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Ongoing attacks against environmental defenders, with one park ranger killed
Published at
16.07.2024
Country
Peru
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- office raid
- women
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- protest
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- HRD threatened

Another Kakataibo leader killed; new report finds top state officials potentially liable in protest deaths
Published at
10.09.2024
Country
Peru
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- criminal defamation
- protest
- public vilification
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors

Second activist killed protecting communal reserve; Violent clashes in transport strike
Published at
01.11.2024
Country
Peru
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- protest
- extractive industries
- violent protest

Journalists and activists killed in Mexico amidst widespread impunity
Published at
14.03.2024
Country
Mexico
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- HRD killing
- public vilification
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- censorship
- non state actors
- LGBTI
- women
- indigenous groups
- refugees and migrants
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
- extractive industries
- violent protest
- political interference
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted

Three activists and journalists killed; Dozens detained and injured on International Women's Day
Published at
20.06.2024
Country
Mexico
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- public vilification
- killing of journalist
- violent protest
- HRD acquitted
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened

Colombia’s crisis: wave of violence against human rights defenders; Tear gas and stun grenades disrupt peaceful Women’s Day March
Published at
11.04.2024
Country
Colombia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- office raid
- minority groups
- women
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- protest
- public vilification
- killing of journalist
- enabling law
- HRD threatened
- non state actors

At least three Indigenous leaders murdered; Attacks on journalists raise press freedom concerns
Published at
05.09.2024
Country
Guatemala
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- office raid
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights

Another Pataxó leader killed; Lawsuits and legal threats against journalists continue
Published at
21.04.2024
Country
Brazil
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- private sector
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights

Asesinan a un segundo activista que protegía una reserva comunal; violentos enfrentamientos durante el paro del transporte
Published at
07.11.2024
Country
Peru
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- protest
- extractive industries
- violent protest

Guarani Kaiowá leader killed; a judge sentences ex-cops over Marielle Franco killing
Published at
15.11.2024
Country
Brazil
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- protest
- public vilification
- censorship
- land rights

Killing of environmental defender highlights ongoing violence against HRD
Published at
20.10.2024
Country
Honduras
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- labour rights
- killing of journalist
- restrictive law
- HRD threatened
- environmental rights
- land rights

Killing of activist amidst wave of violence in Chiapas
Published at
18.11.2024
Country
Mexico
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- sexual assault
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- violent protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained

Violence targets journalists and human rights defenders without end
Published at
22.11.2024
Country
Colombia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- self censorship
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- HRD killing
- protest
- public vilification
- internet restriction
- killing of journalist
- enabling law
- HRD threatened
- non state actors

Human rights organisation welcomes the fall of the Al-Assad Government
Published at
06.02.2025
Country
Syria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- release of HRDs
- positive CS development
- HRD killing
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment

Afghanistan: The Taliban threatens to shutdown NGOs employing women and continues to criminalise activists and journalists
Published at
21.02.2025
Country
Afghanistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted

India: Indigenous movement banned, protests stifled while activists and journalists targeted
Published at
01.03.2025
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- extractive industries
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights

Deadly crackdown follows 2024 mass protests, surge in femicides sparks more protests
Published at
06.03.2025
Country
Kenya
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- public vilification
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- surveillance
- non state actors
- positive court ruling
- women
- religious groups
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- self censorship
- youth
- transnational repression

Escalating violent conflict in eastern DRC: journalists and HRDs targeted; censorship and internet cuts
Published at
07.03.2025
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- attack on HRD
- sexual assault
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- killing of journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- censorship
- non state actors

Escalade du conflit dans l'est de la RDC : censure, coupures d'Internet et attaques contre les journalistes et les DDH
Published at
10.03.2025
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- attack on HRD
- sexual assault
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- killing of journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- censorship
- non state actors

Media workers continue to be a target
Published at
31.12.2024
Country
Tanzania
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- internet restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained

Somali journalists continue to face threats to their lives
Published at
31.12.2024
Country
Somalia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- censorship
- journalist detained