Vietnam: Criminalisation and ill-treatment of activists persists as government marks one year on the Human Rights Council Published at 05.10.2023 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD minority groups intimidation HRD detained negative court ruling torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Sri Lanka: Journalists and activists targeted, protests stifled and new restrictive laws proposed Published at 13.10.2023 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained surveillance Read more
CSO report reveals covert use of biometric surveillance by Czech police Published at 14.08.2023 Country Czech Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women refugees and migrants minority groups surveillance protest internet restriction violent protest protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Crackdown on Bedoon Rights Defenders unabating, Draft Law to restrict Freedom of Expression Published at 17.10.2023 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted minority groups harassment HRD detained 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
China: Government elected to UN Human Rights Council as it prosecutes and jails human rights defenders and journalists Published at 30.10.2023 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: women minority groups HRD detained torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Concerns about rule of law in France as protests met with brutality Published at 28.10.2023 Country France Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption CSO closure minority groups intimidation religious groups surveillance attack on journalist excessive force labour rights protest public vilification prevention of protest violent protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Universities become flashpoints for Israel-Palestine conflict protests Published at 15.12.2023 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption attack on HRD CSO closure minority groups intimidation religious groups attack on journalist labour rights protest public vilification political interference restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights non state actors Read more
Israel-Palestine conflict triggers widespread debate over free speech; Half a million public sector workers strike in Quebec Published at 09.01.2024 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption indigenous groups youth religious groups minority groups intimidation HRD detained labour rights protest extractive industries restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Mass arrests at protests against police violence; schools set on fire amid backlash against mandatory sex ed decree Published at 01.11.2023 Country Belgium Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI refugees and migrants religious groups minority groups labour rights protest violent protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Pakistan: Crackdown on the opposition, Baloch protesters and other civic freedoms ahead of elections Published at 22.01.2024 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment time,place restrictions censorship women minority groups attack on journalist internet restriction restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted hrd Read more
Laos: UN raises concerns about summary executions, enforced disappearance and deportation of activists Published at 23.01.2024 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups minority groups hrd enforced disappearance surveillance Read more
LE CONFLIT ISRAÉLO-PALESTINIEN SUSCITE UN VASTE DÉBAT SUR LA LIBERTÉ D'EXPRESSION; UN DEMI-MILLION DE TRAVAILLEURS DU SECTEUR PUBLIC FONT GRÈVE AU QUÉBEC Published at 08.02.2024 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption indigenous groups youth religious groups minority groups intimidation HRD detained labour rights protest extractive industries restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Japan: Multiple protests in solidarity with Palestine as well as anti-militarisation protests in Okinawa Published at 24.01.2024 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest protestor(s) detained minority groups Read more
India: Modi government targets civil society groups and activists, suppresses protests and censors reporting as election draws near Published at 22.02.2024 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption office raid youth minority groups harassment surveillance attack on journalist excessive force extractive industries restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
China: Activists and journalists face arrests and convictions despite UN human rights review Published at 01.03.2024 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups harassment HRD detained negative court ruling enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Thailand: Activists criminalised including in the Deep South while Move Forward party faces disbandment Published at 20.03.2024 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women minority groups transnational repression harassment HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation enforced disappearance restrictive law HRD acquitted journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
More border crossings with Belarus closed, Russian opposition leader's aide attacked Published at 21.03.2024 Country Lithuania Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI minority groups protest public vilification restrictive law Read more
Vietnam: Social media activists arrested, ethnic minorities jailed while protests against development projects crushed Published at 27.03.2024 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Prominent Bedoon Rights Defender Mohammed Al-Barghash sentenced to three years in prison with hard labour Published at 16.04.2024 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups intimidation HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Israel's bombardment of Palestine erodes civic freedoms for Palestinians Published at 05.03.2024 Country Palestine Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction office raid attack on HRD minority groups intimidation attack on journalist enforced disappearance internet restriction killing of journalist bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained Read more
