Desaparición forzada durante una manifestación en Guadalajara; dos periodistas en grave peligro Published at 11.08.2020 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force labour rights protest enforced disappearance killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Venezuela stifles dissent with political interference in opposition parties and detentions Published at 12.08.2020 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation negative court ruling protest public vilification enforced disappearance sexual assault torture/ill-treatment political interference bureaucratic restriction journalist detained Read more
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: funding restriction women youth intimidation harassment attack on journalist criminal defamation protest sexual assault torture/ill-treatment restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
Mass protests follow disputed election results Published at 20.08.2020 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation release of HRDs travel ban attack on journalist excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment political interference violent protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Las autoridades cubanas impiden las marchas prodemocracia Published at 28.12.2021 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment attack on journalist prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained 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: women attack on journalist HRD detained criminal defamation enforced disappearance killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment journalist detained Read more
Independent Fact-Finding Mission a welcome step, but violations against HRDs, journalists continue Published at 21.08.2020 Country Libya Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid harassment attack on journalist HRD detained torture/ill-treatment journalist detained surveillance HRD threatened Read more
Activist groups in Japan call for end to racism, police abuse and passage of equality law Published at 27.08.2020 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest LGBTI torture/ill-treatment minority groups Read more
Upheaval in Peru as president removed Published at 19.11.2020 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption attack on HRD HRD killing excessive force killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment indigenous groups positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest sexual assault extractive industries HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Despite re-election to Human Rights Council, civic space concerns persist in Nepal Published at 21.10.2020 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist indigenous groups torture/ill-treatment minority groups restrictive law attack on journalist 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: LGBTI protest disruption attack on HRD release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation labour rights protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Lao activist Muay in jail for nearly a year while still no justice for 2018 dam collapse Published at 02.09.2020 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment environmental rights land rights 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: self censorship LGBTI funding restriction women youth intimidation positive CS development HRD detained protest internet restriction prevention of protest sexual assault torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship Read more
Protests over economic conditions under COVID-19; journalists face threats for critical reporting Published at 07.05.2020 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women refugees and migrants attack on journalist excessive force protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Argentina’s former government accused of spying on journalists, civil society leaders and others Published at 14.09.2020 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment HRD detained protest sexual assault torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction 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: women harassment attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation internet restriction sexual assault torture/ill-treatment restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Journalists attacked while covering protests Published at 03.10.2020 Country Nigeria Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment political interference journalist detained protestor(s) 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 women attack on HRD 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
Acusan al anterior gobierno de espiar a periodistas y líderes de la sociedad civil, entre otros Published at 17.09.2020 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment HRD detained protest sexual assault torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction surveillance Read more
UN condemns North Korea for denial of freedoms through ‘absolute monopoly on information’ Published at 21.09.2020 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship women surveillance torture/ill-treatment 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: youth women attack on HRD 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
