Sierra Leone Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development attack on journalist HRD detained protest killing of protestors violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained protest disruption women Read more
Enforced disappearances and arbitrary detentions increase in Venezuela during pandemic Published at 03.07.2020 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction killing of protestors censorship protestor(s) detained people with disabilities non state actors youth indigenous groups intimidation protest enforced disappearance Read more
Alassane Ouattara briguera un troisième mandat : plusieurs morts lors de manifestations et violences Published at 23.09.2020 Country Côte d'Ivoire Category Latest Developments Tags: time,place restrictions HRD detained protest killing of protestors violent protest protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist Read more
Presidential decrees could restrict civic space in Haiti as unrest and insecurity grow Published at 05.02.2021 Country Haiti Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption surveillance attack on journalist excessive force protest public vilification killing of protestors restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Colombia en alerta: aumentan las masacres, el asesinato de líderes sociales y la represión Published at 30.09.2020 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors attack on journalist torture/ill-treatment violent protest environmental rights non state actors labour rights women self censorship journalist detained youth intimidation protest indigenous groups HRD killing excessive force killing of journalist minority groups extractive industries protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Feminist occupation of National Human Rights Commission in Mexico Published at 07.10.2020 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: protest internet restriction killing of journalist killing of protestors prevention of protest violent protest restrictive law journalist detained women intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist excessive force protestor(s) detained Read more
Tension in Haiti: protests, attacks against defenders and journalists Published at 31.10.2020 Country Haiti Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors youth protest disruption attack on HRD violent protest intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force labour rights protest non state actors Read more
Feministas ocupan la Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos Published at 20.10.2020 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law women intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist journalist detained excessive force protest internet restriction killing of journalist killing of protestors prevention of protest violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Protests against systemic racism continue despite flagrant attacks on civil liberties Published at 15.10.2020 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling violent protest women refugees and migrants restrictive law minority groups youth protest disruption excessive force killing of protestors journalist detained attack on journalist time,place restrictions non state actors protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Post-election protests plunge Kyrgyzstan into crisis Published at 21.10.2020 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest killing of protestors violent protest political interference censorship non state actors Read more
Arrests made in relation to killing of Oromo singer, key opposition figure faces terror charges Published at 30.10.2020 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest journalist detained protest disruption killing of protestors travel ban excessive force protestor(s) detained censorship Read more
Activists and journalists arrested, protests dispersed and banned Published at 27.08.2020 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on journalist protest disruption HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest prevention of protest killing of protestors time,place restrictions journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Protests against insecurity in eastern DRC: at least 10 killed Published at 31.01.2020 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD killing HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation killing of journalist killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment violent protest protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Protests to demand local elections, jobs and better living conditions violently repressed Published at 25.11.2020 Country Angola Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors youth protest disruption attack on journalist violent protest HRD detained criminal defamation time,place restrictions protest prevention of protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Contested legislative elections in Venezuela amid pandemic Published at 18.12.2020 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups office raid protest disruption women intimidation attack on journalist criminal defamation public vilification killing of protestors censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
#EndSARS protests: several protesters killed, journalists assaulted Published at 17.11.2020 Country Nigeria Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest youth political interference protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist restrictive law excessive force criminal defamation censorship protest killing of protestors protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
Élections controversées : au moins 21 morts lors des manifestations et des violences postélectorales Published at 14.12.2020 Country Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD release of HRDs attack on journalist protestor(s) detained HRD detained excessive force internet restriction HRD prosecuted killing of protestors violent protest HRD acquitted protest disruption censorship time,place restrictions Read more
Election drives people to the streets in the US Published at 07.12.2020 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women religious groups minority groups intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest killing of protestors political interference journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
