Polish Women’s Strike activists targeted by the state: Our livelihoods and families are under threat Published at 17.02.2021 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protest excessive force torture/ill-treatment censorship restrictive law non state actors protestor(s) detained LGBTI women HRD threatened HRD prosecuted minority groups attack on journalist protest disruption harassment Read more
An environmental defender and a communicator killed in Ecuador in early 2021 Published at 01.04.2021 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist HRD prosecuted HRD killing environmental rights labour rights extractive industries protest disruption indigenous groups women intimidation protest attack on journalist Read more
Omani authorities target online activists and environmental rights defenders Published at 14.04.2021 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups HRD detained internet restriction HRD acquitted environmental rights censorship HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Extensive report reveals new details of the gross human rights violations suffered by Ahmed Mansoor Published at 12.03.2021 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Persecution of activists, opposition continue as Cambodia tightens control of online space Published at 03.03.2021 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained negative court ruling HRD prosecuted internet restriction criminal defamation protest protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
2020 elections marred with gross irregularities spark growing concern for civic space in Tanzania Published at 12.03.2021 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI attack on HRD release of HRDs harassment HRD detained HRD killing protest internet restriction killing of protestors violent protest political interference HRD acquitted censorship HRD prosecuted time,place restrictions Read more
CSOs mark the 10th anniversary of the Popular Movement and condemn the systematic use of torture Published at 06.04.2021 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted Read more
Silenced dissent, sentencing of opposition activists, and still no right to peacefully assemble Published at 02.08.2021 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: women surveillance attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest internet restriction prevention of protest censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights non state actors Read more
Authorities embark on coordinated reprisals against CSOs, HRDs following mass 2020 protests Published at 17.03.2021 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction office raid harassment travel ban protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Civil society pushes back against restrictive laws in Canada Published at 22.04.2021 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling HRD prosecuted protest disruption attack on HRD protest HRD detained excessive force time,place restrictions violent protest women indigenous groups restrictive law religious groups minority groups protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Protests, clashes, internet shutdown follows second round of presidential elections Published at 29.03.2021 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction HRD prosecuted censorship prevention of protest non state actors protest disruption intimidation protestor(s) detained attack on journalist killing of protestors excessive force protest violent protest Read more
Lenca leader killed and several defenders facing criminalisation in Honduras Published at 15.04.2021 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation HRD detained HRD killing excessive force private sector non state actors LGBTI women indigenous groups minority groups release of HRDs protest HRD acquitted HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
HRDs targeted for work on migrants; women protest over medical abortion access Published at 23.03.2021 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest public vilification bureaucratic restriction positive court ruling LGBTI women office raid HRD prosecuted Read more
Singapore continues to stifle fundamental freedoms despite UN human rights review Published at 24.05.2021 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI harassment HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation prevention of protest restrictive law HRD prosecuted Read more
Political prisoners tortured by Myanmar junta while activists criminalised and killed Published at 02.06.2021 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction killing of protestors attack on HRD HRD detained HRD killing torture/ill-treatment journalist detained HRD prosecuted excessive force restrictive law criminal defamation protest censorship Read more
Presidential elections amid internet blackout; civil society activist and publisher arrested Published at 01.04.2021 Country Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship internet restriction journalist detained bureaucratic restriction HRD detained HRD prosecuted criminal defamation Read more
Deuxième tour de l'élection présidentielle : manifestations, affrontements et coupures d'Internet Published at 06.04.2021 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest internet restriction prevention of protest killing of protestors violent protest censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Reports reveal death threats by Saudi officials against UN expert, reprisals against HRDs unabating Published at 06.04.2021 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs travel ban HRD threatened intimidation torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted Read more
Ecuador: asesinan a un comunicador y a un defensor del medioambiente a principios de 2021 Published at 07.04.2021 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups women intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing protest killing of journalist extractive industries HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Malaysian government continues to silence dissent with emergency and repressive laws Published at 07.04.2021 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI negative court ruling criminal defamation protest restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Coupure d'internet lors des élections présidentielles ; arrestation d'un militant et éditeur Published at 07.04.2021 Country Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted internet restriction journalist detained criminal defamation Read more
