Maduro government continues to strangle opposition with repression and intimidation Published at 03.06.2019 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance excessive force protest internet restriction torture/ill-treatment violent protest censorship journalist detained Read more
Tajikistan: International bodies alarmed at pressure on media and civil society Published at 30.08.2019 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance internet restriction restrictive law harassment positive CS development censorship Read more
Defenders Speaking Out: “The regime in Eritrea is a crime in itself.” Published at 08.06.2016 Country Eritrea Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance HRD detained refugees and migrants Read more
Killing of human rights defenders worsens in 2016 Published at 20.06.2016 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing excessive force private sector public vilification enforced disappearance protest disruption indigenous groups attack on HRD minority groups attack on journalist killing of journalist prevention of protest killing of protestors non state actors Read more
Blogger Murdered in Pakistan Published at 11.07.2016 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance killing of journalist prevention of protest protest disruption excessive force Read more
Trial of Dr. Nasser Bin Gaith continues Published at 01.07.2016 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance HRD detained torture/ill-treatment criminal defamation Read more
Journalists and activists targeted as Yemen's conflict rages Published at 02.08.2016 Country Yemen Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid attack on HRD travel ban HRD detained protest enforced disappearance killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment censorship Read more
Abduction, torture used to repress protests in Zimbabwe Published at 21.12.2016 Country Zimbabwe Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance attack on HRD torture/ill-treatment Read more
Damning Commision of Enquiry report finds indications of crimes against humanity Published at 17.06.2016 Country Eritrea Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban torture/ill-treatment enforced disappearance HRD detained time,place restrictions excessive force prevention of protest intimidation censorship harassment surveillance Read more
Tens of Thousands Take to the Streets in Hong Kong Published at 07.07.2016 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance censorship protest funding restriction Read more
Civic space shrinks as journalists, activists, social media users and HR lawyers are attacked Published at 16.09.2016 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance killing of journalist attack on journalist torture/ill-treatment attack on HRD Read more
Torture, abduction and ethnic violence continue in Sri Lanka Published at 25.07.2016 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance protest disruption attack on HRD positive CS development access to info. law Read more
Over 1,000 associations disbanded and hundreds of media outlets closed after coup attempt Published at 28.09.2016 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship LGBTI protest disruption CSO closure intimidation harassment HRD detained enforced disappearance prevention of protest killing of protestors surveillance Read more
Calls to release journalists on 20th anniversary of media crackdown Published at 30.11.2021 Country Eritrea Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance journalist detained Read more
Tougher laws choke civil society independence in Bangladesh Published at 15.12.2016 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction harassment HRD detained bureaucratic restriction indigenous groups excessive force enforced disappearance censorship prevention of protest time,place restrictions minority groups release of HRDs attack on journalist protest Read more
Dissidents in Gabon tortured, harrassed and arbitrarily detained Published at 08.02.2017 Country Gabon Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest enforced disappearance prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship Read more
Two reporters killed, one kidnapped in December Published at 31.01.2017 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance killing of journalist protest disruption office raid CSO closure attack on journalist excessive force Read more
Continued crackdown against critical CSOs in Kenya Published at 17.02.2017 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling enforced disappearance HRD detained public vilification bureaucratic restriction Read more
Violent conflict puts Libyan human rights defenders at serious risk Published at 31.05.2017 Country Libya Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance protest disruption release of HRDs Read more
Four journalists killed within six weeks and citizens say "ENOUGH!" Published at 19.04.2017 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment protest enforced disappearance women refugees and migrants harassment Read more
Little room for dissent in Pakistan: Civic freedoms under constant attack Published at 12.05.2017 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption release of HRDs harassment attack on journalist public vilification enforced disappearance killing of journalist killing of protestors bureaucratic restriction non state actors Read more
