Six members and supporters of Wakit Tama arrested, charged following protest Published at 06.06.2022 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs HRD detained criminal defamation killing of journalist killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment violent protest HRD acquitted journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened protest disruption HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Lieutenant Fouad Youssouf Ali sentenced to 10 years in prison for speaking out on corruption Published at 28.01.2022 Country Djibouti Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Violations de l'espace civique dans les provinces de l'Ituri et du Nord-Kivu sous état de siège Published at 13.05.2022 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained HRD prosecuted excessive force protest protestor(s) detained protest disruption killing of protestors intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist HRD threatened HRD detained time,place restrictions Read more
South Sudan journalists remain at risk Published at 31.03.2022 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained HRD prosecuted youth protest disruption release of HRDs harassment HRD detained labour rights protest non state actors Read more
Dix ans de prison pour le lieutenant Fouad Youssouf pour avoir dénoncé des actes de corruption Published at 16.05.2022 Country Djibouti Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship negative court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
Vietnamese activists face tax evasion charges, movement restrictions and increasing censorship Published at 17.05.2022 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation HRD detained labour rights restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Judicial harassment of pro-abortion activist & activists helping refugees at Poland/Belarus border Published at 30.04.2022 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women refugees and migrants intimidation harassment positive CS development HRD detained protest censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted positive court ruling non state actors Read more
Fears mount for Qatari woman human rights defender Noof Al-Maadeed whose fate and whereabouts remain Published at 21.12.2021 Country Qatar Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance women HRD prosecuted refugees and migrants HRD detained labour rights Read more
HRDs face life sentences & death penalty for their peaceful human rights work Published at 19.05.2022 Country Qatar Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI HRD prosecuted refugees and migrants harassment negative court ruling labour rights Read more
CSOs providing assistance to migrants at the border face investigation Published at 04.04.2022 Country Lithuania Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest LGBTI restrictive law refugees and migrants harassment protest internet restriction HRD prosecuted Read more
Malaysian police continue to harass protesters and activists and criminalise online expression Published at 20.06.2022 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants harassment HRD detained labour rights criminal defamation prevention of protest time,place restrictions HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Ongoing concerns about lack of impartial investigations into "Bloody January’’ events Published at 20.06.2022 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment surveillance HRD detained protest torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Attempts to silence HRDs through arrests and imprisonment Published at 21.06.2022 Country Morocco Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women harassment HRD detained excessive force protest sexual assault censorship surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Guatemala: authorities continue to prosecute justice operators Published at 27.02.2023 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained women HRD prosecuted Read more
Reappointment of Attorney General signals difficult times for civil society and the press in Guatemala Published at 14.07.2022 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women indigenous groups attack on journalist attack on HRD protest religious groups journalist detained HRD detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted environmental rights non state actors Read more
Arrests, jailing of activists and silencing of dissent in Hong Kong persists despite UN review Published at 26.07.2022 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights criminal defamation prevention of protest restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Cuba: Repercussions of July 2021 mass protests still felt Published at 08.08.2022 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD prosecuted youth intimidation HRD detained protest internet restriction torture/ill-treatment people with disabilities Read more
Ongoing attacks on freedom of expression spark international concern Published at 17.08.2022 Country Yemen Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist HRD prosecuted Read more
Continued repression under new President Published at 27.07.2022 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest women intimidation harassment release of HRDs surveillance HRD detained protest internet restriction HRD prosecuted Read more
El nombramiento de una nueva fiscal general presagia tiempos difíciles para la sociedad civil y la prensa en Guatemala Published at 29.07.2022 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups attack on journalist HRD detained protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted environmental rights youth women indigenous groups attack on HRD non state actors Read more
CSOs report new wave of oppression against human rights defenders and civil society Published at 08.08.2022 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI torture/ill-treatment journalist detained harassment HRD detained negative court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
