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En Ecuador, el peligro acecha a las personas defensoras del medioambiente
Published at
24.04.2023
Country
Ecuador
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- protest
- public vilification
- killing of journalist
- extractive industries
- private sector
- bureaucratic restriction
- HRD acquitted
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- environmental rights
- land rights

Plight of activists continues to raise concerns as more are killed, attacked
Published at
17.05.2023
Country
South Africa
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- women
- minority groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
- protest
- extractive industries
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights

68 human rights defenders killed in the first four months of 2023
Published at
12.06.2023
Country
Colombia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- women
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- labour rights
- protest
- killing of journalist
- environmental rights
- non state actors

CSO expressed concern over the increasing number of threats against journalists and media.
Published at
12.06.2023
Country
Honduras
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD killing
- intimidation
- protest
- land rights

OSC EXPRESÓ SU PREOCUPACIÓN POR LAS CRECIENTES AMENAZAS CONTRA PERIODISTAS Y MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN
Published at
03.07.2023
Country
Honduras
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD killing
- intimidation
- protest
- land rights

ASESINAN A 68 DEFENSORES DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS EN LOS PRIMEROS CUATRO MESES DE 2023
Published at
03.07.2023
Country
Colombia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- women
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- labour rights
- protest
- killing of journalist
- environmental rights
- non state actors

Philippines: A year into the Marcos Jr presidency, arbitrary arrests, surveillance, attacks on journalists and enforced disappearances persist
Published at
13.07.2023
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- public vilification
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- surveillance
- private sector
- non state actors
- women
- indigenous groups
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- youth

Journalist’s sentence upheld, HRDs acquitted
Published at
31.05.2023
Country
Burundi
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- political interference
- HRD acquitted
- HRD prosecuted

Attacks against journalists continue unabated in Mexico
Published at
08.08.2023
Country
Mexico
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD killing
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- environmental rights

Thailand: Relentless prosecutions for lese-majesté as National Assembly blocks winning party from forming government
Published at
11.08.2023
Country
Thailand
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- women
- surveillance
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- protest
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted

Targeting of Journalists and media outlets intensifies as conflict escalates
Published at
31.05.2023
Country
Ethiopia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted

India: Ahead of the G20 summit, human rights defenders face raids, arrests and detention while impunity persists in Manipur
Published at
17.08.2023
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- internet restriction
- environmental rights

México: continúan las agresiones a periodistas
Published at
12.09.2023
Country
Mexico
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD killing
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- environmental rights

Anti-Homosexuality Act signed into law, vocal government critic shot dead
Published at
30.06.2023
Country
Uganda
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- women
- youth
- sexual assault
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- labour rights
- protest
- protestor(s) detained

Bangladesh: Government ramps up persecution, smear campaign against activists while attacks on the opposition persist
Published at
08.09.2023
Country
Bangladesh
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- labour rights
- enforced disappearance
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
- protestor(s) detained

Arrests, abductions and violent attacks against critics and opposition surround election period
Published at
27.09.2023
Country
Zimbabwe
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- restrictive law
- HRD prosecuted

Attacks and targeting of pro-democracy activists continue
Published at
30.06.2023
Country
Eswatini
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference

Philippines: Activists face judicial harassment, abductions and being designated as terrorists
Published at
11.10.2023
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- HRD killing
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted

HRD killed, CSOs villified, protests documented
Published at
20.10.2023
Country
South Africa
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- killing of protestors
- censorship
- environmental rights
- land rights

Military operations continue to threaten civil society, as watchdog reports one killing and three injuries of NGO workers in Ukraine in 2023
Published at
11.05.2023
Country
Ukraine
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- killing of journalist