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Cambodia: Ongoing assault on civic space including physical attacks, criminalisation of the opposition, as election draws near
- Published at
- 26.04.2023
- Country
- Cambodia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights
Attacks against journalists continue unabated
- Published at
- 23.05.2023
- Country
- Mexico
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- refugees and migrants
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- HRD threatened
- environmental rights
Pakistan: Authorities bring terrorism charges against protesters, arrest the opposition and target the media
- Published at
- 24.05.2023
- Country
- Pakistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Afghanistan: Activists, academics and journalists continue to be targeted as UN talks sideline women’s voices
- Published at
- 25.05.2023
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
India: Government continues crackdown on civil society and harassment of journalists as it hosts the G20
- Published at
- 31.05.2023
- Country
- India
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- women
- protest disruption
- minority groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- internet restriction
- killing of journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Nepal: Authorities continue to target journalists, stifle protests and seek to increase surveillance powers
- Published at
- 05.06.2023
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- violent protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
Bangladesh: Crackdown on the opposition and critical journalists escalates as elections loom
- Published at
- 14.06.2023
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Vietnam: Human Rights Council membership and dialogues fail to stem repression against activists
- Published at
- 23.06.2023
- Country
- Vietnam
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- protest disruption
- minority groups
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Media and independent activists have been the most affected by repression from the authorities
- Published at
- 03.07.2023
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
LOS MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN Y LOS MILITANTES INDEPENDIENTES LOS MÁS PERJUDICADOS POR LA REPRESIÓN DE LAS AUTORIDADES
- Published at
- 25.07.2023
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
No real space for opposition activities in ‘’new Kazakhstan’’
- Published at
- 25.07.2023
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- refusal of registration
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Afghanistan: Nearly two years on from the Taliban takeover, persecution of civil society, journalists and critics continues
- Published at
- 27.07.2023
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- attack on HRD
- CSO closure
- office raid
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
Bhutan: Human rights groups call for release of political prisoners while press freedom rankings show drastic decline
- Published at
- 28.07.2023
- Country
- Bhutan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- torture/ill-treatment
- minority groups
- bureaucratic restriction
South Korea: Trade unionists face harassment and attacks while journalists charged for reporting on Ukraine
- Published at
- 02.08.2023
- Country
- South Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- labour rights
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
China: Human rights defenders and journalists jailed and censorship persists as President Xi starts third term in office
- Published at
- 08.08.2023
- Country
- China
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Targeting of Journalists and media outlets intensifies as conflict escalates
- Published at
- 31.05.2023
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Maldives: Ahead of the presidential elections, journalists face harassment while crackdown on protests persists
- Published at
- 18.08.2023
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- refugees and migrants
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- torture/ill-treatment
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
Bangladesh: Government ramps up persecution, smear campaign against activists while attacks on the opposition persist
- Published at
- 08.09.2023
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- labour rights
- enforced disappearance
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
- protestor(s) detained
North Korea: Citizens arrested and executed for watching foreign films as authorities wiretap communication and block defections
- Published at
- 12.09.2023
- Country
- North Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- surveillance
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
Myanmar: Despite arrests, torture and failure of ASEAN, activists continue to mobilise against the junta
- Published at
- 19.09.2023
- Country
- Myanmar
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- women
- youth
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- labour rights
- enforced disappearance
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted