Malaysia starts its UN Human Rights Council term by harassing activists, protesters and critics Published at 07.02.2022 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest enforced disappearance protest disruption office raid restrictive law harassment criminal defamation Read more
Nieustające naruszenia wolności obywatelskich na granicy polsko-białoruskiej Published at 08.02.2022 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid access to info. law intimidation bureaucratic restriction harassment youth protest disruption criminal defamation surveillance censorship non state actors positive court ruling women LGBTI refugees and migrants positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling protest political interference restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Authorities harass and squeeze funding of NGOs while activists, journalists targeted in India Published at 28.02.2022 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption restrictive law office raid intimidation harassment HRD detained journalist detained excessive force criminal defamation protestor(s) detained surveillance non state actors women minority groups protest land rights Read more
Brazil’s civic space in dispute amid democratic backsliding Published at 19.08.2021 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: protest women indigenous groups enabling law release of HRDs positive CS development protest disruption HRD prosecuted intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force attack on journalist criminal defamation negative court ruling censorship positive court ruling environmental rights Read more
Brasil: espaço cívico em disputa em meio ao retrocesso democrático Published at 23.08.2021 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation enabling law censorship attack on journalist positive court ruling HRD prosecuted women negative court ruling indigenous groups protest disruption intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained protest excessive force positive CS development environmental rights Read more
Ongoing harassment, prosecution of activists and journalists in Hong Kong to silence dissent Published at 23.03.2022 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law bureaucratic restriction women harassment journalist detained HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation HRD prosecuted Read more
Colombia: surveillance of civil society and detention of protest leaders Published at 02.03.2022 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained HRD killing criminal defamation surveillance non state actors women indigenous groups release of HRDs positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest enabling law protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights self censorship youth Read more
Peru: protests over price rises and violence against human rights defenders Published at 12.04.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest time,place restrictions environmental rights non state actors restrictive law positive court ruling women journalist detained indigenous groups attack on journalist protestor(s) detained protest disruption negative court ruling harassment protest HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation HRD prosecuted killing of protestors extractive industries land rights Read more
Palestinian CSOs branded ‘terrorist organisations’ and surveilled by Pegasus spyware Published at 15.02.2022 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained surveillance internet restriction funding restriction youth attack on journalist bureaucratic restriction excessive force criminal defamation protest Read more
Activists and journalists in China face persecution during and after Winter Olympics Published at 11.04.2022 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained criminal defamation enforced disappearance restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance women HRD prosecuted Read more
Manifestaciones por el alza de precios y la violencia contra defensores de los derechos humanos Published at 20.04.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment HRD killing restrictive law excessive force criminal defamation killing of protestors time,place restrictions journalist detained non state actors positive court ruling protestor(s) detained women indigenous groups HRD prosecuted attack on journalist negative court ruling environmental rights protest extractive industries violent protest land rights Read more
Venezuela: censorship of independent media online and detention of elderly woman for satirical video Published at 28.04.2022 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation self censorship internet restriction private sector youth protest women indigenous groups intimidation enforced disappearance negative court ruling labour rights censorship Read more
Arrests of activists, journalists continue in Myanmar as military tribunals impose harsh sentences Published at 10.05.2022 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women HRD detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Six members and supporters of Wakit Tama arrested, charged following protest Published at 06.06.2022 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs HRD detained criminal defamation killing of journalist killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment violent protest HRD acquitted journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened protest disruption HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Blogger faces lengthy prison sentence & risk of torture if forcibly returned to Kuwait Published at 10.05.2022 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI minority groups criminal defamation HRD acquitted positive court ruling protest Read more
Censuran en Internet a medios independientes y detienen a una mujer mayor por un video satírico Published at 17.05.2022 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling protest private sector self censorship censorship labour rights youth enforced disappearance women indigenous groups criminal defamation intimidation internet restriction Read more
Malaysian police continue to harass protesters and activists and criminalise online expression Published at 20.06.2022 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants harassment HRD detained labour rights criminal defamation prevention of protest time,place restrictions HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Amid UN scrutiny, documentary on Modi censored, activists remain in detention and repression in Kashmir continues Published at 24.02.2023 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling office raid harassment criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Chile three years on from social uprising Published at 23.02.2023 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation journalist detained positive CS development attack on journalist protestor(s) detained environmental rights negative court ruling labour rights criminal defamation protest enabling law protest disruption Read more
Arrests, jailing of activists and silencing of dissent in Hong Kong persists despite UN review Published at 26.07.2022 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights criminal defamation prevention of protest restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Lawyers representing death row prisoners, activists and journalists face harassment in Singapore Published at 18.08.2022 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation restrictive law women refugees and migrants harassment HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights censorship Read more
