Journalist and trade unionist charged with defamation for criticising an arbitrary arrest Published at 25.07.2017 Country Gabon Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights criminal defamation protest prevention of protest censorship protest disruption attack on journalist negative court ruling journalist detained Read more
HRD killed and journalists attacked by Ugandan People's Defence Forces Published at 27.07.2017 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference censorship positive court ruling LGBTI protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation journalist detained surveillance attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest internet restriction protestor(s) detained Read more
Serious concerns over threats against minority rights activists and WHRDs in Thailand Published at 17.07.2017 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD threatened women minority groups intimidation harassment censorship criminal defamation Read more
Civil society calls for the immediate release of women human rights defender Atena Daemi Published at 14.07.2017 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship women release of HRDs travel ban journalist detained labour rights excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest protestor(s) detained Read more
New state laws increase penalties for protest actions in Oklahoma Published at 06.06.2017 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries violent protest censorship political interference positive court ruling restrictive law protest disruption intimidation protest bureaucratic restriction journalist detained Read more
In conflict-ridden Iraq, six journalists killed and many injured in recent months Published at 13.07.2017 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist women censorship attack on journalist labour rights journalist detained protest non state actors Read more
Arrests, detentions and murders: Crackdown on media continues Published at 04.12.2017 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist self censorship bureaucratic restriction women public vilification restrictive law journalist detained censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
China increases pressure on dissidents ahead of Communist Party Congress Published at 12.10.2017 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants HRD detained protest disruption protest enforced disappearance internet restriction torture/ill-treatment censorship surveillance Read more
Environmental and land rights defenders threatened and sued Published at 01.08.2017 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: women excessive force protest environmental rights censorship HRD prosecuted private sector land rights Read more
North Korea crowned worst in the world for freedom of expression Published at 06.06.2017 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship surveillance torture/ill-treatment Read more
Harassment and intimidation of journalists as political instability continues Published at 26.01.2018 Country Lesotho Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship political interference intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist protest Read more
New Russian laws to further limit internet use and curtail freedom of expression Published at 24.07.2017 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protest internet restriction restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained protest disruption CSO closure HRD prosecuted Read more
Pipeline protestors met with force by Italian police Published at 24.07.2017 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: protest surveillance protest disruption intimidation censorship attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation access to info. law non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
Authorities hinder civil society's monitoring and human rights activities in Rakhine Published at 26.07.2017 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship self censorship religious groups minority groups travel ban Read more
Over a year on from the coup: civil society still under siege Published at 06.10.2017 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women minority groups HRD detained labour rights excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest political interference censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Lethal force used against farmers as drought drives protest Published at 23.05.2017 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest enabling law censorship women harassment excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors protestor(s) detained Read more
HRDs arrested and subjected to ill-treatment in UAE prisons Published at 09.06.2017 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted internet restriction Read more
Undaunted by severe state suppression of peaceful assembly, Venezuelans protest Published at 09.06.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment protest disruption office raid censorship women intimidation harassment surveillance attack on journalist excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Omani authorities restrict free expression through censorship and arrests of activists Published at 09.06.2017 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction journalist detained censorship HRD detained negative court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
Amnistía Primero campaigners appeal to government to release imprisoned activists Published at 14.06.2017 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment LGBTI censorship Read more
Minister vows to crush dissent "with an iron fist" ahead of elections Published at 14.06.2017 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women labour rights excessive force protest prevention of protest censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
