Further tightening of restrictions on “undesirable” organisations Published at 30.07.2024 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted protest Read more
The alarming rise of violence against Ecuadorian journalists Published at 13.07.2024 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest environmental rights non state actors Read more
Violence targets journalists and human rights defenders without end Published at 22.11.2024 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling self censorship attack on HRD intimidation HRD killing protest public vilification internet restriction killing of journalist enabling law HRD threatened non state actors Read more
China: Human rights defenders criminalised as well as face harassment, surveillance and transnational repression Published at 27.11.2024 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups transnational repression harassment HRD detained labour rights protest censorship journalist detained surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Forced conscription of HRDs, journalists and magistrates; a dozen media outlets or programmes suspended Published at 11.11.2024 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force protest enforced disappearance prevention of protest time,place restrictions censorship Read more
Civic space violations ahead of 9 October general elections Published at 15.09.2024 Country Mozambique Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained protest journalist detained Read more
Protests erupt following railway station collapse Published at 07.11.2024 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling intimidation attack on journalist excessive force labour rights protest public vilification internet restriction political interference protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Afghanistan: Arrests of activists and crackdown on journalists persists as the Taliban ramp up their controls on women Published at 18.12.2024 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women harassment HRD detained protest torture/ill-treatment censorship journalist detained Read more
Crackdown on dissent over nuclear power plant, controversial media accreditation rules, and anti-‘’LGBTQI+ propaganda’’ measures Published at 19.12.2024 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction LGBTI protest disruption journalist detained intimidation transnational repression travel ban HRD detained refusal of registration criminal defamation protest public vilification prevention of protest restrictive law censorship access to info. law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
South Korea: Short-lived martial law decree signal of civic space regression under President Yoon Published at 20.12.2024 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation excessive force protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Sri Lanka: Civic space restrictions and targeting of activists persist as new government takes power Published at 13.01.2025 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
La criminalización de las personas defensoras del medioambiente y la aprobación del proyecto de ley anti-ONG amenazan la libertad de asociación Published at 28.11.2024 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI intimidation protest restrictive law censorship Read more
Malaysia: Government stifles expression, increases online controls and facilitates transnational repression Published at 15.01.2025 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI place restrictions women refugees and migrants intimidation harassment transnational repression HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation protest internet restriction restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Japan: Protests mobilised in Okinawa, against evictions of the homeless in Osaka and in support of Palestine Published at 20.01.2025 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: women labour rights excessive force protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Brunei: UN Human Rights Council calls on government to repeal and review restrictive laws Published at 22.01.2025 Country Brunei Darussalam Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest Read more
Right to strike under threat, smear campaigns against journalists Published at 26.09.2023 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling labour rights protest public vilification political interference protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Des DDH, des journalistes et des magistrats enrôlés de force ; une douzaine de médias et de programmes suspendus Published at 15.11.2024 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force protest enforced disappearance prevention of protest time,place restrictions censorship Read more
Singapore: Government continues its crackdown on anti-death penalty activism and other forms of expression Published at 05.02.2025 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction women youth intimidation harassment protest internet restriction restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Arbitrary detention of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja for 5,000 days, and prisoners dying due to medical negligence Published at 10.02.2025 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption excessive force protest torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted Read more
Delayed wages trigger protest at The Gleaner newspaper Published at 07.02.2025 Country Jamaica Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development women labour rights protest Read more
Barbados’ Cybercrime Bill raises free speech concerns before IACHR Published at 14.01.2025 Country Barbados Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law labour rights protest Read more
