Singapore PM listed as press freedom ‘predator’ as journalists continue to be targeted Published at 23.08.2021 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance restrictive law prevention of protest criminal defamation Read more
Spanish musician jailed for anti-government lyrics as CoE calls for changes to so-callled "Gag Law" Published at 12.04.2021 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling protestor(s) detained excessive force harassment attack on journalist prevention of protest protest women violent protest environmental rights criminal defamation Read more
More than a thousand killed in Myanmar as repression of activists continues unabated Published at 26.08.2021 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force criminal defamation protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained women HRD detained HRD killing HRD threatened Read more
Journalists covering Bangladesh face criminalisation, vilification and false copyright claims Published at 01.09.2021 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance refugees and migrants restrictive law censorship journalist detained criminal defamation public vilification Read more
Uruguay: la sociedad civil se opone a una legislación regresiva Published at 15.10.2021 Country Uruguay Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation protest restrictive law positive court ruling LGBTI harassment positive CS development labour rights access to info. law Read more
Uruguay: civil society pushes back against regressive legislation Published at 11.10.2021 Country Uruguay Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI harassment positive CS development labour rights criminal defamation protest restrictive law access to info. law Read more
Peru: serious decline in freedom of expression and the press Published at 20.06.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained women land rights violent protest intimidation indigenous groups harassment HRD killing HRD threatened excessive force criminal defamation attack on journalist political interference public vilification surveillance labour rights private sector non state actors environmental rights extractive industries Read more
Harassment of activists, critics persist in Malaysia as new Prime Minister comes to power Published at 13.10.2021 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law time,place restrictions LGBTI protest disruption women harassment surveillance protestor(s) detained Read more
Civil society groups forced to disband as activists and critics prosecuted in Hong Kong Published at 19.11.2021 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protest disruption CSO closure HRD detained negative court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
Human rights defenders, critics targeted in Indonesia while protests on Papua repressed Published at 21.09.2021 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained protest disruption excessive force HRD prosecuted Read more
54 NGOs suspended, concern over repeated attacks against journalists covering curfew enforcement Published at 28.09.2021 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship women refugees and migrants CSO closure harassment attack on journalist protest criminal defamation journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Thai activists and protesters face judicial harassment, excessive force despite upcoming UN review Published at 03.11.2021 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained youth protest disruption women HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights excessive force criminal defamation protest HRD prosecuted Read more
Singapore passes draconian foreign interference law, rejects UN recommendations on civic space Published at 24.11.2021 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment restrictive law negative court ruling criminal defamation 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
Panamá: 19 people detained in protests in the Colón province Published at 23.06.2022 Country Panama Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest disruption women criminal defamation protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Dominican Republic: HRD detained for filming raid on migrants; new bills impacting free expression Published at 30.06.2022 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights criminal defamation protest restrictive law censorship attack on HRD refugees and migrants minority groups attack on journalist HRD detained 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
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
Belize: Libel and Defamation Act to be repealed and replaced with new legislation Published at 24.01.2022 Country Belize Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development criminal defamation Read more
Ongoing violations on civic freedoms at Poland/Belarus border; further threats to LGBTQI+ rights Published at 21.01.2022 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI bureaucratic restriction censorship access to info. law surveillance youth protest disruption office raid non state actors women intimidation harassment criminal defamation positive court ruling refugees and migrants positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling protest political interference restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Journalists and activists remain at risk in the Philippines as election looms Published at 03.02.2022 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist HRD detained HRD killing criminal defamation positive CS development Read more
