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Human rights organisations call for the release of journalists and woman human rights defender Fatima Saleh Al-Arwali
Published at
25.04.2023
Country
Yemen
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD acquitted
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted

Prominent government critic released from jail, journalist dies in mysterious accident
Published at
25.04.2023
Country
Rwanda
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- killing of journalist
- political interference
- HRD prosecuted
- release of HRDs

Vietnam: Human Rights Council membership and dialogues fail to stem repression against activists
Published at
23.06.2023
Country
Vietnam
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- protest disruption
- minority groups
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights

Alarming escalation of press freedom violations in Burkina Faso
Published at
25.07.2023
Country
Burkina Faso
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- non state actors

Burkina Faso : les violations de la liberté de la presse augmentent de façon alarmante
Published at
08.08.2023
Country
Burkina Faso
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- non state actors

Guinea: HRDs acquitted, but continue to face harassment; press freedom violations soar
Published at
14.08.2023
Country
Guinea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- place restrictions
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained

Targeting of Journalists and media outlets intensifies as conflict escalates
Published at
31.05.2023
Country
Ethiopia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted

Exiled government critic tracked and abducted in Nairobi
Published at
30.04.2023
Country
South Sudan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- release of HRDs
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
- intimidation

Saudi Authorities continue to target women activists
Published at
31.08.2023
Country
Saudi Arabia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- release of HRDs
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted

Guinée : des défenseurs des droits humains acquittés, mais toujours harcelés ; explosion des violations de la liberté de la presse
Published at
21.08.2023
Country
Guinea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- place restrictions
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained

Continued use of terrorism lists to retaliate against HRDs raises concern
Published at
31.07.2023
Country
Egypt
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- release of HRDs
- intimidation
- travel ban
- criminal defamation
- internet restriction
- HRD prosecuted

Internet activists subjected to retrial
Published at
31.08.2023
Country
Oman
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- religious groups
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted

Journalists continue to be targeted systematically
Published at
28.04.2023
Country
Somalia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- protest
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted

Civic space closing ahead of local elections, controversial plans to change constitution, says human rights group
Published at
30.04.2023
Country
Central African Republic
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- protest
- censorship

Philippines: Activists face judicial harassment, abductions and being designated as terrorists
Published at
11.10.2023
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- HRD killing
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted

Gabon: General elections amid civic space violations, followed by military takeover
Published at
17.10.2023
Country
Gabon
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- release of HRDs
- internet restriction

Les militaires prennent le pouvoir après les élections générales dans un context marqué par les violations de l’espace civique
Published at
26.10.2023
Country
Gabon
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- release of HRDs
- internet restriction

Anti-Government protests erupt over new Finance Act
Published at
20.10.2023
Country
Kenya
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- killing of protestors
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained

Journalists arrested, detained
Published at
20.10.2023
Country
Somalia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- censorship

New legislative measures seek to expand civic freedoms
Published at
30.03.2023
Country
Zambia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive CS development
- journalist detained
- release of HRDs
- enabling law