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Implications of new tax on freedom of expression raises concern, public order Act under review
Published at
06.09.2022
Country
Zambia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- release of HRDs
- intimidation
- youth

Reports and monitoring missions document extreme repression and violence against activists
Published at
18.08.2022
Country
Iraq
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest disruption
- protest
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
- attack on HRD
- release of HRDs
- censorship
- harassment
- positive CS development
- HRD killing

Régions anglophones : des DDH menacés de mort pour avoir dénoncé des violations des droits
Published at
19.08.2022
Country
Cameroon
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- protest
- prevention of protest
- time,place restrictions
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened

Civic freedoms restricted ahead of 24th August general elections
Published at
23.08.2022
Country
Angola
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- release of HRDs
- HRD threatened
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- youth
- protest
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- violent protest
- criminal defamation
- prevention of protest
- HRD acquitted
- killing of protestors
- time,place restrictions
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted

Government embarks on brutal wave of retaliatory tactics against pro-democracy activists amid political impasse
Published at
30.08.2022
Country
Eswatini
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- LGBTI
- attack on HRD
- release of HRDs
- negative court ruling
- harassment

Des peines lourdes pour les manifestants de l'opposition, suspension de journalistes et d'une émission de télévision
Published at
16.04.2022
Country
Cameroon
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- censorship
- prevention of protest
- intimidation
- harassment
- time,place restrictions
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- release of HRDs
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD

Ethiopia: Journalists bear the brunt of declining expression
Published at
15.04.2022
Country
Ethiopia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- office raid
- release of HRDs

Deadly year for journalists in Mexico
Published at
20.09.2022
Country
Mexico
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- killing of journalist
- prevention of protest
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- release of HRDs
- labour rights
- sexual assault
- HRD acquitted
- non state actors

Ecuador: two journalists killed in Manabí within a month
Published at
04.10.2022
Country
Ecuador
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- women
- indigenous groups
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- public vilification
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted

Jeudi noir : au moins 50 morts lors des manifestations contre la prolongation de la période de transition militaire
Published at
09.11.2022
Country
Chad
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- internet restriction
- time,place restrictions
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- journalist detained
- protest disruption
- CSO closure
- prevention of protest
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained

"Black Thursday": at least 50 killed in protests against extension of military transitional period
Published at
01.11.2022
Country
Chad
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- violent protest
- time,place restrictions
- protest disruption
- CSO closure
- journalist detained
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- internet restriction
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- prevention of protest
- protestor(s) detained

Nicaragua in contempt of international human rights mechanisms
Published at
08.12.2022
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- CSO closure
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors

Nicaragua menosprecia los mecanismos internacionales de derechos humanos
Published at
20.12.2022
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- CSO closure
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors

LGBTIQ+ organisation suspended as protests rise over inflation
Published at
31.10.2022
Country
Uganda
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- journalist detained
- refugees and migrants
- release of HRDs
- refusal of registration
- protest
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted

Increasing internet censorship and ongoing persecution of dissenting voices, despite some releases
Published at
30.12.2022
Country
Turkmenistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- internet restriction
- release of HRDs
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- restrictive law
- HRD threatened

Somaliland: Media and journalists face new wave of attacks
Published at
30.11.2022
Country
Somalia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- killing of journalist
- harassment
- HRD acquitted
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- office raid
- protest
- CSO closure
- attack on journalist
- censorship
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted

Public meetings and protests banned; activist arrested for defamation
Published at
25.03.2022
Country
Niger
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD acquitted
- HRD detained
- prevention of protest
- HRD prosecuted
- release of HRDs

UAE civil society fears crackdown ahead of COP28
Published at
30.12.2022
Country
United Arab Emirates
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- release of HRDs

Protests met with detentions, peace agreement’s transitional period extended
Published at
20.10.2022
Country
South Sudan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- CSO closure
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- labour rights
- protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted

New military action against Armenia received with opposition
Published at
10.11.2022
Country
Azerbaijan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- release of HRDs