Cambodia: Ahead of elections, civil society and journalists face threats and criminalisation while restrictions on the opposition escalate Published at 03.07.2023 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women intimidation harassment HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights protest public vilification prevention of protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction surveillance HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Solomon Islands: Concerns around transparency of policing agreement and vilification of the LGBTQI+ community Published at 14.07.2023 Country Solomon Islands Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI positive CS development environmental rights land rights Read more
Police raid climate activists’ homes over oil refinery protest Published at 31.01.2023 Country Germany Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Canada: Protests to reclaim human rights threatened Published at 13.09.2023 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women positive CS development labour rights protest internet restriction private sector censorship protestor(s) detained non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
Reprieve for Maasai protestors, MPs mull tougher anti-LGBTQI+ law Published at 28.04.2023 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI indigenous groups positive CS development HRD acquitted land rights Read more
Kiribati: Banaban islanders displaced by past phosphate mines protest new agreement Published at 28.09.2023 Country Kiribati Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries private sector environmental rights land rights Read more
Indonesia: Crackdown on activists, expression and protests including in Papua as government seeks Human Rights Council membership Published at 06.10.2023 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI place restrictions indigenous groups protest disruption women intimidation harassment attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment violent protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained private sector land rights Read more
Cambodia: Criminalisation of activists and the opposition continues following sham elections and transfer of political power Published at 23.10.2023 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protest disruption women attack on HRD harassment travel ban negative court ruling internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Environmental and indigenous rights activists occupy Energy Ministry, forcibly removed by police Published at 07.03.2023 Country Norway Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption labour rights protest protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Journalists and environmental HRDs face threats and attacks Published at 10.10.2023 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI CSO closure harassment attack on journalist HRD detained environmental rights land rights Read more
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 Read more
India: Raids on journalists and activists escalate while those reporting on Manipur and Kashmir are silenced Published at 30.10.2023 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption indigenous groups women minority groups intimidation harassment HRD detained enforced disappearance internet restriction extractive industries political interference restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Censorship takes front seat as authorities target government critics Published at 02.10.2023 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained internet restriction prevention of protest censorship protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
Panama: Widespread protests against the biggest copper mining concession Published at 31.10.2023 Country Panama Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups positive CS development extractive industries access to info. law protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Indigenous communities in Brazil under attack Published at 21.08.2023 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women indigenous groups sexual assault hrd intimidation harassment attack on journalist labour rights protest killing of journalist extractive industries censorship environmental rights land rights Read more
El Salvador's state of emergency regime is cracking down on human rights defenders and the media Published at 22.09.2023 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment attack on journalist HRD detained restrictive law non state actors land rights Read more
Panamá: manifestaciones generalizadas contra la mayor concesión minera para la explotación de cobre Published at 08.11.2023 Country Panama Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups positive CS development extractive industries access to info. law protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Malaysia: Bookstores raided, news portal blocked, activists criminalised and sedition law used to stifle dissent Published at 28.11.2023 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: women harassment HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship land rights Read more
Repression against the Otomí community; NAFTA continues to put union rights under the microscope Published at 16.11.2023 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption indigenous groups women attack on journalist excessive force labour rights protest enforced disappearance killing of journalist environmental rights land rights Read more
Killing of activists and violence against social leaders and Garifuna members continue across Honduras Published at 30.09.2023 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women indigenous groups attack on HRD intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained HRD killing labour rights protest extractive industries HRD threatened HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Elections marred by escalating organised crime violence, surge in attacks on journalists and media workers Published at 27.11.2023 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups women intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist protest extractive industries violent protest censorship protestor(s) detained non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
