Court suspends head of human rights organisation; access to WhatsApp blocked Published at 08.09.2020 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained internet restriction intimidation harassment censorship negative court ruling 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
Laws on Foreign Agents and Cybercrimes restrict civic space further in Nicaragua Published at 16.12.2020 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development HRD detained protest internet restriction prevention of protest sexual assault torture/ill-treatment restrictive law self censorship LGBTI funding restriction women youth intimidation censorship Read more
Whatsapp bloqué ; un tribunal suspend le chef d'une organisation des droits de l'homme Published at 10.09.2020 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction intimidation harassment censorship journalist detained negative court ruling Read more
Enforced disappearances and arbitrary detentions increase in Venezuela during pandemic Published at 03.07.2020 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction killing of protestors censorship protestor(s) detained people with disabilities non state actors youth indigenous groups intimidation protest enforced disappearance 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
Activists, journalists continue to face reprisals as COVID-19 law exacerbates violations in Cambodia Published at 24.06.2021 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained excessive force protest internet restriction HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights protest disruption HRD detained Read more
Protest against police killing suppressed in Cuba and Sunflower Uprising proceeds despite repression Published at 17.09.2020 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: youth intimidation women attack on HRD harassment release of HRDs HRD detained protest internet restriction prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Wave of protests prompts growing pressure on activists as government continues COVID-19 denial Published at 17.09.2020 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment surveillance HRD detained protest internet restriction prevention of protest political interference censorship youth protest disruption intimidation protestor(s) detained Read more
Thousands gather for Black Lives Matter protest; Facebook bans images of Zwarte Piet Published at 23.09.2020 Country Belgium Category Latest Developments Tags: youth internet restriction violent protest religious groups women protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Reprimen manifestación por asesinato a manos de la policía y continua la revolución de los girasoles Published at 23.09.2020 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD youth intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained protest internet restriction prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Cover-up and downplay of COVID-19; massive restrictions on expression Published at 06.10.2020 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force labour rights protest internet restriction restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Feminist occupation of National Human Rights Commission in Mexico Published at 07.10.2020 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: protest internet restriction killing of journalist killing of protestors prevention of protest violent protest restrictive law journalist detained women intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist excessive force protestor(s) detained Read more
Proposed law amendments in Belarus pose serious threats to Freedom of Expression and Press Published at 28.05.2021 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law office raid restrictive law censorship internet restriction Read more
Escalation of attacks against independent media and civil society organisations in Venezuela Published at 05.02.2021 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid HRD detained protest public vilification internet restriction bureaucratic restriction censorship surveillance HRD prosecuted women Read more
Feministas ocupan la Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos Published at 20.10.2020 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law women intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist journalist detained excessive force protest internet restriction killing of journalist killing of protestors prevention of protest violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Journalists face persistent onslaught, new media law further threatens expression Published at 16.10.2020 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship office raid CSO closure release of HRDs journalist detained protest internet restriction restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Calls for #UNInvestigateApartheid as Israel attempts to silence civil society groups at UN Published at 21.10.2020 Country Palestine Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protest internet restriction censorship journalist detained intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD threatened Read more
United Nations report on Venezuela documents evidence of crimes against humanity Published at 26.10.2020 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: protest journalist detained public vilification torture/ill-treatment non state actors women office raid internet restriction harassment censorship HRD prosecuted excessive force killing of journalist protestor(s) detained Read more
July 2021: Black weeks for Belarusian Civil Society Published at 26.08.2021 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted CSO closure attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling internet restriction censorship Read more
Activists at risk as repression in Papua escalates while Indonesia imposes further net restrictions Published at 10.06.2021 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups harassment HRD detained excessive force protest internet restriction prevention of protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted youth Read more
