Protests over economic conditions under COVID-19; journalists face threats for critical reporting Published at 07.05.2020 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI attack on journalist women protest torture/ill-treatment refugees and migrants excessive force restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
El Salvador’s Congress creates group to investigate harassment of the press using state funds Published at 14.09.2020 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: women office raid harassment intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist HRD killing labour rights protest Read more
Argentina’s former government accused of spying on journalists, civil society leaders and others Published at 14.09.2020 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment HRD detained protest sexual assault torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction surveillance Read more
Ongoing suppression of journalists' and protesters' rights; criminal libel law repealed Published at 01.10.2020 Country Sierra Leone Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development attack on journalist HRD detained protest killing of protestors violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained protest disruption women Read more
Civil society in the Philippines decry restrictive laws, smear campaigns and judicial harassment Published at 01.04.2020 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: women office raid harassment HRD detained labour rights protest public vilification restrictive law censorship journalist detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
Violations of freedom of expression continue unabated during COVID-19 pandemic Published at 21.05.2020 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation restrictive law censorship journalist detained self censorship women harassment positive CS development protest surveillance Read more
Activists, academics and journalists in India face judicial harassment despite pandemic Published at 16.09.2020 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted excessive force criminal defamation internet restriction sexual assault torture/ill-treatment restrictive law women harassment attack on journalist Read more
Protest against police killing suppressed in Cuba and Sunflower Uprising proceeds despite repression Published at 17.09.2020 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: youth intimidation women attack on HRD harassment release of HRDs HRD detained protest internet restriction prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Mass #ShutItAllDown protests demand action against rising GBV Published at 30.10.2020 Country Namibia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI access to info. law protest disruption women protest Read more
Attacks on journalists and freedom of expression persist, #SayNoToSocialMediaBill campaign Published at 01.04.2020 Country Nigeria Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist office raid intimidation harassment protest HRD detained excessive force killing of journalist restrictive law journalist detained HRD threatened non state actors positive court ruling LGBTI women religious groups release of HRDs Read more
Tysiące osób na ulicach po decyzji o zaostrzeniu ustawy aborcjnej Published at 02.11.2020 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women violent protest protestor(s) detained excessive force protest non state actors Read more
El Congreso crea un grupo para investigar el acoso a la prensa financiado con fondos estatales Published at 17.09.2020 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD killing labour rights women office raid intimidation harassment positive CS development protest Read more
Acusan al anterior gobierno de espiar a periodistas y líderes de la sociedad civil, entre otros Published at 17.09.2020 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction youth women indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment HRD detained protest sexual assault torture/ill-treatment surveillance Read more
Activists protest to demand investigations into death of HRD Published at 18.09.2020 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing labour rights protest women intimidation censorship Read more
UN condemns North Korea for denial of freedoms through ‘absolute monopoly on information’ Published at 21.09.2020 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance harassment censorship women torture/ill-treatment Read more
Mass protests against reduced budget for social policies in Guatemala Published at 17.12.2020 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups killing of journalist attack on journalist violent protest protest protestor(s) detained HRD killing positive court ruling excessive force women Read more
Thousands gather for Black Lives Matter protest; Facebook bans images of Zwarte Piet Published at 23.09.2020 Country Belgium Category Latest Developments Tags: youth internet restriction violent protest religious groups women protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Reprimen manifestación por asesinato a manos de la policía y continua la revolución de los girasoles Published at 23.09.2020 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD youth intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained protest internet restriction prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Proposed Foreign Agents Law would expand government control over civil society in Nicaragua Published at 28.09.2020 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained funding restriction women youth intimidation harassment attack on journalist criminal defamation protest sexual assault torture/ill-treatment restrictive law HRD threatened Read more
Colombia en alerta: aumentan las masacres, el asesinato de líderes sociales y la represión Published at 30.09.2020 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors attack on journalist torture/ill-treatment violent protest environmental rights non state actors labour rights women self censorship journalist detained youth intimidation protest indigenous groups HRD killing excessive force killing of journalist minority groups extractive industries protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Crackdown on LGBTI rights continues; feminists protest over withdrawal from domestic violence treaty Published at 05.10.2020 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained LGBTI women HRD detained labour rights protest restrictive law environmental rights Read more
