Media outlets taken off the air and freedom of expression threatened in Venezuela Published at 05.04.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest public vilification excessive force protest release of HRDs Read more
One killed as protests erupt over fuel costs and closure of media outlets Published at 12.04.2017 Country Togo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption prevention of protest killing of protestors access to info. law excessive force protest Read more
Journalists attacked and arrested while reporting on protests Published at 20.03.2017 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: women violent protest attack on journalist excessive force protest Read more
Despite the severe crackdown, protests endure, marking 100 days on the streets Published at 11.07.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation harassment killing of protestors attack on journalist censorship excessive force protest internet restriction protestor(s) detained Read more
Repression and criminalisation of protests continue in Venezuela Published at 19.05.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation excessive force harassment public vilification attack on journalist protest disruption internet restriction killing of protestors journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Closing space for indigenous activists to protect communities' land rights Published at 04.09.2017 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups women excessive force prevention of protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Excessive force used against anti-corruption, opposition party protesters Published at 16.10.2017 Country Belize Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist protest disruption women excessive force Read more
HRD killed and journalists attacked by Ugandan People's Defence Forces Published at 27.07.2017 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference censorship positive court ruling LGBTI protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation journalist detained surveillance attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest internet restriction protestor(s) detained Read more
Peaceful assembly rights undermined by police use of excessive force Published at 14.07.2017 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption excessive force attack on journalist protestor(s) detained labour rights protest Read more
Israeli security forces use excessive force against solidarity protesters in Palestine Published at 06.06.2017 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained prevention of protest protest disruption torture/ill-treatment excessive force Read more
Civil society calls for the immediate release of women human rights defender Atena Daemi Published at 14.07.2017 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship women release of HRDs travel ban journalist detained labour rights excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Anti-Temer protesters in Brazil injured in clashes and detained by police Published at 12.07.2017 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption protestor(s) detained violent protest excessive force intimidation Read more
Civil society report: Number of attacks against journalists doubled last year Published at 12.07.2017 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment prevention of protest protestor(s) detained women excessive force Read more
Court upholds sentencing of 11 campesinos for defending their land rights Published at 24.07.2017 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: land rights indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force LGBTI public vilification Read more
Environmental and land rights defenders threatened and sued Published at 01.08.2017 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: women excessive force protest environmental rights censorship HRD prosecuted private sector land rights Read more
Lebanese authorities backslide on commitments to civic freedoms Published at 17.07.2017 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption excessive force protest Read more
Ongoing armed conflict puts activists at even greater risk Published at 12.06.2017 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups killing of protestors attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest Read more
Pipeline protestors met with force by Italian police Published at 24.07.2017 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: protest surveillance protest disruption intimidation censorship attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation access to info. law non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
Protesters taking to the streets face excessive force from police Published at 28.07.2017 Country Panama Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation protest disruption excessive force harassment protest violent protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Over a year on from the coup: civil society still under siege Published at 06.10.2017 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women minority groups HRD detained labour rights excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest political interference censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Lethal force used against farmers as drought drives protest Published at 23.05.2017 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest enabling law censorship women harassment excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors protestor(s) detained Read more
