Declining health of convicted HRD concerns family members and human rights organisations Published at 29.05.2020 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD prosecuted negative court ruling public vilification torture/ill-treatment women intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained Read more
Indigenous defender killed and others threatened and attacked in Guatemala Published at 07.07.2020 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment attack on journalist HRD killing non state actors extractive industries journalist detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
COVID-19 restrictions affect peaceful assembly, expression Published at 09.07.2020 Country Armenia Category Latest Developments Tags: women positive CS development access to info. law protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Le harcèlement judiciaire et les arrestations de militants se poursuivent sans relâche Published at 25.06.2020 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD detained criminal defamation restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Attacks on the press and critics persist as UN report on the Philippines finds widespread violations Published at 25.06.2020 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD threatened protest disruption women harassment protest public vilification restrictive law HRD prosecuted Read more
Bolivia: intimidation of environmental defenders and journalists Published at 27.06.2022 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: women extractive industries harassment HRD threatened environmental rights non state actors Read more
PM condemned for negative rhetoric against media, attempts to shut down TV station Published at 03.07.2020 Country Albania Category Latest Developments Tags: protest public vilification sexual assault attack on journalist excessive force women censorship journalist detained Read more
Haiti: insecurity crisis hampers aid delivery, creates shortages and leads to protests Published at 28.10.2021 Country Haiti Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women religious groups excessive force protest violent protest non state actors Read more
Honduras enacts new Criminal Code enabling criminalisation of protesters and journalists Published at 13.07.2020 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing internet restriction killing of journalist restrictive law journalist detained women indigenous groups minority groups intimidation harassment non state actors Read more
Journalists under assault in Brazil with judicial harassment, smear campaigns and vilification Published at 28.03.2020 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption political interference women intimidation harassment journalist detained attack on journalist excessive force protestor(s) detained land rights protest public vilification killing of journalist positive court ruling Read more
Ahead of Sri Lanka elections, lawyers, journalists and activists arrested, threatened and harassed Published at 17.07.2020 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force protest disruption protest torture/ill-treatment women harassment surveillance journalist detained HRD detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Three reporters killed in Mexico, showing increasingly more dangerous environment for journalists Published at 03.12.2020 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption youth women intimidation attack on journalist excessive force enabling law sexual assault killing of journalist violent protest protest refugees and migrants journalist detained labour rights protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Duda narrowly wins election; Public TV serve as a mouthpiece, independent media come under attack Published at 20.07.2020 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained labour rights excessive force protest restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained positive court ruling LGBTI women intimidation Read more
Repression of Liberal Publishing House, journalists and online critics escalates in Vietnam Published at 30.07.2020 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained women attack on HRD intimidation HRD detained labour rights protest torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted Read more
Several protests staged amid restrictions on assembly due to COVID-19 Published at 15.12.2020 Country Croatia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women environmental rights harassment positive CS development labour rights protest Read more
Malaysian police ramp up persecution of Al Jazeera, journalists and activists to stifle criticism Published at 05.08.2020 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption office raid refugees and migrants women harassment HRD detained criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights highlights continuing human rights violations Published at 06.08.2020 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD acquitted women indigenous groups attack on HRD CSO closure harassment HRD killing HRD threatened Read more
Journalists bear the brunt of repression of expression in Somalia Published at 07.08.2020 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained women release of HRDs attack on journalist negative court ruling criminal defamation killing of journalist restrictive law HRD prosecuted Read more
Expression under threat: New law to censor social media Published at 23.07.2020 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: women positive court ruling LGBTI intimidation labour rights excessive force internet restriction restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Papuan activists prosecuted while critics face judicial harassment and digital attacks Published at 10.08.2020 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women minority groups intimidation harassment surveillance negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Polarisation continues after presidential elections in Bolivia Published at 06.12.2020 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship protest disruption indigenous groups women intimidation positive CS development HRD detained attack on journalist protest extractive industries HRD threatened HRD prosecuted environmental rights non state actors Read more
