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Persecution of opposition leaders & activists unrelenting, gatherings banned
Published at
30.10.2024
Country
Eswatini
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted

Ongoing attacks against environmental defenders, with one park ranger killed
Published at
16.07.2024
Country
Peru
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- office raid
- women
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- protest
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- HRD threatened

Anti-terrorist unit chief threatens civil society, civic activist brutally beaten for filming vandals
Published at
12.01.2024
Country
Montenegro
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- protest
- environmental rights

Journalists and activists killed in Mexico amidst widespread impunity
Published at
14.03.2024
Country
Mexico
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- HRD killing
- public vilification
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- censorship
- non state actors
- LGBTI
- women
- indigenous groups
- refugees and migrants
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
- extractive industries
- violent protest
- political interference
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted

Three activists and journalists killed; Dozens detained and injured on International Women's Day
Published at
20.06.2024
Country
Mexico
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- public vilification
- killing of journalist
- violent protest
- HRD acquitted
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened

Colombia’s crisis: wave of violence against human rights defenders; Tear gas and stun grenades disrupt peaceful Women’s Day March
Published at
11.04.2024
Country
Colombia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- office raid
- minority groups
- women
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- protest
- public vilification
- killing of journalist
- enabling law
- HRD threatened
- non state actors

Enfrentamientos entre manifestantes en medio de una polarización creciente por las elecciones de 2025
Published at
04.11.2024
Country
Bolivia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- extractive industries
- violent protest
- enabling law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- private sector

DRC resumes executions; civic space restrictions of all sorts
Published at
13.09.2024
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- political interference
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained

At least three Indigenous leaders murdered; Attacks on journalists raise press freedom concerns
Published at
05.09.2024
Country
Guatemala
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- office raid
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights

Severe repression in overseas territories; surveillance and house arrests ahead of Paris Olympics
Published at
30.09.2024
Country
France
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- excessive force
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights

Another Pataxó leader killed; Lawsuits and legal threats against journalists continue
Published at
21.04.2024
Country
Brazil
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- private sector
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights

Peace activists threatened, harassed in social media campaign
Published at
30.05.2024
Country
Serbia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- attack on HRD
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- bureaucratic restriction
- protestor(s) detained

Crackdown on Palestine solidarity encampments
Published at
12.07.2024
Country
United States of America
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- public vilification
- censorship
- surveillance
- positive court ruling
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights

Growing threats to civic freedoms in the USA
Published at
04.11.2024
Country
United States of America
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- women
- attack on HRD
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- private sector

Killing of activist amidst wave of violence in Chiapas
Published at
18.11.2024
Country
Mexico
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- sexual assault
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- violent protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained

Violence targets journalists and human rights defenders without end
Published at
22.11.2024
Country
Colombia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- self censorship
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- HRD killing
- protest
- public vilification
- internet restriction
- killing of journalist
- enabling law
- HRD threatened
- non state actors

More foreign media outlets banned; enforced disappearances or detention of critical voices
Published at
14.11.2024
Country
Mali
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- transnational repression
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted

Les autorités interdisent davantage de médias étrangers et les voix critiques sont la cible de détentions et disparitions forcées
Published at
14.11.2024
Country
Mali
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- transnational repression
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted

Human rights organisation REDHAC and others suspended by the authorities
Published at
05.02.2025
Country
Cameroon
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- attack on HRD
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- prevention of protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained

Les autorités suspendent plusieurs groupes dont l'organisation de défense des droits humains REDHAC
Published at
12.02.2025
Country
Cameroon
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- attack on HRD
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- prevention of protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained