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South Korea: News organisations being targeted while court strikes down law banning anti-North Korea leafleting
- Published at
- 15.11.2023
- Country
- South Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- harassment
- positive CS development
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
Crackdown on protesters: at least one person killed and several injured
- Published at
- 24.11.2023
- Country
- Guatemala
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- women
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
Venezuela continues to crack down on civic space freedoms
- Published at
- 20.10.2023
- Country
- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- funding restriction
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
- political interference
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Malaysia: Bookstores raided, news portal blocked, activists criminalised and sedition law used to stifle dissent
- Published at
- 28.11.2023
- Country
- Malaysia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- protest
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- land rights
Singapore: Authorities ban expression on Israel-Palestine conflict and use POFMA law to harass critics, block site
- Published at
- 30.11.2023
- Country
- Singapore
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Maldives: As new government takes power, civil society calls for reforms including ending impunity for crimes against journalists
- Published at
- 01.12.2023
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
- protest
Crackdown on the opposition, fight against “false” information and publication of “foreign agent” list
- Published at
- 20.12.2023
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- protest disruption
- journalist detained
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- refusal of registration
- protest
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Represión de manifestantes: por lo menos una víctima mortal y varias personas heridas
- Published at
- 22.12.2023
- Country
- Guatemala
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- women
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
Myanmar: Political prisoners face reprisals while junta continues to target journalists, activists and trade unionists
- Published at
- 16.01.2024
- Country
- Myanmar
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- office raid
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Journalists and HRDs continue to face relentless onlsaught
- Published at
- 29.01.2024
- Country
- Yemen
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
North Korea: Regime continues to use harsh measures to block communication and foreign content
- Published at
- 30.01.2024
- Country
- North Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- surveillance
Hong Kong: Continued arrest and prosecution of activists and critics as leaders start push for new security law
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- 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
Indonesia: Activists and critics criminalised, events disrupted and protests suppressed as country holds elections
- Published at
- 20.02.2024
- Country
- Indonesia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- killing of protestors
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
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
Workers strike at Jamaican major public agencies; protests to denounce human rights issues
- Published at
- 26.01.2024
- Country
- Jamaica
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
- land rights
Thailand: Activists criminalised including in the Deep South while Move Forward party faces disbandment
- Published at
- 20.03.2024
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- women
- minority groups
- transnational repression
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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
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
Prominent Bedoon Rights Defender Mohammed Al-Barghash sentenced to three years in prison with hard labour
- Published at
- 16.04.2024
- Country
- Kuwait
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- minority groups
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
Costa Rica: Attack against Nicaraguan activist; impunity for killing of Indigenous leader
- Published at
- 09.02.2024
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- transnational repression
- negative court ruling
- protestor(s) detained