5,000 face trial for taking part in anti-government protests Published at 09.06.2017 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
Media Council concerned over harassment of media ahead of June elections Published at 21.06.2017 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest Read more
Undaunted by severe state suppression of peaceful assembly, Venezuelans protest Published at 09.06.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment protest disruption office raid censorship women intimidation harassment surveillance attack on journalist excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest protestor(s) detained Read more
In Bangladesh: Protests undermined, opposition persecuted and HRDs harrassed Published at 13.06.2017 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest time,place restrictions protestor(s) detained protest disruption religious groups attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest killing of journalist environmental rights Read more
Minister vows to crush dissent "with an iron fist" ahead of elections Published at 14.06.2017 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women labour rights excessive force protest prevention of protest censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
HRDs at risk protecting environmental, indigenous and women's rights Published at 15.06.2017 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD acquitted excessive force environmental rights sexual assault positive court ruling women indigenous groups intimidation harassment killing of protestors land rights Read more
Police use excessive force to quell protest in Duraz - 5 killed, hundreds arrested Published at 16.06.2017 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment women sexual assault harassment HRD detained HRD threatened killing of protestors negative court ruling protestor(s) detained excessive force protest disruption censorship bureaucratic restriction attack on HRD environmental rights Read more
Chinese laws further suppress and squeeze out civil society Published at 28.06.2017 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment surveillance excessive force protest public vilification internet restriction restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Activists attacked and arrested while impunity prevails Published at 20.06.2017 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted attack on HRD intimidation harassment travel ban HRD detained excessive force private sector women release of HRDs attack on journalist labour rights protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
Police fire tear gas at peaceful demonstrators, including persons with disabilities Published at 29.06.2017 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained protest disruption indigenous groups environmental rights land rights excessive force protest extractive industries enabling law Read more
Rubber bullets, tear gas and arrests as police break up pride protest Published at 03.07.2017 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption LGBTI CSO closure travel ban HRD detained excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Journalists threatened despite new protection measures Published at 03.07.2017 Country Kosovo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation harassment attack on journalist labour rights excessive force protest Read more
Rights violations intensify ahead of August elections Published at 06.07.2017 Country Angola Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation prevention of protest killing of protestors censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Freedom of assembly undermined legally and in practice in Australia Published at 02.08.2017 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: sexual assault refugees and migrants protestor(s) detained labour rights excessive force protest Read more
Government declares state of emergency in response to teacher protests Published at 16.08.2017 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force labour rights protest Read more
Excessive force, protest violence mar G20 demonstrations Published at 07.08.2017 Country Germany Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption protestor(s) detained violent protest excessive force protest Read more
Student-led protests repressed with tear gas and water cannons Published at 01.08.2017 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained protest disruption excessive force Read more
Harassment and intimidation of rights defenders and journalists on the rise in Guatemala Published at 09.08.2017 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups attack on HRD intimidation harassment excessive force labour rights killing of protestors protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
Crisis escalates in Venezuela as human rights violations increase Published at 04.08.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest killing of protestors time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Two young opposition protesters killed by security forces Published at 11.10.2017 Country Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors violent protest excessive force protest Read more
Protests organised by activists banned ahead of 23rd August elections Published at 18.08.2017 Country Angola Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development attack on journalist excessive force protest prevention of protest time,place restrictions positive court ruling protest disruption intimidation non state actors Read more
