Despite UN and EU scrutiny, restrictions on civic freedoms remain Published at 15.02.2019 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption prevention of protest restrictive law positive CS development labour rights criminal defamation land rights Read more
Laos increases controls on social media news sites while anti-land grab protesters jailed Published at 05.09.2019 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance censorship release of HRDs minority groups land rights Read more
Online safety law raises fears of increased censorship in Fiji after hotly contested election Published at 28.02.2019 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups restrictive law environmental rights censorship protest land rights Read more
Ongoing attacks against environmental activists and journalists in India while critics harassed Published at 10.09.2019 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment time,place restrictions non state actors minority groups attack on journalist extractive industries restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Media censored, activists silenced and opposition weakened ahead of Thai elections Published at 21.03.2019 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protest disruption harassment negative court ruling labour rights criminal defamation restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Student activists detained during protest against evictions in Taiwan Published at 15.04.2019 Country Taiwan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups refugees and migrants women labour rights protest protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Indigenous activists in NZ continue struggle to block development at Ihumātao Published at 29.11.2019 Country New Zealand Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protest disruption indigenous groups environmental rights land rights Read more
Namibians take to the streets in separate protests Published at 04.11.2019 Country Namibia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth extractive industries environmental rights labour rights protest land rights Read more
Abelino Chub Caal released amid increasing attacks against HRDs Published at 07.05.2019 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women attack on HRD release of HRDs harassment HRD killing HRD acquitted HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Arbitrary arrests, judicial harassment and attacks on activists and critics in India persist Published at 13.05.2019 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women attack on HRD harassment HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest enforced disappearance extractive industries torture/ill-treatment restrictive law HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Attacks and threats against human rights defenders persist in Papua New Guinea Published at 01.07.2019 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women indigenous groups intimidation harassment protest public vilification sexual assault extractive industries censorship HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Environmental activists face harassment and attacks Published at 15.05.2019 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: youth harassment HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation killing of journalist prevention of protest killing of protestors non state actors women indigenous groups protest sexual assault extractive industries journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Ongoing use of defamation laws raises questions of Malaysia’s reform credentials Published at 25.07.2019 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups positive CS development attack on journalist criminal defamation enforced disappearance restrictive law protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Sustained attack on civic freedoms in Myanmar with ongoing prosecutions and internet blackout Published at 16.08.2019 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest internet restriction extractive industries restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Land rights defender Delfino Agustin Vidal murdered Published at 03.04.2019 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: women restrictive law intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing protest land rights Read more
Protests in Honduras have left at least 3 demonstrators dead and several injured Published at 19.08.2019 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: youth harassment HRD killing killing of journalist killing of protestors censorship non state actors LGBTI women indigenous groups protest violent protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Mass protests in Colombia demand response to persistent violence against social leaders Published at 19.09.2019 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist indigenous groups positive CS development HRD killing land rights protest public vilification Read more
Protests in Indonesia against weakening of labour laws as activists and critics are silenced Published at 16.04.2020 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women indigenous groups intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation labour rights protest restrictive law HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Manifestaciones exigen respuesta a la violencia persistente contra líderes sociales Published at 25.09.2019 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist indigenous groups positive CS development HRD killing land rights protest public vilification Read more
Las Bambas mine blockade lasts 60 days and ends in arrest of leaders Published at 01.04.2019 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protest protestor(s) detained extractive industries private sector land rights Read more
Restrictive bills still being pushed by Nepali lawmakers as protests around Xi’s visit stifled Published at 16.10.2019 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups attack on HRD minority groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation prevention of protest restrictive law journalist detained land rights Read more
