Brazil: Anger at government inaction after Indigenous advocate and international correspondent are killed in the Amazon Published at 13.07.2022 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment HRD killing criminal defamation public vilification killing of journalist censorship access to info. law non state actors positive court ruling LGBTI women indigenous groups minority groups attack on journalist negative court ruling protest extractive industries political interference journalist detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Samoan authorities use defamation laws against critics as press freedom rankings drop Published at 04.08.2022 Country Samoa Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law criminal defamation Read more
Journalists in Timor-Leste face charges for exposing corruption and abuse, tainting media freedom Published at 15.08.2022 Country Timor-Leste Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship restrictive law criminal defamation Read more
Rising cost of living sparks protests in Moldova Published at 15.04.2022 Country Moldova Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest criminal defamation Read more
Reports and monitoring missions document extreme repression and violence against activists Published at 18.08.2022 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD release of HRDs harassment positive CS development HRD killing negative court ruling criminal defamation protest censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Activists criminalised for royal defamation and targeted by spyware in Thailand Published at 22.08.2022 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women surveillance HRD detained negative court ruling protest criminal defamation restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Civic freedoms restricted ahead of 24th August general elections Published at 23.08.2022 Country Angola Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation prevention of protest killing of protestors time,place restrictions release of HRDs attack on journalist labour rights protest violent protest HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Amid protests, censorship and persecution of Uyghurs and activists in China, Xi Jinping seeks third term Published at 01.09.2022 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation censorship surveillance women minority groups negative court ruling protest restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Authorities continue targeting the Bedoon Community Published at 23.09.2022 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD acquitted minority groups protestor(s) detained criminal defamation protest Read more
Indonesian authorities criminalise activists, violently suppress protests around Papua Published at 19.05.2022 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women intimidation harassment criminal defamation extractive industries killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment restrictive law violent protest protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
As Belarus marks 2nd anniversary of the 2020 protests, pressure against CSOs and protesters continues Published at 06.10.2022 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted CSO closure criminal defamation Read more
International Cooperation bill threatens to further reduce civic space in Venezuela Published at 28.06.2022 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction women intimidation criminal defamation internet restriction political interference restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
El Proyecto de Ley de Cooperación Internacional amenaza con reducir aún más el espacio cívico Published at 30.06.2022 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction women intimidation criminal defamation internet restriction political interference restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Civil society urges the UN to reject Vietnam’s bid for the Human Rights Council as it continues to arrest and jail activists Published at 21.09.2022 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Panama: judicial harassment continues to affect freedom of expression Published at 01.12.2022 Country Panama Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation enabling law Read more
Peru: attacks on journalists as political polarisation remains prominent Published at 27.10.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained HRD killing criminal defamation non state actors women indigenous groups attack on journalist protest extractive industries restrictive law journalist detained HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Despite UN scrutiny, activists continue to be criminalised by the new Philippines administration Published at 15.11.2022 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist restrictive law intimidation HRD detained negative court ruling HRD prosecuted criminal defamation Read more
Protesters face judicial harassment while restrictions to freedom of expression persist in Malaysia Published at 17.11.2022 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption harassment labour rights protest criminal defamation restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Harassment and criminalisation of activists and journalists in Hong Kong continues unabated Published at 13.12.2022 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Protesters continue to face prosecution and excessive force while activists criminalised for royal defamation in Thailand Published at 15.12.2022 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women youth harassment surveillance attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment restrictive law time,place restrictions protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Paraguay: September marked by killings of a journalist and a campesino leader Published at 20.12.2022 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling indigenous groups harassment HRD detained HRD killing negative court ruling labour rights criminal defamation protest killing of journalist prevention of protest non state actors private sector land rights Read more
