Trial of Rwandan government critic Diane Rwigara postponed Published at 20.06.2018 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: women refugees and migrants violent protest political interference protestor(s) detained excessive force Read more
Repression of protests killed 15 people in 2018 Published at 07.08.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: protest youth harassment enforced disappearance attack on journalist negative court ruling killing of protestors excessive force labour rights censorship Read more
UN Human Rights Chief Zeid concern about denial of access to West Papua Published at 23.06.2018 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment attack on journalist journalist detained land rights excessive force protest killing of journalist killing of protestors intimidation Read more
Repression and arbitrary detentions during protests continue in Honduras Published at 10.08.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest excessive force youth non state actors positive CS development negative court ruling extractive industries torture/ill-treatment journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
2018: a lethal year for land and environmental defenders in Guatemala Published at 16.08.2018 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling indigenous groups positive CS development attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest extractive industries restrictive law non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
One dead after police violently repress student protests Published at 10.07.2018 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption indigenous groups killing of protestors harassment negative court ruling excessive force Read more
Anti-corruption journalist Rafael Marques and Mariano Bras acquitted Published at 09.07.2018 Country Angola Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation prevention of protest protestor(s) detained excessive force protest positive court ruling criminal defamation Read more
Police prevented protest by teachers Published at 11.07.2018 Country Panama Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights intimidation protest disruption excessive force bureaucratic restriction Read more
Iranian authorities block Iran's most widely used messaging app Published at 16.07.2018 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women HRD killing excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Protests in Argentina in support of legal abortion Published at 16.07.2018 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption attack on journalist labour rights protest excessive force journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Scores of anti-war protesters prosecuted across Myanmar Published at 18.07.2018 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained youth protest disruption women minority groups HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Rising electricity prices spark protests Published at 28.08.2018 Country Panama Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained excessive force protest release of HRDs Read more
275 people killed since the protests started Published at 19.07.2018 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD attack on journalist protestor(s) detained excessive force protest enforced disappearance killing of protestors youth violent protest non state actors Read more
CSOs documented over 130 attacks against the press in the context of elections Published at 23.07.2018 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on HRD harassment HRD detained excessive force killing of journalist private sector positive court ruling LGBTI women refugees and migrants release of HRDs attack on journalist labour rights protest journalist detained HRD threatened Read more
Women's right activists protest against sexual harassment and sexual discrimination Published at 24.07.2018 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption indigenous groups women protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
Swaziland sees its first Pride Parade taking place Published at 24.07.2018 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: protest censorship LGBTI intimidation attack on journalist labour rights excessive force non state actors Read more
Soldiers deployed in opposition protests: at least 6 people killed Published at 10.08.2018 Country Zimbabwe Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid women harassment attack on journalist excessive force killing of protestors violent protest journalist detained Read more
Iranian authorities target human rights lawyers, while activists remain in detention Published at 17.08.2018 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: women killing of protestors HRD detained protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
Protests violently dispersed, while conditions for journalists sharply deteriorate Published at 22.08.2018 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment protest disruption office raid violent protest journalist detained attack on HRD attack on journalist excessive force protest killing of protestors Read more
"You are warned": police threaten the public on discussing governance issues in the media and online Published at 27.07.2018 Country Sierra Leone Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained prevention of protest killing of protestors excessive force intimidation Read more
Dominicans protest, once again, against corruption and impunity Published at 31.08.2018 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force violent protest protest Read more
