Nicaragua: ley sobre agentes extranjeros aumentará el control del gobierno sobre la sociedad civil Published at 06.10.2020 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: protest harassment restrictive law attack on journalist funding restriction women criminal defamation sexual assault protestor(s) detained youth intimidation HRD threatened torture/ill-treatment Read more
Calls for political accountability after Beirut explosion: protesters, journalists face violence Published at 20.08.2020 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest prevention of protest violent protest censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Activists and journalists facing harassment, being forcibly disappeared or killed in Pakistan Published at 21.08.2020 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained criminal defamation enforced disappearance killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment women attack on journalist journalist detained Read more
Pandemic in Brazil aggravates democratic backslide Published at 25.08.2020 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship protest disruption intimidation positive court ruling surveillance restrictive law harassment protest HRD killing women political interference excessive force killing of journalist labour rights prevention of protest internet restriction LGBTI minority groups protestor(s) detained non state actors attack on journalist criminal defamation extractive industries indigenous groups public vilification Read more
Protests against increase in electricity prices: several activists arrested Published at 12.03.2020 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest HRD detained HRD prosecuted protest criminal defamation protest disruption release of HRDs protestor(s) detained time,place restrictions land rights Read more
HRD Azimjan Askarov dies in prison amid growing pressure on civil society and media Published at 31.08.2020 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation protest internet restriction protest disruption office raid attack on journalist HRD detained restrictive law Read more
Continued rights violations reported throughout COVID-19 lockdown and run up to national elections Published at 31.08.2020 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD excessive force release of HRDs LGBTI criminal defamation HRD detained labour rights protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Authorities embark on major crackdown on expression amid COVID-19 and ahead of elections Published at 08.09.2020 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI office raid attack on HRD CSO closure criminal defamation restrictive law censorship journalist detained Read more
Suppression of journalists and activists by Bangladesh ruling party and supporters intensifying Published at 09.09.2020 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD detained criminal defamation enforced disappearance restrictive law time,place restrictions censorship youth HRD threatened HRD prosecuted protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation harassment Read more
Violations of freedom of expression continue unabated during COVID-19 pandemic Published at 21.05.2020 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation restrictive law censorship journalist detained self censorship women harassment positive CS development protest surveillance Read more
Activists, academics and journalists in India face judicial harassment despite pandemic Published at 16.09.2020 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted excessive force criminal defamation internet restriction sexual assault torture/ill-treatment restrictive law women harassment attack on journalist Read more
Authorities escalate crackdown on the youth-led protest movement in Thailand Published at 30.10.2020 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption harassment HRD detained censorship excessive force criminal defamation protest prevention of protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Proposed Foreign Agents Law would expand government control over civil society in Nicaragua Published at 28.09.2020 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained funding restriction women youth intimidation harassment attack on journalist criminal defamation protest sexual assault torture/ill-treatment restrictive law HRD threatened Read more
Arrests of activists dangerously escalate while draft public order law draws flak in Cambodia Published at 16.10.2020 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth environmental rights protest disruption public vilification women restrictive law intimidation harassment prevention of protest HRD detained excessive force torture/ill-treatment criminal defamation HRD prosecuted protest Read more
Activists and journalists arrested, protests dispersed and banned Published at 27.08.2020 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on journalist protest disruption HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest prevention of protest killing of protestors time,place restrictions journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Protests against insecurity in eastern DRC: at least 10 killed Published at 31.01.2020 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD killing HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation killing of journalist killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment violent protest protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Brunei authorities convict and sentence critic in absentia for sedition Published at 07.01.2020 Country Brunei Darussalam Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law criminal defamation Read more
Manifestations contre l'impunité des crimes de guerre ; des journalistes et des militants menacés Published at 03.11.2020 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation excessive force criminal defamation protest prevention of protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
Protests to demand local elections, jobs and better living conditions violently repressed Published at 25.11.2020 Country Angola Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors youth protest disruption attack on journalist violent protest HRD detained criminal defamation time,place restrictions protest prevention of protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Critics and media face harassment amid political and COVID-19 crisis in Nepal Published at 16.06.2021 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women harassment restrictive law HRD detained protest journalist detained criminal defamation protestor(s) detained Read more
Contested legislative elections in Venezuela amid pandemic Published at 18.12.2020 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups office raid protest disruption women intimidation attack on journalist criminal defamation public vilification killing of protestors censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
