Honduras: Guapinol water defenders released after trial annulled by Supreme Court Published at 23.03.2022 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups release of HRDs HRD prosecuted HRD acquitted bureaucratic restriction harassment HRD threatened attack on journalist women attack on HRD extractive industries enabling law environmental rights non state actors Read more
On the Watchlist: Widespread violations reported during ‘’Bloody January’’ Published at 10.03.2022 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained attack on HRD intimidation harassment travel ban protestor(s) detained HRD detained HRD killing excessive force public vilification enforced disappearance killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment attack on journalist protest internet restriction violent protest HRD prosecuted Read more
Peru: protests over price rises and violence against human rights defenders Published at 12.04.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest time,place restrictions environmental rights non state actors restrictive law positive court ruling women journalist detained indigenous groups attack on journalist protestor(s) detained protest disruption negative court ruling harassment protest HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation HRD prosecuted killing of protestors extractive industries land rights Read more
Tragic death of long-term political prisoner, systematic violations of fundamental freedoms Published at 09.12.2021 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted release of HRDs travel ban labour rights protest prevention of protest restrictive law Read more
La Corte Suprema anula el juicio de los defensores del agua de Guapinol y los deja en libertad Published at 01.04.2022 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD HRD threatened minority groups release of HRDs harassment HRD prosecuted attack on journalist extractive industries environmental rights bureaucratic restriction enabling law women HRD acquitted non state actors Read more
Government critics face continued harassment, journalists face restrictions, assault and arrest Published at 18.02.2022 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment office raid intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained labour rights protest torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
New repressive measures after January 2022 events in Kazakhstan, ahead of presidential elections Published at 25.03.2022 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained protest internet restriction protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Activists and journalists in China face persecution during and after Winter Olympics Published at 11.04.2022 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained criminal defamation enforced disappearance restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance women HRD prosecuted Read more
Singapore continues to restrict fundamental freedoms, despite downgrade in civic space rating Published at 12.04.2022 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship negative court ruling HRD prosecuted LGBTI Read more
Cuba: prosecutions against protesters continue; more restrictions are proposed in Penal Code reform Published at 20.04.2022 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: youth harassment funding restriction protest women torture/ill-treatment negative court ruling restrictive law surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Cuba: continúan los juicios de manifestantes; la reforma del código penal proponen más restricciones Published at 03.05.2022 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction women youth harassment negative court ruling protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Ecuador: las manifestaciones indígenas son reprimidas una vez más Published at 05.07.2022 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: public vilification protestor(s) detained killing of protestors access to info. law indigenous groups youth protest disruption attack on journalist attack on HRD labour rights harassment HRD detained excessive force protest violent protest HRD prosecuted Read more
Las autoridades nicaragüenses ilegalizan a la sociedad civil en la práctica Published at 11.07.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship women CSO closure religious groups harassment journalist detained travel ban HRD detained surveillance sexual assault torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted restrictive law environmental rights Read more
Bolivia: teachers protest; harassment of human rights defenders continues Published at 21.04.2022 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force protest bureaucratic restriction protest disruption harassment attack on journalist labour rights HRD prosecuted Read more
Manifestaciones por el alza de precios y la violencia contra defensores de los derechos humanos Published at 20.04.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment HRD killing restrictive law excessive force criminal defamation killing of protestors time,place restrictions journalist detained non state actors positive court ruling protestor(s) detained women indigenous groups HRD prosecuted attack on journalist negative court ruling environmental rights protest extractive industries violent protest land rights Read more
Mass anti-war protests, censorship, as population denounces Ukraine invasion Published at 02.03.2022 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force protest internet restriction censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained self censorship protest disruption CSO closure intimidation attack on journalist negative court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
WHRD Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe returns home after years of prolonged arbitrary detention Published at 28.04.2022 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption release of HRDs HRD detained negative court ruling protest internet restriction protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Kazakhstan: Civic space limited by continued fallout from January 2022 events Published at 28.04.2022 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD detained labour rights excessive force protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
15 activists sentenced to prison for peacefully protesting under State of Siege in Eastern DRC Published at 06.05.2022 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest disruption protest killing of protestors time,place restrictions journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Arrests of activists, journalists continue in Myanmar as military tribunals impose harsh sentences Published at 10.05.2022 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women HRD detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
CSOs condemn murder of LGBTIQ+ member, protesters beaten Published at 10.05.2022 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption HRD prosecuted excessive force protest Read more
