Fundamental rights remain under siege in the shadow of the economic crisis Published at 18.01.2018 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained protest internet restriction censorship journalist detained Read more
Media regulator closes 34 radio stations, sanctions another 97 Published at 15.12.2017 Country Ghana Category Latest Developments Tags: protest protest disruption prevention of protest intimidation protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Human rights lawyers bare the brunt of clampdown Published at 05.01.2018 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment censorship surveillance attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained Read more
Uzbekistan: Some positive developments but critics and journalists still face reprisals Published at 20.12.2017 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction HRD acquitted censorship journalist detained intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained internet restriction torture/ill-treatment political interference protestor(s) detained Read more
Head of Chechen human rights NGO detained and staff threatened Published at 05.02.2018 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights restrictive law office raid religious groups intimidation harassment HRD threatened Read more
Kyrgyzstan: Will the new president break with his predecessor’s troubling human rights legacy? Published at 21.12.2017 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation travel ban negative court ruling protest criminal defamation public vilification prevention of protest political interference restrictive law time,place restrictions surveillance Read more
Civil society reports decrease in freedom of expression violations in 2017 Published at 10.01.2018 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development indigenous groups release of HRDs intimidation Read more
Ministry representative accuses NGOs of destabilising the country Published at 22.02.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist surveillance intimidation Read more
Human rights activists abducted and ill-treated for protesting against illegal occupation of lakes Published at 25.01.2018 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD torture/ill-treatment political interference intimidation harassment environmental rights protest Read more
Nicaraguan government interferes with citizen activism and closes space for opposition Published at 25.01.2018 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest political interference intimidation harassment women censorship Read more
Swaziland: State's heavy-handed suppression of civic space Published at 26.01.2018 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship excessive force protest intimidation attack on journalist labour rights violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Investigative journalists face threats, harassment and smear campaigns Published at 22.02.2018 Country Kosovo Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment attack on journalist labour rights protest violent protest political interference Read more
Local Mexicali Resiste movement against a construction project continues Published at 06.02.2018 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights indigenous groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist labour rights protest non state actors Read more
Tashi Wangchuk and other activists imprisoned as President Xi tightens grip on power Published at 19.03.2018 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD LGBTI refugees and migrants minority groups intimidation harassment HRD detained negative court ruling protest torture/ill-treatment censorship surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
IACHR report finds environment for human rights defenders ‘continues to be one of extreme risk’ Published at 14.09.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption killing of protestors intimidation attack on journalist protest Read more
Public official insults female journalists on social media Published at 05.03.2018 Country Bosnia & Herzegovina Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women intimidation harassment labour rights protest violent protest political interference journalist detained Read more
Journalists, human rights defenders and artists persecuted and harassed in Cuba Published at 16.02.2018 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation journalist detained harassment travel ban attack on journalist excessive force protest enforced disappearance prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained Read more
Report documents a deteriorating environment for Moldovan civil society Published at 12.03.2018 Country Moldova Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation censorship political interference travel ban protest restrictive law Read more
Austrian government moves to undermine independent media Published at 20.03.2018 Country Austria Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference intimidation harassment censorship attack on journalist public vilification Read more
Protests against toxic spill continue despite persecution of environmental activists Published at 22.03.2018 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups minority groups attack on HRD intimidation negative court ruling harassment HRD detained excessive force protestor(s) detained HRD threatened prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted surveillance women environmental rights Read more
Héctor Aguavil Calazacón of the indigenous community of Tsáchila murdered Published at 22.03.2018 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling indigenous groups intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing labour rights Read more
