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Protests in Nepal around COVID-19 met with excessive force while journalists face attacks
Published at
03.07.2020
Country
Nepal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- restrictive law
- protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
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
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
Critics detained for COVID-19 related remarks
Published at
07.07.2020
Country
Azerbaijan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- journalist detained
- CSO closure
- release of HRDs
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- censorship
- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained
Excessive police force used against citizens, journalists during anti-government COVID-19 protests
Published at
15.07.2020
Country
Serbia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- violent protest
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- protest
Militarised police continue to use excessive force against protesters
Published at
13.07.2020
Country
United States of America
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- minority groups
- surveillance
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- non state actors
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
Tension between right to protest and COVID-19 measures rises
Published at
14.07.2020
Country
Netherlands
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- protest
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
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
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
At least 11 people killed in anti-government protests following legislative elections
Published at
23.07.2020
Country
Mali
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
Protests against impunity war crimes in eastern DRC, journalists and HRD subjected to threats
Published at
30.10.2020
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- excessive force
- journalist detained
- criminal defamation
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- prevention of protest
- HRD threatened
Thousands attend demonstrations marking the one-year anniversary of the popular movement
Published at
07.12.2020
Country
Iraq
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD detained
- prevention of protest
- HRD killing
- killing of protestors
- protest disruption
- excessive force
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- non state actors
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
Police prevent, disperse pro-Condé protest
Published at
01.02.2022
Country
Guinea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- prevention of protest
- protest disruption
- violent protest
- excessive force
Civil society platform's accreditation to observe the 22nd February presidential elections withdrawn
Published at
16.03.2020
Country
Togo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- protest disruption
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- time,place restrictions
- excessive force
Bolivian Ombudsperson accused of political bias by government
Published at
30.07.2020
Country
Bolivia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- violent protest
- political interference
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
Judicial harassment of FNDC activists; 6 people killed in protest against COVID-19 police roadblocks
Published at
12.08.2020
Country
Guinea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- non state actors
New law to protect against LGBTI discrimination
Published at
06.08.2020
Country
Italy
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- protest
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