Human rights lawyers bare the brunt of clampdown Published at 05.01.2018 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment censorship surveillance attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained Read more
Outcry over jamming and hacking of radio stations and blocking of online news outlet Published at 20.12.2017 Country Benin Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference censorship positive CS development labour rights protest non state actors Read more
Student activists ill-treated by security forces during protests Published at 31.01.2018 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights excessive force criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment private sector protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights attack on HRD Read more
Kazakhstan: Strikes, arrests and fears of new restrictions on fundamental freedoms Published at 31.01.2018 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure labour rights protest internet restriction prevention of protest extractive industries restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Head of Chechen human rights NGO detained and staff threatened Published at 05.02.2018 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights restrictive law office raid religious groups intimidation harassment HRD threatened Read more
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 Read more
Supreme Court ruling strikes a blow to the right to access public information Published at 20.12.2017 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist HRD prosecuted negative court ruling labour rights LGBTI protest Read more
Small but determined number of protesters make noise on environmental issues Published at 11.01.2018 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling funding restriction protest disruption labour rights protest extractive industries time,place restrictions protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Government actions continue to drive people to the streets Published at 09.01.2018 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained protest public vilification positive court ruling HRD acquitted protest disruption surveillance attack on journalist labour rights time,place restrictions environmental rights Read more
Eritrean refugees take labour rights case to Canadian court Published at 23.01.2018 Country Eritrea Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling refugees and migrants labour rights protest excessive force extractive industries torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained private sector Read more
Local residents mobilised in protest over construction project in community Published at 06.02.2018 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force private sector protestor(s) detained labour rights protest public vilification Read more
Two foreign journalists attacked in Libreville Published at 12.01.2018 Country Gabon Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist labour rights protest non state actors Read more
First ever lesbian festival organised by civil society in Namibia Published at 25.01.2018 Country Namibia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women extractive industries private sector labour rights protest Read more
Swaziland: State's heavy-handed suppression of civic space Published at 26.01.2018 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship excessive force protest intimidation attack on journalist labour rights violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Banned anti-austerity protests met with arrests and police violence Published at 05.02.2018 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference censorship protest disruption attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force labour rights violent protest protest internet restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Investigative journalists face threats, harassment and smear campaigns Published at 22.02.2018 Country Kosovo Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment attack on journalist labour rights protest violent protest political interference Read more
Media watchdogs condemn attack on journalist in Morobe Published at 23.02.2018 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist labour rights protest Read more
Court rules in favour of locked out airport workers Published at 27.02.2018 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation private sector positive court ruling protest labour rights Read more
Protests over Congress' inaction on immigration, racial justice and gun control Published at 27.02.2018 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment public vilification private sector restrictive law positive court ruling women refugees and migrants enabling law attack on journalist labour rights protestor(s) detained protest sexual assault extractive industries violent protest environmental rights Read more
Ombudsman announces plans to create a protection mechanism for HRDs Published at 02.03.2018 Country Panama Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development labour rights indigenous groups extractive industries restrictive law private sector protest Read more
Activists harassed amid post-electoral crisis Published at 14.03.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption excessive force attack on HRD harassment positive CS development labour rights private sector Read more
