Government agencies used to silence dissent in India as its rights record is scrutinised at the UN Published at 22.11.2022 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing prevention of protest protest disruption office raid excessive force harassment negative court ruling bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Honduras: attacks on Garífuna human rights defenders continue Published at 22.11.2022 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD minority groups HRD detained non state actors killing of journalist restrictive law HRD threatened HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Protesters face judicial harassment while restrictions to freedom of expression persist in Malaysia Published at 17.11.2022 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption harassment labour rights protest criminal defamation restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Conviction of lawyer and recent legal changes further erodes civic space in Fiji ahead of elections Published at 24.11.2022 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling HRD prosecuted restrictive law Read more
As Qatar hosts the FIFA World Cup, human rights organisations draw attention to its dismal human rights record Published at 06.12.2022 Country Qatar Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling HRD prosecuted refugees and migrants LGBTI Read more
Nicaragua in contempt of international human rights mechanisms Published at 08.12.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: women CSO closure release of HRDs harassment HRD detained torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Harassment and criminalisation of activists and journalists in Hong Kong continues unabated Published at 13.12.2022 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Protesters continue to face prosecution and excessive force while activists criminalised for royal defamation in Thailand Published at 15.12.2022 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: time,place restrictions harassment surveillance attack on journalist protestor(s) detained excessive force criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment LGBTI protest disruption women youth restrictive law HRD prosecuted Read more
Ataques contra organizaciones de derechos humanos y miembros del aparato judicial guatemaltecos Published at 15.12.2022 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction HRD prosecuted negative court ruling labour rights sexual assault positive court ruling protest self censorship women harassment HRD threatened public vilification HRD detained Read more
Nicaragua menosprecia los mecanismos internacionales de derechos humanos Published at 20.12.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: women CSO closure release of HRDs harassment HRD detained torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
L'espace civique encore plus restreint après un second coup d'État militaire Published at 21.12.2022 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest intimidation harassment censorship HRD prosecuted protest Read more
LGBTIQ+ organisation suspended as protests rise over inflation Published at 31.10.2022 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women journalist detained refugees and migrants release of HRDs refusal of registration protest prevention of protest restrictive law access to info. law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Authorities in Pakistan continue harassment of journalists, persecution of activists and stifling of protests Published at 31.12.2022 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption minority groups harassment excessive force criminal defamation protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Journalists and activists continue to be given long jail sentences on fabricated charges nearly two years on from the illegal coup Published at 31.12.2022 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained LGBTI women surveillance protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
International community decry injustice as HRD Osman Kavala sentenced to life in prison Published at 03.06.2022 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women office raid intimidation harassment attack on journalist negative court ruling protest internet restriction restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Escalating attacks on women journalists, the new bill criminalises misinformation further stifling free speech Published at 02.08.2022 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: protest internet restriction youth office raid intimidation restrictive law harassment HRD detained excessive force prevention of protest journalist detained censorship positive court ruling protestor(s) detained LGBTI women refugees and migrants attack on journalist labour rights HRD prosecuted Read more
Somaliland: Media and journalists face new wave of attacks Published at 30.11.2022 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation killing of journalist harassment HRD acquitted protest disruption release of HRDs office raid protest CSO closure attack on journalist censorship internet restriction killing of protestors journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
CSOs & Opposition bear the brunt of intensified crackdown on Association & Assembly Published at 30.12.2022 Country Zimbabwe Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid intimidation HRD detained protest public vilification political interference protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Mass detentions continue as government employs facial recognition to identify protesters Published at 20.10.2022 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted protest Read more
ECOWAS Court of Justice orders Nigeria to amend the restrictive Cybercrime Act Published at 02.06.2022 Country Nigeria Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling intimidation harassment journalist detained positive CS development protest public vilification HRD prosecuted Read more
Prominent human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja convicted on new charges Published at 30.12.2022 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted Read more
