Venezuela: intimidation and harassment of human rights defenders Published at 04.10.2022 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: protest internet restriction censorship women intimidation harassment travel ban protestor(s) detained HRD threatened attack on journalist labour rights HRD prosecuted Read more
Prosecutors file indictment against women’s rights activists as government continues to target WHRDs Published at 04.11.2022 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants intimidation harassment protest public vilification restrictive law positive court ruling LGBTI women censorship non state actors Read more
Guatemala: protests against corruption and rising cost of living Published at 01.10.2022 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling indigenous groups protest land rights Read more
Haiti: Escalating protests over multiple crises, with people calling for Prime Minister’s resignation Published at 01.10.2022 Country Haiti Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid killing of protestors protest violent protest attack on journalist killing of journalist excessive force self censorship Read more
Protesters denounce extradition of Russian national, new energy supply deal with Russia Published at 21.10.2022 Country Bulgaria Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protest Read more
Civil society urges the UN to reject Vietnam’s bid for the Human Rights Council as it continues to arrest and jail activists Published at 21.09.2022 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation protest women minority groups protest disruption travel ban restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Environmental activists fined and taken into police custody for civil disobedience Published at 01.06.2022 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Protests over cost-of-living crisis, journalist targeted by cyber attack Published at 01.08.2022 Country Belgium Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women refugees and migrants minority groups intimidation harassment labour rights protest Read more
Reforms on so-called “Gag law’ stall, concerns over secrecy law Published at 19.10.2022 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women refugees and migrants harassment attack on journalist protest restrictive law censorship Read more
Protests demand release of activists detained over bank heist, journalists face rape threats and death threats Published at 10.11.2022 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: protest censorship women office raid intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protestor(s) detained Read more
Decision n° 811 of 2022 further hampers media freedom Published at 10.11.2022 Country Libya Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship attack on journalist protest Read more
CSOs team up to support refugees from Ukraine Published at 10.11.2022 Country Estonia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling positive CS development refugees and migrants protest Read more
Concerns about free expression in South Korea with security law, restrictions on press freedom and anti-North activism Published at 01.12.2022 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship office raid religious groups protest Read more
Bolivia: Strike paralyses Santa Cruz department for over a month Published at 05.12.2022 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD threatened women indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment attack on journalist labour rights protest extractive industries killing of protestors violent protest protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
USA: Massive workers’ strike at California university Published at 06.12.2022 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained LGBTI women youth intimidation labour rights protest private sector enabling law time,place restrictions journalist detained environmental rights Read more
Economic crisis & teachers’ conditions spark mass protests as FIDESZ government continues its battle for EU funds Published at 11.11.2022 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women harassment labour rights protest public vilification prevention of protest censorship non state actors Read more
University protests against riot police deployment continue, Predator-gate scandal raises further concerns about surveillance Published at 30.09.2022 Country Greece Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment surveillance excessive force protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction positive court ruling youth access to info. law protestor(s) detained women intimidation Read more
Peru: attacks on journalists as political polarisation remains prominent Published at 27.10.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: non state actors attack on HRD intimidation protest harassment women HRD detained HRD threatened HRD killing extractive industries indigenous groups journalist detained criminal defamation attack on journalist environmental rights restrictive law land rights protest disruption office raid Read more
Canada: courts consider cases with impact on civic freedoms Published at 02.11.2022 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption restrictive law women refugees and migrants protest private sector HRD prosecuted environmental rights protestor(s) detained Read more
La reforma de la ley mordaza se estanca y la ley de secretos oficiales suscita preocupación Published at 14.11.2022 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women refugees and migrants harassment attack on journalist protest restrictive law censorship Read more
Protesters face judicial harassment while restrictions to freedom of expression persist in Malaysia Published at 17.11.2022 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption harassment labour rights protest criminal defamation restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
