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Reforms at risk in Malaysia while repressive laws continue to be deployed around the pandemic
Published at
27.03.2020
Country
Malaysia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- positive CS development
- restrictive law
- criminal defamation
- protest
Coronavirus Act gives government unprecedented power; concerns over attempts to erode media freedom
Published at
22.04.2020
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- killing of journalist
- restrictive law
- censorship
- surveillance
- labour rights
- protest
Poor resilience to misinformation sparks concern amid COVID-19
Published at
22.04.2020
Country
Albania
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- political interference
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- attack on journalist
- public vilification
World Press Freedom Day in Mexico marked by killing of journalist
Published at
20.05.2021
Country
Mexico
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- environmental rights
- restrictive law
- youth
- women
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- journalist detained
- internet restriction
- killing of journalist
- non state actors
- land rights
Human rights defenders, journalists and Papuan protesters targeted in Indonesia despite UN human rights review
Published at
14.02.2023
Country
Indonesia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights
Honduras’ new criminal code continues to concern human rights organisations
Published at
02.04.2020
Country
Honduras
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- restrictive law
- intimidation
- harassment
- censorship
- attack on journalist
Concerns about media censorship in Vanuatu around the COVID-19 pandemic
Published at
03.04.2020
Country
Vanuatu
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- censorship
- women
- restrictive law
Online debate on Dong Tam incident followed by pandemic silenced by Vietnam authorities
Published at
07.04.2020
Country
Vietnam
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- minority groups
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- killing of protestors
- restrictive law
- censorship
- land rights
Solicitan que el nuevo gobierno derogue la ley mordaza
Published at
09.04.2020
Country
Spain
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- positive court ruling
- excessive force
- restrictive law
- censorship
- labour rights
- protest
Pardon for war criminal creates chilling effect in Sri Lanka as threats to activists increase
Published at
13.04.2020
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD threatened
- restrictive law
- intimidation
Elections to go ahead during Coronavirus pandemic; campaign warns voters ‘elections can kill’
Published at
14.04.2020
Country
Poland
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- political interference
- labour rights
- restrictive law
Myanmar authorities prosecuting activists and critics despite the COVID-19 pandemic
Published at
28.04.2020
Country
Myanmar
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- youth
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- non state actors
- women
- minority groups
- attack on journalist
- protest
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights
Human rights at risk as COVID-19 patient details released
Published at
15.04.2020
Country
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- restrictive law
- public vilification
LGBTI+ activists warn of discriminatory measures in response to COVID-19
Published at
29.04.2020
Country
Panama
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- LGBTI
- violent protest
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
Free speech under threat in Bolivia during COVID-19 pandemic
Published at
06.05.2020
Country
Bolivia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law
Argentina: two reporters threatened and a proposed bill to restrict investigative journalism
Published at
11.05.2020
Country
Argentina
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- restrictive law
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- protest
Bolivia: la pandemia de COVID-19 pone en peligro la libertad de expresión
Published at
12.05.2020
Country
Bolivia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law
In India the situation of activists and journalists remains precarious under the COVID-19 lockdown
Published at
06.05.2020
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- refugees and migrants
- restrictive law
- harassment
- HRD detained
- protestor(s) detained
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
Honduras’ undue restrictions on expression and police abuse of emergency powers during COVID-19
Published at
22.05.2020
Country
Honduras
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- protest
- women
- attack on HRD
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- restrictive law
Systematic persecution of CSO activists; attacks on freedom of expression and assembly continue
Published at
20.05.2020
Country
Kazakhstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- excessive force
- protestor(s) detained
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- women
- restrictive law
- protest disruption
- office raid
- intimidation
- minority groups
- journalist detained
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted