Indigenous rights defenders in Peru at grave risk due to interests in community lands Published at 05.06.2018 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained youth HRD killing excessive force environmental rights protest disruption indigenous groups women attack on journalist Read more
Journalists in Belarus fined as the regime silences independent voices Published at 06.06.2018 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: women negative court ruling protest harassment political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction journalist detained Read more
Journalists detained without charge in Puntland and Somaliland Published at 08.06.2018 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: women journalist detained positive CS development HRD detained protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
President accuses civil society of conspiring to destabilise the country Published at 08.06.2018 Country Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women violent protest labour rights protest public vilification Read more
Concerns over free expression rights and censorship emerge during abortion referendum Published at 15.06.2018 Country Ireland Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship women people with disabilities Read more
President Weah submits bill to repeal certain limitations on free expression Published at 14.06.2018 Country Liberia Category Latest Developments Tags: women enabling law criminal defamation harassment labour rights protest land rights Read more
In a post-Castro era with a new president, what has changed for Cuban activists and opposition? Published at 18.06.2018 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women travel ban attack on journalist HRD detained protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Saudi authorities' relentless crackdown on WHRDs continues Published at 19.06.2018 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained women HRD prosecuted release of HRDs Read more
Protection measures granted due to grave risks faced by activists at protests Published at 15.06.2018 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women killing of protestors attack on HRD attack on journalist excessive force protest Read more
Activists threatened and attacked while families of the disappeared protest hearings Published at 07.08.2018 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD religious groups minority groups intimidation harassment protest enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment HRD threatened Read more
Trial of Rwandan government critic Diane Rwigara postponed Published at 20.06.2018 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: women refugees and migrants violent protest political interference protestor(s) detained excessive force Read more
Nigerian military threatens Amnesty International following report on abuses Published at 04.07.2018 Country Nigeria Category Latest Developments Tags: land rights protest women intimidation attack on journalist public vilification Read more
Continued attacks on independent journalists Published at 06.07.2018 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest prevention of protest restrictive law time,place restrictions access to info. law positive court ruling women Read more
Tens of thousands of South Korean women protest against ‘spycam porn’ Published at 21.08.2018 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest women sexual assault torture/ill-treatment protest Read more
Activists continue to face persecution as thousands mark Tiananmen anniversary in Hong Kong Published at 05.07.2018 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction LGBTI protest disruption torture/ill-treatment censorship HRD prosecuted women travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling protest Read more
Judicial process around murder of Mongolian parliamentarian lacking credibility and legitimacy Published at 10.07.2018 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment labour rights protest women surveillance Read more
Saudi authorities detain women human rights defenders in latest crackdown Published at 29.08.2018 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protestor(s) detained women HRD prosecuted Read more
Kazakhstan: Closure of independent media and peaceful protests hampered Published at 12.07.2018 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment women prevention of protest religious groups intimidation restrictive law internet restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Iranian authorities block Iran's most widely used messaging app Published at 16.07.2018 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women HRD killing excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
New cybercrime law: an assault on freedom of expression Published at 17.07.2018 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction women release of HRDs HRD detained internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained Read more
Scores of anti-war protesters prosecuted across Myanmar Published at 18.07.2018 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained youth protest disruption women minority groups HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
