Peru’s institutions in turmoil after Congress dissolution Published at 22.10.2019 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation protest disruption indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment excessive force labour rights violent protest protestor(s) detained protest extractive industries environmental rights Read more
Honduras: repression of protests and criminalisation of defamation concern civil society Published at 10.06.2019 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protest extractive industries excessive force criminal defamation Read more
Mexico: two journalists killed and several others attacked as government struggles to protect Published at 10.06.2019 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: women harassment attack on journalist HRD killing labour rights protest killing of journalist extractive industries environmental rights Read more
Community and labour union leaders harassed and intimidated Published at 03.04.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation harassment labour rights excessive force extractive industries private sector environmental rights non state actors Read more
Civil society fights back against threatened closure of environmental CSO Published at 09.01.2017 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries indigenous groups CSO closure Read more
Conflict over mining on indigenous lands leads to widespread civic space abuses Published at 08.02.2017 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid CSO closure extractive industries indigenous groups private sector negative court ruling criminal defamation Read more
Greed for natural resources fuels attacks against indigenous people in Peru Published at 13.02.2017 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups extractive industries HRD detained excessive force non state actors Read more
Civil society elects 13th senator for the first time in Belize's history Published at 23.02.2017 Country Belize Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development extractive industries minority groups LGBTI Read more
International alarm over the persecution of Rohingya Muslims Published at 13.03.2017 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law prevention of protest time,place restrictions torture/ill-treatment attack on HRD travel ban HRD killing bureaucratic restriction surveillance censorship private sector religious groups minority groups protest extractive industries violent protest Read more
Rights activists' lives in constant danger Published at 14.04.2017 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing excessive force protest public vilification extractive industries LGBTI intimidation harassment Read more
Foreign activists sentenced and deported for investigations into uranium mining Published at 18.04.2017 Country Malawi Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling extractive industries torture/ill-treatment release of HRDs HRD detained protest Read more
Environmental activists face death threats and intimidation Published at 18.04.2017 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment access to info. law extractive industries labour rights intimidation Read more
Mapuche protest in Santiago ends in repression Published at 25.01.2017 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption extractive industries excessive force indigenous groups protest Read more
Serious concern over the arbitrary arrest of two civil society leaders Published at 24.04.2017 Country Equatorial Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained extractive industries Read more
Finland's ranking drops on 2017 World Press Freedom Index Published at 03.05.2017 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries political interference intimidation Read more
No improvement on civic space: Myanmar shuns international scrutiny Published at 05.05.2017 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption religious groups travel ban excessive force protest prevention of protest extractive industries violent protest protestor(s) detained land rights private sector non state actors Read more
19 activists have been murdered in Colombia since January 2017 Published at 03.04.2017 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment women protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing extractive industries non state actors Read more
New bill to regulate citizen participation under review in Ecuador Published at 07.04.2017 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist protest extractive industries violent protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Tanzanian authorities threaten HRDs, LGBTI activists and journalists Published at 18.07.2017 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries political interference restrictive law intimidation harassment censorship HRD detained Read more
New state laws increase penalties for protest actions in Oklahoma Published at 06.06.2017 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries violent protest censorship political interference positive court ruling restrictive law protest disruption intimidation protest bureaucratic restriction journalist detained Read more
Offshore oil rig employees prohibited from protesting over working conditions Published at 07.06.2017 Country Trinidad and Tobago Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries negative court ruling labour rights protest disruption protest Read more
