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Reports and monitoring missions document extreme repression and violence against activists
- Published at
- 18.08.2022
- Country
- Iraq
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest disruption
- protest
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
- attack on HRD
- release of HRDs
- censorship
- harassment
- positive CS development
- HRD killing
Activists criminalised for royal defamation and targeted by spyware in Thailand
- Published at
- 22.08.2022
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
- protest
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
Government embarks on brutal wave of retaliatory tactics against pro-democracy activists amid political impasse
- Published at
- 30.08.2022
- Country
- Eswatini
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- LGBTI
- attack on HRD
- release of HRDs
- negative court ruling
- harassment
Amid protests, censorship and persecution of Uyghurs and activists in China, Xi Jinping seeks third term
- Published at
- 01.09.2022
- Country
- China
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- censorship
- surveillance
- women
- minority groups
- negative court ruling
- protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Crackdown on activists and protests persist in Indonesia while draft criminal code revisions could further curtail dissent
- Published at
- 23.09.2022
- Country
- Indonesia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD prosecuted
Myanmar junta continues to arrest, torture activists despite global outrage around executions
- Published at
- 15.09.2022
- Country
- Myanmar
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- killing of journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Japan introduces tougher penalties for defamation, court ruling a setback for LGBTQI+ rights
- Published at
- 19.09.2022
- Country
- Japan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- LGBTI
- negative court ruling
- protest
Authorities continue to harass NagaWorld union strikers and criminalise activists and opposition members in Cambodia
- Published at
- 04.10.2022
- Country
- Cambodia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- protest disruption
- women
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- excessive force
- sexual assault
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- land rights
Attacks on Guatemalan human rights organisations and justice operators
- Published at
- 01.12.2022
- Country
- Guatemala
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- sexual assault
- HRD threatened
- positive court ruling
- self censorship
- women
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- HRD prosecuted
Civil society urges the UN to reject Vietnam’s bid for the Human Rights Council as it continues to arrest and jail activists
- Published at
- 21.09.2022
- Country
- Vietnam
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- protest
- women
- minority groups
- protest disruption
- travel ban
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights
Despite UN scrutiny, activists continue to be criminalised by the new Philippines administration
- Published at
- 15.11.2022
- Country
- Philippines
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- killing of journalist
- restrictive law
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
Government agencies used to silence dissent in India as its rights record is scrutinised at the UN
- Published at
- 22.11.2022
- Country
- India
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD killing
- prevention of protest
- protest disruption
- office raid
- excessive force
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- bureaucratic restriction
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Palestinian activists face lawsuit and ban; climate activists threatened with SLAPPs
- Published at
- 22.11.2022
- Country
- Austria
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- minority groups
- environmental rights
Conviction of lawyer and recent legal changes further erodes civic space in Fiji ahead of elections
- Published at
- 24.11.2022
- Country
- Fiji
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
- restrictive law
As Qatar hosts the FIFA World Cup, human rights organisations draw attention to its dismal human rights record
- Published at
- 06.12.2022
- Country
- Qatar
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
- refugees and migrants
- LGBTI
Harassment and criminalisation of activists and journalists in Hong Kong continues unabated
- Published at
- 13.12.2022
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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
Paraguay: September marked by killings of a journalist and a campesino leader
- Published at
- 20.12.2022
- Country
- Paraguay
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- non state actors
- indigenous groups
- killing of journalist
- harassment
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- protest
- private sector
- land rights
- criminal defamation
- HRD killing
- prevention of protest
- negative court ruling
- positive court ruling
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
Argentina: economic crisis leads to recurrent protests
- Published at
- 30.12.2022
- Country
- Argentina
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protestor(s) detained
- public vilification
- negative court ruling
- censorship
- surveillance
- labour rights
- non state actors
- positive court ruling
- environmental rights
- women
- indigenous groups
- protest
- land rights