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Media outlets and journalists under pressure
Published at
02.09.2024
Country
Lesotho
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- intimidation
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- killing of journalist
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
Journalists face increasing pressure and attacks
Published at
31.05.2024
Country
Malawi
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- release of HRDs
Opposition activists and journalists bear the brunt of police excesses
Published at
30.04.2024
Country
Burundi
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- attack on HRD
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Australia: Police use excessive force, criminalise protesters and sought to block protests through the courts
Published at
29.10.2024
Country
Australia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- women
- refugees and migrants
- excessive force
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
Arbitrary arrests; no respite for journalists and political activists
Published at
30.08.2024
Country
Burundi
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD threatened
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
South Sudan parliament passes controversial National Security Bill
Published at
29.10.2024
Country
South Sudan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD detained
- restrictive law
- release of HRDs
“Unprecedented” police violence against journalists at football fans’ protest against management
Published at
28.01.2024
Country
Bulgaria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- protest
- prevention of protest
- violent protest
- censorship
- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained
Senegal: A tumultuous electoral process with amnesty for perpetrators of violence against protesters; media in dire financial situation
Published at
12.09.2024
Country
Senegal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- political interference
- journalist detained
Judicial harassment of journalists ahead of legislative elections
Published at
17.10.2024
Country
Senegal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
Concerns about media pluralism and independence of media regulatory bodies
Published at
05.03.2024
Country
Bulgaria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- public vilification
- political interference
- protest
- intimidation
La nueva ley de medios suscita críticas en vísperas de las elecciones generales
Published at
24.10.2024
Country
Uruguay
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- labour rights
- protest
- restrictive law
- surveillance
- HRD threatened
Criminalisation of three Indigenous land defenders; detention of protesters and journalists
Published at
11.03.2024
Country
Canada
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- women
- youth
- intimidation
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Solidarity; Indigenous land defender sentenced
Published at
17.06.2024
Country
Canada
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- surveillance
- excessive force
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
Police violently disrupt anti-corruption protests
Published at
30.08.2024
Country
Uganda
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Environmental Defenders under pressure for opposing controversial oil project
Published at
28.06.2024
Country
Uganda
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- non state actors
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- environmental rights
- land rights
Alarm over surge in executions and death sentences, WHRDs remain in prison
Published at
30.09.2024
Country
Iran
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
Prominent HRD detained, released on condition to sign pledge
Published at
18.09.2024
Country
Kuwait
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- release of HRDs
Arbitrary arrests and imprisonment; no respite for HRDs, journalists
Published at
31.07.2024
Country
Yemen
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- enforced disappearance
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Concerns over mistreatment of detained HRDs, prolonged hunger strikes
Published at
02.09.2024
Country
Saudi Arabia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- sexual assault
- negative court ruling
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
Opposition figures continue to be a target
Published at
30.09.2024
Country
Somaliland
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD detained
- political interference