El Salvador: hostile environment for human rights defenders and journalists Published at 22.11.2022 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship youth intimidation positive CS development labour rights public vilification internet restriction surveillance Read more
Las autoridades cubanas acosan a periodistas y militantes para obligarlos a abandonar su labor Published at 15.12.2022 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: public vilification internet restriction self censorship LGBTI restrictive law harassment travel ban protest HRD threatened Read more
Ataques contra organizaciones de derechos humanos y miembros del aparato judicial guatemaltecos Published at 15.12.2022 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction HRD prosecuted negative court ruling labour rights sexual assault positive court ruling protest self censorship women harassment HRD threatened public vilification HRD detained Read more
Brazil: anti-democratic demonstrations following presidential election Published at 21.12.2022 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction harassment HRD killing public vilification violent protest censorship non state actors political interference women indigenous groups environmental rights religious groups attack on journalist youth protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation negative court ruling protest land rights Read more
Canada: workers push back against restricting legislation Published at 05.01.2023 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction restrictive law labour rights protest positive court ruling non state actors Read more
Youth climate protesters detained; massive cyber security attack on media outlets Published at 28.11.2022 Country Portugal Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference harassment protest internet restriction access to info. law censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Increasing internet censorship and ongoing persecution of dissenting voices, despite some releases Published at 30.12.2022 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment internet restriction release of HRDs attack on HRD intimidation HRD detained restrictive law HRD threatened Read more
International community decry injustice as HRD Osman Kavala sentenced to life in prison Published at 03.06.2022 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women office raid intimidation harassment attack on journalist negative court ruling protest internet restriction restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Escalating attacks on women journalists, the new bill criminalises misinformation further stifling free speech Published at 02.08.2022 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: protest internet restriction youth office raid intimidation restrictive law harassment HRD detained excessive force prevention of protest journalist detained censorship positive court ruling protestor(s) detained LGBTI women refugees and migrants attack on journalist labour rights HRD prosecuted Read more
USA: civil liberties endangered and defended in the courts Published at 18.01.2023 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI minority groups positive CS development labour rights protest internet restriction enabling law restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship non state actors Read more
Somaliland: Media and journalists face new wave of attacks Published at 30.11.2022 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation killing of journalist harassment HRD acquitted protest disruption release of HRDs office raid protest CSO closure attack on journalist censorship internet restriction killing of protestors journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Amid the war, more proposed legislative changes could further stifle CSOs and Media Published at 15.06.2022 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction HRD detained political interference protest Read more
Ukrainian CSO recognised for human rights work amid the war Published at 03.11.2022 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction censorship attack on journalist surveillance HRD threatened protest Read more
Sexual violence cases prompt several protests, women’s rights activists fined, major labour rights strike Published at 03.10.2022 Country Kosovo Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women internet restriction intimidation harassment labour rights protest Read more
Mass protests over fuel prices erupt across the country Published at 30.12.2022 Country Jordan Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction violent protest journalist detained HRD detained protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
One year after the coup, civic space violations continue unabated Published at 29.12.2022 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained HRD detained women refusal of registration excessive force attack on journalist sexual assault enforced disappearance killing of protestors protest torture/ill-treatment office raid intimidation harassment restrictive law bureaucratic restriction internet restriction protestor(s) detained Read more
Mass arrests of activists, restrictive draft laws and widening campaign against ‘’false’’ information Published at 11.11.2022 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest prevention of protest positive court ruling intimidation harassment public vilification HRD acquitted travel ban HRD detained restrictive law internet restriction protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
KRIK investigative portal found “guilty” in a SLAPP; targeting of environmental defenders continues Published at 02.01.2023 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment attack on journalist negative court ruling protest internet restriction censorship environmental rights Read more
Cuba: frustration over power shortages leads to recurrent protests Published at 01.10.2022 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction protestor(s) detained harassment travel ban HRD detained surveillance protest Read more
Jailing and persecution of activists and journalists persists despite election of Vietnam to the UN Human Rights Council Published at 08.02.2023 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: women harassment travel ban negative court ruling internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Canada: digital rights in the spotlight Published at 08.02.2023 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI refugees and migrants religious groups minority groups negative court ruling labour rights protest internet restriction access to info. law environmental rights Read more
