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
Colombia en alerta: aumentan las masacres, el asesinato de líderes sociales y la represión Published at 30.09.2020 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors attack on journalist torture/ill-treatment violent protest environmental rights non state actors labour rights women self censorship journalist detained youth intimidation protest indigenous groups HRD killing excessive force killing of journalist minority groups extractive industries protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
China deploys security law against Hong Kong activists as persecution of critics and Uighurs persist Published at 06.10.2020 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained harassment torture/ill-treatment youth HRD detained censorship HRD prosecuted protest office raid minority groups restrictive law protestor(s) detained prevention of protest Read more
Arbitrary arrests, excessive force, attacks on media in mass protests in Indonesia against jobs law Published at 12.10.2020 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest harassment torture/ill-treatment attack on journalist violent protest public vilification protestor(s) detained youth protest disruption excessive force 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
Journalists in Yemen continue to face severe threats in carrying out their work Published at 21.01.2021 Country Yemen Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist attack on journalist torture/ill-treatment release of HRDs 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
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
Activists and journalists subjected to threats, offices independent weekly set on fire Published at 31.10.2020 Country Mozambique Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation HRD killing excessive force enforced disappearance prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment non state actors women positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened protest disruption Read more
UN experts raise concerns about violations in Vietnam as NGOs document unfair trials and torture Published at 24.11.2020 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: women restrictive law torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted HRD detained Read more
Revueltas en Perú tras la destitución del presidente Published at 02.12.2020 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: youth killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment attack on HRD indigenous groups protest disruption HRD killing excessive force 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
Widespread anti-government protests across Cuba Published at 15.07.2021 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: protest internet restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained protest disruption intimidation HRD detained excessive force public vilification enforced disappearance killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment non state actors LGBTI women release of HRDs attack on journalist Read more
Turbulent election period sees attacks on opposition, internet shutdown and police violence. Published at 27.01.2021 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted censorship journalist detained internet restriction positive court ruling youth protest disruption office raid intimidation violent protest harassment LGBTI environmental rights HRD detained excessive force release of HRDs attack on journalist public vilification protestor(s) detained killing of protestors political interference torture/ill-treatment protest land rights Read more
Press freedom under assault in Bangladesh while critics, protesters also silenced Published at 28.05.2021 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD killing excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protest disruption non state actors Read more
Paraguay: campesinos y pueblos indígenas se movilizan Published at 02.02.2021 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: youth indigenous groups attack on HRD HRD detained protest torture/ill-treatment surveillance land rights environmental rights non state actors Read more
Concern for violations against journalists in South Sudan ahead of the 2021 election Published at 10.02.2021 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights journalist detained labour rights extractive industries attack on HRD torture/ill-treatment protest Read more
Russia: Thousands arrested, fined, charged in nationwide pro-opposition protests Published at 10.02.2021 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment funding restriction bureaucratic restriction protest disruption HRD detained public vilification intimidation torture/ill-treatment excessive force censorship attack on journalist negative court ruling protest internet restriction political interference restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Cuba reacts swiftly to popular song criticising revolution Published at 11.03.2021 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid intimidation harassment HRD detained protest torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained non state actors LGBTI protest disruption Read more
Colombia on alert with increasing massacres, social leaders killed and repression of protests Published at 23.09.2020 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship youth intimidation torture/ill-treatment HRD killing protest excessive force indigenous groups non state actors killing of journalist attack on journalist labour rights killing of protestors extractive industries women minority groups violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Polish Women’s Strike activists targeted by the state: Our livelihoods and families are under threat Published at 17.02.2021 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protest excessive force torture/ill-treatment censorship restrictive law non state actors protestor(s) detained LGBTI women HRD threatened HRD prosecuted minority groups attack on journalist protest disruption harassment Read more
Attacks on Aurat March, minorities and critics highlight shrinking space for dissent in Pakistan Published at 02.04.2021 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment intimidation harassment public vilification restrictive law HRD detained LGBTI women prevention of protest minority groups protest Read more
