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Nepal: Civic freedoms at risk with Tik Tok ban, social media directive and targeting of journalists and protesters
- Published at
- 02.02.2024
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- time,place restrictions
- protestor(s) detained
Afghanistan: Taliban continues its persecution of women’s rights activists, journalists and artists
- Published at
- 07.02.2024
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- religious groups
- harassment
- HRD detained
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- sexual assault
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
Bhutan: Concerns about ongoing detention of political prisoners and the lack of a national human rights body
- Published at
- 13.02.2024
- Country
- Bhutan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
Hong Kong: Continued arrest and prosecution of activists and critics as leaders start push for new security law
- Published at
- 15.02.2024
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
Detained journalist suffers harassment and assault
- Published at
- 31.01.2024
- Country
- Rwanda
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
China: Activists and journalists face arrests and convictions despite UN human rights review
- Published at
- 01.03.2024
- Country
- China
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Sri Lanka: Authorities continue to stifle protests, harass activists and push repressive laws
- Published at
- 07.03.2024
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
Pakistan: New government continues blocking the internet and persecuting journalists and activists
- Published at
- 25.03.2024
- Country
- Pakistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- people with disabilities
Vietnam: Social media activists arrested, ethnic minorities jailed while protests against development projects crushed
- Published at
- 27.03.2024
- Country
- Vietnam
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights
Bangladesh: Criminalisation of activists and crackdown on protests continue following one-sided elections
- Published at
- 12.04.2024
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- labour rights
- protest
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
Women's rights activist murdered in her home
- Published at
- 30.03.2024
- Country
- Syria
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- HRD killing
- HRD threatened
- torture/ill-treatment
Pro-Palestine protesters arrested in Bahrain
- Published at
- 29.02.2024
- Country
- Bahrain
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD acquitted
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Despite international scrutiny at the IACHR and UN, crackdown on CSOs persists
- Published at
- 05.03.2024
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- religious groups
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- HRD prosecuted
Myanmar: Political prisoners tortured and killed with impunity while journalists and social media activists remain at risk
- Published at
- 20.04.2024
- Country
- Myanmar
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- transnational repression
- harassment
- HRD killing
- killing of journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Civic space deteriorates further as “foreign agent”-style NGO law is adopted and media crackdown widens
- Published at
- 25.04.2024
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- place restrictions
- office raid
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Burundi faces allegations of widespread torture
- Published at
- 01.03.2024
- Country
- Burundi
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- attack on HRD
- positive CS development
- torture/ill-treatment
- enabling law
- HRD prosecuted
Persiste la represión de OSC a pesar del escrutinio internacional de la CIDH y la ONU
- Published at
- 21.03.2024
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- religious groups
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- HRD prosecuted
North Korea: Thousands held in prison camps while authorities maintain control over speech and clothing
- Published at
- 07.05.2024
- Country
- North Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- harassment
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- surveillance
Australia: Sentencing of whistle-blower and crackdown on protests a setback for civic freedoms
- Published at
- 17.05.2024
- Country
- Australia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- harassment
- excessive force
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
No respite for journalists as restrictions and attacks continue
- Published at
- 15.04.2024
- Country
- Somalia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- killing of journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained