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13 dead, hundreds injured and detained in widespread protests
Published at
22.08.2018
Country
Iraq
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Mass protests hit the country, while attacks on journalists sharply increase
Published at
24.08.2018
Country
United States of America
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- refugees and migrants
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- excessive force
- protest
- killing of journalist
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
UN urges Bahrain to end restrictions on civic space
Published at
02.08.2018
Country
Bahrain
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- CSO closure
- harassment
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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
Environmental activism targeted by illegal poachers
Published at
09.08.2018
Country
Costa Rica
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- intimidation
- environmental rights
- labour rights
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- protest
Repression and arbitrary detentions during protests continue in Honduras
Published at
10.08.2018
Country
Honduras
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- protest
- excessive force
- youth
- non state actors
- positive CS development
- negative court ruling
- extractive industries
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- land rights
Government immigration policies drive people to the streets
Published at
04.07.2018
Country
United States of America
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- youth
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- private sector
- protestor(s) detained
- positive court ruling
- environmental rights
Anti-corruption journalist Rafael Marques and Mariano Bras acquitted
Published at
09.07.2018
Country
Angola
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- prevention of protest
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- protest
- positive court ruling
- criminal defamation
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
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
Despite several protests opposing the project, Canada to buy Kinder Morgan pipeline
Published at
13.07.2018
Country
Canada
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- indigenous groups
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
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
Protests in Argentina in support of legal abortion
Published at
16.07.2018
Country
Argentina
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- excessive force
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
Activists arrested and MP slain as Ugandans protest insecurity
Published at
16.07.2018
Country
Uganda
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- censorship
- HRD detained
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
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
UN Special Rapporteur: anti-terror bill "falls short" of UK's rights obligations
Published at
09.08.2018
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- surveillance
- protest
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
275 people killed since the protests started
Published at
19.07.2018
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- attack on HRD
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- killing of protestors
- youth
- violent protest
- non state actors
Blatant attempts to manipulate elections and assault civic freedoms, says Pakistani civil society
Published at
23.07.2018
Country
Pakistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- torture/ill-treatment
- attack on journalist
- harassment
- protestor(s) detained
- self censorship
- journalist detained
- surveillance
- political interference
- non state actors
Human rights lawyer Emin Aslan sentenced to 30 days in detention
Published at
23.07.2018
Country
Azerbaijan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- protestor(s) detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
Women's right activists protest against sexual harassment and sexual discrimination
Published at
24.07.2018
Country
Chile
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- women
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- protest