Serious concerns over threats against minority rights activists and WHRDs in Thailand Published at 17.07.2017 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD threatened women minority groups intimidation harassment censorship criminal defamation Read more
Civil society calls for the immediate release of women human rights defender Atena Daemi Published at 14.07.2017 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship women release of HRDs travel ban journalist detained labour rights excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest protestor(s) detained Read more
In conflict-ridden Iraq, six journalists killed and many injured in recent months Published at 13.07.2017 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist women censorship attack on journalist labour rights journalist detained protest non state actors Read more
Arrests, detentions and murders: Crackdown on media continues Published at 04.12.2017 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist self censorship bureaucratic restriction women public vilification restrictive law journalist detained censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Civil society report: Number of attacks against journalists doubled last year Published at 12.07.2017 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment prevention of protest protestor(s) detained women excessive force Read more
Insults, threats and physical attacks against journalists remain a serious concern Published at 17.07.2017 Country Croatia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women religious groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist labour rights protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Environmental and land rights defenders threatened and sued Published at 01.08.2017 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: women excessive force protest environmental rights censorship HRD prosecuted private sector land rights Read more
Protests and civil society advocacy efforts put restrictive law on hold Published at 07.06.2017 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: women protest Read more
Proposed ban on face veils undermines Norway's free speech ranking Published at 20.07.2017 Country Norway Category Latest Developments Tags: protest prevention of protest restrictive law LGBTI women refugees and migrants religious groups intimidation non state actors Read more
Activists held unlawfully for anti-Shell protest Published at 24.07.2017 Country Netherlands Category Latest Developments Tags: women extractive industries intimidation protestor(s) detained positive court ruling non state actors Read more
Over a year on from the coup: civil society still under siege Published at 06.10.2017 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women minority groups HRD detained labour rights excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest political interference censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Victims of the conflict: journalists killed, activists arrested, HRDs disappeared Published at 08.06.2017 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance killing of journalist women attack on HRD journalist detained attack on journalist Read more
Lethal force used against farmers as drought drives protest Published at 23.05.2017 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest enabling law censorship women harassment excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors protestor(s) detained Read more
Undaunted by severe state suppression of peaceful assembly, Venezuelans protest Published at 09.06.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment protest disruption office raid censorship women intimidation harassment surveillance attack on journalist excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Minister vows to crush dissent "with an iron fist" ahead of elections Published at 14.06.2017 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women labour rights excessive force protest prevention of protest censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Two months after mass protests, activists remain in custody and journalists harrassed Published at 15.06.2017 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment journalist detained protestor(s) detained women intimidation harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted Read more
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 Read more
Police use excessive force to quell protest in Duraz - 5 killed, hundreds arrested Published at 16.06.2017 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment women sexual assault harassment HRD detained HRD threatened killing of protestors negative court ruling protestor(s) detained excessive force protest disruption censorship bureaucratic restriction attack on HRD environmental rights Read more
Bridenapping case in southern Georgia sparks protests in Tbilisi Published at 26.06.2017 Country Georgia Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling women political interference protest Read more
Activists attacked and arrested while impunity prevails Published at 20.06.2017 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted attack on HRD intimidation harassment travel ban HRD detained excessive force private sector women release of HRDs attack on journalist labour rights protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
#IAmMyOwnGuardian activists detained and harassed for defending women's rights Published at 19.06.2017 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship journalist detained women religious groups protestor(s) detained intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained travel ban negative court ruling internet restriction environmental rights Read more
