Opposition members face increasing restrictions ahead of 2021 elections Published at 28.04.2020 Country Djibouti Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force protest prevention of protest political interference Read more
Dissidents prosecuted and journalists harassed while covering COVID-19 restrictions Published at 12.05.2020 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained release of HRDs censorship positive court ruling LGBTI intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist HRD prosecuted Read more
Multiplication des restrictions contre les membres de l'opposition avant les élections de 2021 Published at 29.04.2020 Country Djibouti Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force protest prevention of protest political interference Read more
HRDs, journalists face a sustained campaign of interrogation and detention Published at 11.05.2020 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling release of HRDs minority groups intimidation censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted Read more
In India the situation of activists and journalists remains precarious under the COVID-19 lockdown Published at 06.05.2020 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women refugees and migrants restrictive law harassment HRD detained protestor(s) detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted Read more
China silences reporting on COVID-19, expands surveillance and arrests Hong Kong protest leaders Published at 20.05.2020 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups release of HRDs harassment surveillance HRD detained travel ban negative court ruling censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Honduras’ undue restrictions on expression and police abuse of emergency powers during COVID-19 Published at 22.05.2020 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing excessive force protest women attack on HRD release of HRDs harassment positive CS development HRD detained restrictive law Read more
Concern over crackdown on opposition and dissenters ahead of 2020 elections Published at 26.05.2020 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained youth attack on HRD intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained criminal defamation protest internet restriction killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment political interference censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Systematic persecution of CSO activists; attacks on freedom of expression and assembly continue Published at 20.05.2020 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest excessive force protestor(s) detained prevention of protest political interference censorship HRD threatened women restrictive law protest disruption office raid intimidation minority groups journalist detained release of HRDs harassment HRD detained HRD killing negative court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
Clampdown on expression online persists as Laos slips further down the press freedom rankings Published at 29.05.2020 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups criminal defamation censorship HRD detained labour rights protest land rights Read more
HRD arrested, three-year prison sentence for journalist overturned on appeal Published at 01.06.2020 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling HRD detained political interference censorship attack on journalist protestor(s) detained excessive force Read more
Covid-19: restricción excesiva de la libertad de expresión y abuso de los poderes de emergencia Published at 05.06.2020 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: protest women attack on HRD release of HRDs harassment positive CS development HRD detained HRD killing excessive force restrictive law Read more
Détention d'un défenseur des droits de l'homme et acquittement en appel d'un journaliste condamné Published at 03.06.2020 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling HRD detained political interference censorship attack on journalist protestor(s) detained excessive force Read more
Oman: Artistic censorship and harassment of online activists continues Published at 11.06.2020 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained women intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained internet restriction censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Rights groups and the UN continue to press Laos where civic space remains ‘closed’ Published at 07.01.2021 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups enforced disappearance restrictive law HRD detained minority groups Read more
NGOs call on authorities to end persecution of activists Published at 03.12.2020 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest killing of protestors restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted funding restriction censorship HRD detained excessive force protest journalist detained Read more
El Salvador’s disproportionate measures to curb COVID-19 affect fundamental freedoms Published at 04.06.2020 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist public vilification youth women HRD detained attack on HRD Read more
Judicial harassment and arrests of activists continues unabated Published at 19.06.2020 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship surveillance HRD prosecuted women HRD detained criminal defamation journalist detained Read more
Enforced disappearance during Guadalajara protest and two journalists at severe risk Published at 30.07.2020 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force labour rights protest enforced disappearance killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Venezuela reprime las actividades de la sociedad civil y restringe su financiación Published at 07.06.2021 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights criminal defamation protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction funding restriction office raid journalist detained Read more
Media regulator suspends three media outlets, two HRDs and one journalist briefly detained Published at 19.06.2020 Country Togo Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained journalist detained release of HRDs harassment censorship attack on journalist excessive force Read more
