Protests against human rights violations mark Duterte’s two years in power Published at 31.07.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist HRD detained torture/ill-treatment restrictive law attack on journalist protest Read more
UN report finds 'Urgent action is needed to address the human rights crisis in Nicaragua' Published at 03.09.2018 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist enforced disappearance HRD detained protest journalist detained killing of protestors non state actors youth women excessive force attack on HRD harassment Read more
An ever-closing space for dissent: India cracks down on human rights defenders Published at 31.08.2018 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation protest disruption release of HRDs women harassment HRD detained HRD killing censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Prominent human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor sentenced to ten years imprisonment Published at 05.09.2018 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted criminal defamation Read more
new hope for democracy and rule of law yet to be felt by activists Published at 11.09.2018 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance HRD detained office raid violent protest Read more
UN and rights group findings show systematic repression of Muslims from the Xinjiang Uighur region Published at 14.09.2018 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups intimidation journalist detained harassment HRD detained labour rights surveillance enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Civil Society Shines A Light on Embattled Civic Space Published at 17.09.2018 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment excessive force bureaucratic restriction travel ban restrictive law HRD detained violent protest censorship journalist detained HRD threatened Read more
UN fact-finding mission finds serious crimes fuelled by the silencing of critical voices Published at 19.09.2018 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups HRD detained protest criminal defamation prevention of protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Environment for defenders continues to be hostile with one WHRD killed in July Published at 20.09.2018 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: protest internet restriction political interference time,place restrictions censorship environmental rights positive court ruling women indigenous groups harassment attack on journalist HRD detained HRD killing land rights Read more
India: Routine Repression of Civil Society Published at 25.09.2018 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained youth attack on HRD release of HRDs harassment HRD threatened HRD detained criminal defamation HRD prosecuted protest public vilification political interference non state actors Read more
One more HRD killed in Guatemala, 21 have been killed so far in 2018 Published at 27.09.2018 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women indigenous groups attack on HRD intimidation HRD detained HRD killing Read more
Civic Space in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2018 Published at 02.10.2018 Country Bosnia & Herzegovina Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship prevention of protest self censorship positive CS development funding restriction protest disruption minority groups HRD detained LGBTI bureaucratic restriction excessive force women release of HRDs time,place restrictions criminal defamation attack on journalist public vilification labour rights refugees and migrants protest violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
'They treat us inhumanely', said campesino leader Medardo Mairena from prison Published at 09.10.2018 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban youth women attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force killing of protestors protest torture/ill-treatment HRD acquitted HRD threatened non state actors Read more
Kabila not running for another term, but human rights concerns persist Published at 27.09.2018 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained public vilification prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment censorship release of HRDs attack on journalist negative court ruling protest restrictive law HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
Humanitarian NGO volunteers arrested, facing up to 20 years in jail Published at 02.10.2018 Country Greece Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained refugees and migrants HRD prosecuted Read more
Bahrain's candidature to the HRC criticized in the wake of deteriorating human rights record Published at 04.10.2018 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained bureaucratic restriction intimidation Read more
Authorities arrest HRDs, target family members and sentence journalists to lashings & imprisonment Published at 08.10.2018 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Repressive policies continue despite thawing tensions in the Horn of Africa Published at 11.10.2018 Country Eritrea Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development HRD detained intimidation Read more
Women are the main victims of State repression Published at 16.10.2018 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law journalist detained women intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained travel ban protest torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained Read more
Civil society says shutting down of international NGOs an ‘attack on civic freedoms’ Published at 17.10.2018 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship women CSO closure minority groups travel ban attack on journalist HRD detained criminal defamation killing of journalist censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Kazakhstan: Rapid shrinking of civic space and freedoms Published at 17.10.2018 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment journalist detained protestor(s) detained positive court ruling attack on HRD release of HRDs harassment HRD detained non state actors Read more
