Ten years post-revolution: Protests met with detentions & excessive force, LGBTI activists targeted Published at 27.05.2021 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid intimidation journalist detained protest protestor(s) detained release of HRDs killing of protestors HRD detained LGBTI youth excessive force Read more
CoI mandate extended; Iwacu four are released Published at 10.02.2021 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained CSO closure protest release of HRDs Read more
Rights groups: increase in violations in 2020 Published at 10.02.2021 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest HRD acquitted journalist detained HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Des groupes de défense des droits dénoncent l’augmentation des violations en 2020 Published at 14.02.2021 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest HRD acquitted journalist detained HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Prison pour membres de l'opposition, inquiétudes pour les violations contre les personnes LGBTQI+ Published at 23.05.2022 Country Benin Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI non state actors release of HRDs protest intimidation Read more
Restrictions in response to the exercise of fundamental freedoms continue Published at 22.02.2021 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: women release of HRDs positive CS development attack on journalist HRD detained sexual assault restrictive law funding restriction censorship journalist detained Read more
Protestas antigubernamentales generalizadas en toda Cuba Published at 19.07.2021 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation HRD detained excessive force public vilification journalist detained protestor(s) detained enforced disappearance killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment non state actors LGBTI women release of HRDs attack on journalist protest internet restriction protest disruption Read more
Chile: overwhelming majority approves Constitutional Convention Published at 22.03.2021 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest positive court ruling LGBTI women indigenous groups protestor(s) detained intimidation release of HRDs positive CS development attack on journalist excessive force protest land rights Read more
Report: abusive surveillance created a climate of fear and self-censorship Published at 22.03.2021 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance HRD detained HRD killing release of HRDs Read more
Mass arrests of journalists and safety concerns raised as armed conflict breaks out in Tigray region Published at 12.03.2021 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest killing of protestors internet restriction prevention of protest release of HRDs time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained Read more
2020 elections marred with gross irregularities spark growing concern for civic space in Tanzania Published at 12.03.2021 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI attack on HRD release of HRDs harassment HRD detained HRD killing protest internet restriction killing of protestors violent protest political interference HRD acquitted censorship HRD prosecuted time,place restrictions Read more
Chile: arrolladora mayoría aprueba la Convención Constituyente Published at 06.04.2021 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI release of HRDs protestor(s) detained protest positive CS development excessive force women indigenous groups attack on journalist intimidation land rights violent protest Read more
Lenca leader killed and several defenders facing criminalisation in Honduras Published at 15.04.2021 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation HRD detained HRD killing excessive force private sector non state actors LGBTI women indigenous groups minority groups release of HRDs protest HRD acquitted HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Five HRDs released in Venezuela, but cases of arbitrary detention and intimidation continue Published at 06.04.2021 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction women release of HRDs intimidation censorship protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Reports reveal death threats by Saudi officials against UN expert, reprisals against HRDs unabating Published at 06.04.2021 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs travel ban HRD threatened intimidation torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted Read more
Freedom of expression on a steady decline, accountability for police brutality an elusive feat Published at 19.04.2021 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs attack on journalist censorship HRD detained negative court ruling protestor(s) detained labour rights protest LGBTI protest disruption refugees and migrants intimidation sexual assault violent protest HRD prosecuted Read more
Honduras: asesinan a líder lenca y criminalizan a varios defensores Published at 20.04.2021 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force release of HRDs private sector indigenous groups HRD acquitted land rights non state actors protest minority groups intimidation HRD detained LGBTI HRD killing HRD prosecuted women environmental rights Read more
Three years on, human rights abuses continue in Nicaragua Published at 06.05.2021 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: protest torture/ill-treatment LGBTI women intimidation surveillance harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD threatened HRD detained negative court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
Interdiction de plusieurs manifestations de la société civile et condamnation d'un journaliste Published at 05.11.2021 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protest prevention of protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted protest disruption women release of HRDs environmental rights Read more
Venezuela cracks down on civil society operation and funding Published at 27.05.2021 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction office raid release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights criminal defamation protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction journalist detained Read more
Repression of activists and journalists persists in Myanmar despite ASEAN rebuke Published at 09.11.2021 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: women office raid religious groups release of HRDs HRD detained HRD killing protest internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
