Peru: polarised elections lead to protests and attacks on journalists Published at 05.08.2021 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups intimidation environmental rights harassment positive CS development attack on journalist HRD killing protest public vilification political interference enabling law access to info. law HRD threatened non state actors Read more
Decretan el estado de sitio para impedir las manifestaciones antiminería de grupos indígenas Published at 29.11.2021 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship attack on journalist HRD prosecuted private sector protest disruption office raid non state actors protestor(s) detained excessive force labour rights journalist detained prevention of protest indigenous groups restrictive law protest environmental rights intimidation violent protest harassment Read more
Chile: journalist Francisca Sandoval dies after being shot when covering protest Published at 09.06.2022 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women indigenous groups positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest killing of journalist enabling law environmental rights non state actors Read more
Ecuador: another crackdown on Indigenous-led protests Published at 29.06.2022 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist labour rights protest violent protest protestor(s) detained youth protest disruption attack on HRD harassment HRD detained excessive force public vilification killing of protestors access to info. law indigenous groups HRD prosecuted Read more
Paraguay: Violent evictions affect land rights defenders Published at 21.07.2022 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups environmental rights protest positive CS development HRD detained criminal defamation land rights Read more
Canada: use of emergency powers to disperse protests under scrutiny Published at 23.06.2022 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protestor(s) detained indigenous groups religious groups intimidation HRD prosecuted labour rights protest private sector environmental rights Read more
Comunidades afectadas por la minería y la extracción de petróleo encabezan una oleada de protestas Published at 13.12.2021 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted intimidation environmental rights HRD detained criminal defamation non state actors women indigenous groups release of HRDs attack on journalist negative court ruling protest extractive industries restrictive law HRD acquitted HRD threatened land rights Read more
Canada: Indigenous defenders and journalists arrested in raid of protest camp Published at 15.12.2021 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: youth environmental rights protest disruption indigenous groups refugees and migrants women labour rights protest extractive industries restrictive law time,place restrictions journalist detained protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Brazil: environmental and land defenders killed, journalists attacked and pandemic data blackout Published at 18.01.2022 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction restrictive law enabling law HRD threatened environmental rights land rights youth attack on HRD harassment HRD killing criminal defamation non state actors women indigenous groups minority groups positive CS development attack on journalist protest Read more
Attempted homicide of Indigenous leader in Costa Rica Published at 18.01.2022 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups attack on HRD HRD threatened non state actors protest land rights Read more
Guatemala: concern over killings, criminalisation and harassment of HRDs Published at 13.01.2022 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women indigenous groups extractive industries intimidation environmental rights protest Read more
Preocupación por asesinatos, criminalización y acoso de defensores de los y las DD. HH. Published at 20.01.2022 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights protest positive court ruling women indigenous groups extractive industries intimidation Read more
Honduras: Two human rights defenders, Pablo Isabel Hernández Rivera and Thalía Rodríguez, killed Published at 21.01.2022 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women indigenous groups harassment HRD killing negative court ruling labour rights protest internet restriction killing of journalist bureaucratic restriction HRD threatened environmental rights Read more
Tentativa de homicidio contra un líder indígena en Costa Rica Published at 24.01.2022 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups attack on HRD HRD threatened non state actors protest land rights Read more
Asesinan a los defensores de derechos humanos Pablo Isabel Hernández Rivera y Thalía Rodríguez Published at 25.01.2022 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist bureaucratic restriction HRD threatened LGBTI women indigenous groups harassment HRD killing negative court ruling labour rights protest internet restriction environmental rights Read more
Brazil: defenders vilified and criminalised, censorship and attacks against media on the rise Published at 31.10.2019 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups surveillance attack on journalist HRD killing protest public vilification killing of journalist censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights LGBTI Read more
Paraguay: Protests for land rights amid wave of forced evictions Published at 26.01.2022 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups intimidation positive CS development labour rights protest restrictive law environmental rights land rights Read more
Manifestaciones por el derecho a la tierra en medio de una oleada de desalojos forzosos Published at 02.02.2022 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law positive CS development labour rights protest disruption indigenous groups protest environmental rights land rights intimidation Read more
Protesters in Argentina take to the streets against IMF and large-scale mining Published at 04.02.2022 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups attack on HRD release of HRDs HRD detained attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force protest extractive industries violent protest HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Jair Bolsonaro’s first 100 days in office demonstrate Brazilian president’s disregard for pluralism Published at 13.05.2019 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups restrictive law intimidation positive CS development access to info. law protest Read more
Brazil’s civic space in dispute amid democratic backsliding Published at 19.08.2021 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: protest women indigenous groups enabling law release of HRDs positive CS development protest disruption HRD prosecuted intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force attack on journalist criminal defamation negative court ruling censorship positive court ruling environmental rights Read more
