Nicaragua: cierre de OSC, radios comunitarias y un canal de televisión por cable Published at 02.09.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban HRD prosecuted prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment censorship women indigenous groups religious groups labour rights protest self censorship youth protest disruption office raid restrictive law CSO closure harassment journalist detained environmental rights Read more
Guatemala: concerns about democratic backsliding grow as elPeriódico’s president and financial manager arrested Published at 06.09.2022 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction women office raid indigenous groups restrictive law journalist detained protest Read more
Guatemala: crece la preocupación por el retroceso democrático tras la detención del presidente y del director financiero de elPeriódico Published at 13.09.2022 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid indigenous groups restrictive law journalist detained internet restriction women protest Read more
Crackdown on activists and protests persist in Indonesia while draft criminal code revisions could further curtail dissent Published at 23.09.2022 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance attack on journalist negative court ruling restrictive law protestor(s) detained protest disruption indigenous groups intimidation harassment HRD prosecuted Read more
Deadly year for journalists in Mexico Published at 20.09.2022 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: protest killing of journalist prevention of protest protest disruption indigenous groups women intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist release of HRDs labour rights sexual assault HRD acquitted non state actors Read more
Honduras: HRDs criminalised while changes to protection system spark concern Published at 22.09.2022 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling political interference harassment censorship women protest indigenous groups minority groups non state actors HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Canada: Protest during papal visit and other demonstrations Published at 26.09.2022 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups refugees and migrants environmental rights travel ban protest Read more
Honduras: la criminalización de los DDH y los cambios en el sistema de protección generan preocupación Published at 27.09.2022 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship non state actors HRD prosecuted positive court ruling women indigenous groups minority groups harassment protest political interference land rights Read more
El Salvador: aumentan los riesgos para las personas defensoras de los DD. HH. durante el régimen de excepción Published at 04.10.2022 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: private sector HRD acquitted HRD prosecuted positive court ruling women indigenous groups HRD detained protest public vilification environmental rights Read more
El Salvador: HRDs face increased risks under the state of exception Published at 29.09.2022 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women indigenous groups HRD detained protest public vilification private sector HRD acquitted HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Ecuador: two journalists killed in Manabí within a month Published at 04.10.2022 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women indigenous groups release of HRDs harassment attack on journalist public vilification killing of journalist killing of protestors restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Mexico: attacks on environmental defenders on the rise Published at 02.11.2022 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development protest violent protest enabling law protestor(s) detained environmental rights youth protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD killing enforced disappearance women indigenous groups refugees and migrants land rights Read more
Guatemala: protests against corruption and rising cost of living Published at 01.10.2022 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling indigenous groups protest land rights Read more
Bolivia: Strike paralyses Santa Cruz department for over a month Published at 05.12.2022 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD threatened women indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment attack on journalist labour rights protest extractive industries killing of protestors violent protest protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Peru: attacks on journalists as political polarisation remains prominent Published at 27.10.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: non state actors attack on HRD intimidation protest harassment women HRD detained HRD threatened HRD killing extractive industries indigenous groups journalist detained criminal defamation attack on journalist environmental rights restrictive law land rights protest disruption office raid 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: non state actors indigenous groups killing of journalist harassment HRD detained labour rights protest private sector land rights criminal defamation HRD killing prevention of protest negative court ruling positive court ruling Read more
Bolivia: una huelga paraliza el departamento de Santa Cruz durante más de un mes Published at 16.12.2022 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups women attack on HRD harassment attack on journalist labour rights protest extractive industries killing of protestors violent protest protestor(s) detained HRD threatened non state actors Read more
Brazil: anti-democratic demonstrations following presidential election Published at 21.12.2022 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction harassment HRD killing public vilification violent protest censorship non state actors political interference women indigenous groups environmental rights religious groups attack on journalist youth protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation negative court ruling protest land rights Read more
Argentina: economic crisis leads to recurrent protests Published at 30.12.2022 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist harassment HRD detained excessive force protestor(s) detained public vilification negative court ruling censorship surveillance labour rights non state actors positive court ruling environmental rights women indigenous groups protest land rights Read more
Los homicidios de un periodista y un dirigente campesino marcaron el mes de septiembre Published at 29.12.2022 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment non state actors HRD detained HRD killing negative court ruling private sector labour rights criminal defamation protest killing of journalist prevention of protest positive court ruling indigenous groups land rights Read more
Mexico: women defenders and the families of disappeared persons targeted Published at 30.12.2022 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: women excessive force violent protest protest positive CS development journalist detained attack on journalist public vilification protestor(s) detained HRD killing sexual assault labour rights youth protest disruption indigenous groups Read more
