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Government poised to decriminalise libel
Published at
03.04.2019
Country
Sierra Leone
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- violent protest
- non state actors
- private sector
- land rights
Human rights defenders arrested and journalists injured
Published at
03.12.2018
Country
Syria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
- intimidation
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- non state actors
Protests violently dispersed, journalists detained
Published at
22.01.2019
Country
Uganda
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- criminal defamation
- violent protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Social movements repressed and critical voices remain silenced
Published at
10.12.2018
Country
Morocco
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD detained
- protestor(s) detained
- women
- protest
Arbitrary arrests of pro-democracy activists ahead of 23rd December elections
Published at
19.12.2018
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- HRD detained
- protest
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Yemen's human rights record examined by the UN as human rights defenders arrested
Published at
19.02.2019
Country
Yemen
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
- release of HRDs
- criminal defamation
- intimidation
Several Azerbaijani activists declare hunger strike
Published at
20.02.2019
Country
Azerbaijan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- public vilification
Concerns about freedom of expression in Nigeria: journalists arrested, protests repressed
Published at
19.11.2019
Country
Nigeria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- office raid
- intimidation
- protest
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- violent protest
- killing of journalist
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- killing of protestors
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- private sector
- non state actors
- protestor(s) detained
- women
- religious groups
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD prosecuted
Heavy prison sentences for HRDs
Published at
11.02.2019
Country
Togo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- protest
Authorities' growing intolerance of critical online voices
Published at
11.02.2019
Country
Côte d'Ivoire
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- labour rights
- protest
Ongoing attacks on journalists and activists, as elections draw near
Published at
12.02.2019
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- killing of journalist
- funding restriction
- private sector
- women
- youth
- attack on HRD
- journalist detained
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- criminal defamation
- environmental rights
Reinforced authoritarianism – sentencing of opposition activists, surveillance of citizens
Published at
01.02.2019
Country
Kazakhstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- protestor(s) detained
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- surveillance
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Des lourdes peines de prison pour deux défenseurs des droits de l’homme
Published at
14.02.2019
Country
Togo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- protest
Intolérance croissante des autorités face aux voix critiques en ligne
Published at
15.02.2019
Country
Côte d'Ivoire
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- protest
Human rights groups decry deteriorating situation as peace agreement remains unimplemented
Published at
05.09.2019
Country
South Sudan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD killing
- criminal defamation
- political interference
- censorship
- women
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
Indictments against news site Rappler an attempt to intimidate and control the pubic narrative
Published at
26.02.2019
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- protest
- enabling law
- journalist detained
- non state actors
Omani authorities target bloggers and journalists
Published at
27.02.2019
Country
Oman
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD detained
- release of HRDs
- intimidation
Civil society groups denied registration while journalists and activists are being silenced
Published at
01.03.2019
Country
Pakistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- CSO closure
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Persecution of activists continue while abuses against Uighurs remain in the spotlight
Published at
07.03.2019
Country
China
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- minority groups
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- internet restriction
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Ongoing attacks against environmental activists and journalists in India while critics harassed
Published at
10.09.2019
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- environmental rights
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD detained
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- extractive industries
- time,place restrictions
- non state actors
- HRD threatened
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- restrictive law
- minority groups
- land rights