HRD's passport confiscated ahead of Djibouti's Universal Periodic Review at the UN Published at 04.05.2018 Country Djibouti Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban HRD detained Read more
Killing of student prompts united civil society response to closing space Published at 20.03.2018 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation enforced disappearance bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD detained excessive force public vilification Read more
Morocco shuns international recommendations on civic space Published at 20.02.2018 Country Morocco Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Military junta violates and restricts citizens' rights to peaceful assembly Published at 22.02.2018 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance restrictive law HRD detained criminal defamation prevention of protest HRD prosecuted time,place restrictions environmental rights extractive industries protestor(s) detained protest disruption 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
Activists arbitrarily arrested and break-in at human rights NGO Published at 26.03.2018 Country Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: youth HRD detained prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment intimidation Read more
UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar concerned over shrinking civic space Published at 29.03.2018 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained excessive force protestor(s) detained criminal defamation prevention of protest restrictive law LGBTI minority groups journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Court jails anti-mining activist for "spreading Communist ideology" Published at 03.04.2018 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law negative court ruling criminal defamation HRD prosecuted intimidation protest environmental rights harassment non state actors HRD detained land rights Read more
Activists report: "Repression is getting worse and worse" in Mauritania Published at 09.05.2018 Country Mauritania Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law HRD detained minority groups bureaucratic restriction Read more
A surge in travel bans leaves activists and journalists unable to speak out overseas Published at 13.04.2018 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment travel ban HRD acquitted HRD detained censorship excessive force labour rights journalist detained protestor(s) detained LGBTI women youth protest release of HRDs Read more
Undeterred by repression, civil society continued to mobilise against austerity measures Published at 26.04.2018 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: women torture/ill-treatment release of HRDs HRD detained protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Human rights defenders convicted as Burundi prepares for controversial referendum Published at 12.04.2018 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted HRD detained intimidation Read more
New opposition protests and HRD arrested as political dialogue comes to a halt Published at 19.04.2018 Country Togo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force protest youth prevention of protest Read more
Women human rights defenders subjected to ill treatment Published at 24.04.2018 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protestor(s) detained women killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment political interference censorship Read more
Lawyer defending environmental rights activist killed in Honduras Published at 26.04.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women intimidation attack on journalist excessive force harassment HRD detained release of HRDs HRD killing protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Unending restrictions on civic freedoms Published at 02.05.2018 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women self censorship release of HRDs HRD detained HRD killing excessive force torture/ill-treatment restrictive law HRD acquitted censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained time,place restrictions Read more
Thai junta continues repression nearly four years after coup Published at 17.05.2018 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship environmental rights private sector protest positive CS development HRD detained criminal defamation Read more
Venezuelans facing food shortages encounter danger and excessive force at protests Published at 29.05.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction HRD detained killing of protestors excessive force protest Read more
Arbitrary arrest of activists, excessive use of force and targeting of journalists in Nepal Published at 28.10.2021 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors journalist detained protestor(s) detained minority groups attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest protest disruption women 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
Police detain and beat protestors demonstrating against new laws Published at 11.06.2018 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained excessive force protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
