Dissidents in Gabon tortured, harrassed and arbitrarily detained Published at 08.02.2017 Country Gabon Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest enforced disappearance prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship Read more
Political deal hangs in the balance as activists languish in DRC jails Published at 01.02.2017 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption HRD detained excessive force public vilification prevention of protest killing of protestors time,place restrictions censorship access to info. law Read more
Bahrain condemned for "shutting down democratic space" Published at 26.10.2017 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained women release of HRDs Read more
Repeated confiscation of newspapers prompts protests from journalists in Sudan Published at 17.01.2017 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained travel ban Read more
Belarusian authorities face criticism for continued curtailment of civic rights Published at 18.01.2017 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship protest disruption release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force protest bureaucratic restriction time,place restrictions surveillance Read more
One by one, Turkish authorities close off avenues for dissent Published at 20.01.2017 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: time,place restrictions protest internet restriction censorship CSO closure access to info. law intimidation harassment HRD detained surveillance excessive force attack on journalist prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment Read more
President releases journalist who exposed corruption Published at 23.01.2017 Country Panama Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protest disruption excessive force private sector release of HRDs Read more
Environmental concerns continue to fuel protests in Albania Published at 23.01.2017 Country Albania Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protest disruption protest Read more
Harrassment of human rights defender continues after brutal arrest in November Published at 25.01.2017 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD detained torture/ill-treatment harassment censorship attack on journalist Read more
Russian civil society organisations continue to challenge 'foreign agents' law Published at 26.01.2017 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption HRD detained attack on journalist protest Read more
Civil society condemns Lebanon's prosecution of protestors in military court Published at 27.01.2017 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained torture/ill-treatment excessive force protest Read more
Editor arrested and his newspaper closed as authorities seek to control dissent Published at 27.01.2017 Country Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained Read more
Imprisoned HRD Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam begins hunger strike Published at 30.01.2017 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained office raid torture/ill-treatment intimidation Read more
Activist arrested for tweeting in defence of free expression in the UAE Published at 10.02.2017 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained Read more
As Turkmenistan votes, authorities crush dissent with an iron fist Published at 08.02.2017 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction religious groups minority groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD detained prevention of protest bureaucratic restriction time,place restrictions censorship access to info. law Read more
Greed for natural resources fuels attacks against indigenous people in Peru Published at 13.02.2017 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups extractive industries HRD detained excessive force non state actors Read more
Protest leaders on trial as resistence in Anglophone cameroon continues Published at 14.02.2017 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction protest disruption prevention of protest CSO closure HRD detained Read more
Clashes at protest as Sweden's far right march to celebrate Trump's election Published at 30.11.2016 Country Sweden Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained excessive force Read more
Palestinian CSOs draw attention to plight of human rights defenders Published at 10.01.2017 Country Palestine Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained protest disruption intimidation Read more
Outrage at Aliyev's EU visit as activists continue to be persecuted at home Published at 15.02.2017 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist LGBTI HRD detained torture/ill-treatment harassment travel ban criminal defamation Read more
Authorities prohibit peaceful protest in Freetown Published at 24.02.2017 Country Sierra Leone Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction prevention of protest HRD detained Read more
