Authorities harass and squeeze funding of NGOs while activists, journalists targeted in India Published at 28.02.2022 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption office raid intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation surveillance non state actors women minority groups protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Manifestantes toman las calles para protestar contra el FMI y la minería a gran escala Published at 14.02.2022 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups attack on HRD release of HRDs HRD detained attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force protest extractive industries violent protest HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Aumentan las agresiones contra los defensores indígenas del derecho a la tierra en China Kichá Published at 24.03.2022 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment non state actors land rights Read more
Costa Rica: violent attacks increase against Indigenous land defenders and territory in China Kichá Published at 18.03.2022 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment non state actors land rights Read more
Colombia: surveillance of civil society and detention of protest leaders Published at 02.03.2022 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained HRD killing criminal defamation surveillance non state actors women indigenous groups release of HRDs positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest enabling law protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights self censorship youth Read more
Ecuador: Amnesty granted to 268 rights defenders and protesters Published at 30.03.2022 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women indigenous groups harassment positive CS development attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest public vilification enabling law environmental rights land rights Read more
Peru: protests over price rises and violence against human rights defenders Published at 12.04.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation killing of protestors time,place restrictions non state actors positive court ruling women indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling protest extractive industries violent protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Ecuador: amnistían a 268 manifestantes y defensores de derechos Published at 11.04.2022 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women indigenous groups harassment positive CS development attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest enabling law environmental rights land rights Read more
Brazil: shocking violence on HRDs and journalists continues Published at 26.04.2022 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: youth attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD killing killing of journalist censorship access to info. law private sector non state actors women indigenous groups refugees and migrants attack on journalist protest extractive industries restrictive law enabling law environmental rights land rights Read more
Paraguay: efforts to criminalise road blockades following protests Published at 21.04.2022 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups political interference restrictive law censorship protest land rights Read more
Protests for academic freedom continue amid detentions Published at 26.11.2021 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women youth harassment attack on journalist labour rights excessive force protest prevention of protest bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Manifestaciones por el alza de precios y la violencia contra defensores de los derechos humanos Published at 20.04.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation killing of protestors time,place restrictions non state actors positive court ruling women indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling protest extractive industries violent protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Costa Rica: partial veto of new Access to Information Law Published at 11.05.2022 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment positive CS development HRD detained non state actors protest enabling law access to info. law HRD threatened land rights Read more
Honduras: Lenca and Garífuna leaders killed within two days Published at 18.05.2022 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women indigenous groups attack on HRD minority groups harassment positive CS development HRD killing labour rights protest public vilification non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
Costa Rica: veto parcial a la nueva ley de acceso a la información Published at 17.05.2022 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment positive CS development HRD detained non state actors protest enabling law access to info. law HRD threatened land rights Read more
Vietnamese activists face tax evasion charges, movement restrictions and increasing censorship Published at 17.05.2022 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation HRD detained labour rights restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
President Suluhu acts on promise to expand media freedoms, arbitrary arrests of journalists continue Published at 17.05.2022 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship indigenous groups release of HRDs harassment positive CS development protest enabling law journalist detained land rights Read more
Belize: British royal family’s visit sparks protests and counter-protests Published at 18.05.2022 Country Belize Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups protest land rights Read more
Malaysian police continue to harass protesters and activists and criminalise online expression Published at 20.06.2022 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants harassment HRD detained labour rights criminal defamation prevention of protest time,place restrictions HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
‘Closed’ civic space shows Laos not taking annual human rights dialogues seriously Published at 18.07.2022 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance protest disruption religious groups minority groups censorship protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Argentina: Journalists harassed and threatened Published at 29.07.2022 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force non state actors women indigenous groups attack on journalist labour rights protest sexual assault extractive industries protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
