Eight HRDs arrested and prosecuted for protesting against corruption Published at 06.04.2020 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment HRD detained excessive force prevention of protest violent protest censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
HRD sentenced to five years in prison, six journalists handed down hefty fines Published at 14.04.2020 Country Côte d'Ivoire Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD threatened protest disruption intimidation harassment negative court ruling extractive industries violent protest protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Arrestations et poursuites contre huit militants pour manifestation contre la corruption Published at 08.04.2020 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment HRD detained censorship excessive force prevention of protest journalist detained violent protest HRD prosecuted Read more
Rights groups call for release of detained activists amidst COVID-19 outbreak Published at 22.04.2020 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs harassment censorship internet restriction Read more
Trade unions see spike in membership amid COVID-19 pandemic, climate activism goes online Published at 22.04.2020 Country Sweden Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protest labour rights environmental rights Read more
El Salvador’s response to COVID-19 excessively restricts fundamental rights, say CSOs Published at 07.04.2020 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: public vilification women harassment bureaucratic restriction censorship non state actors intimidation HRD threatened Read more
Protests staged on LGBTI rights, environmental rights and infrastructure Published at 21.07.2021 Country North Macedonia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment LGBTI environmental rights protest Read more
Pardon for war criminal creates chilling effect in Sri Lanka as threats to activists increase Published at 13.04.2020 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment surveillance HRD threatened restrictive law intimidation Read more
Elections to go ahead during Coronavirus pandemic; campaign warns voters ‘elections can kill’ Published at 14.04.2020 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment political interference labour rights restrictive law Read more
OSC: la respuesta de El Salvador contra la COVID-19 restringe en exceso los derechos fundamentales Published at 14.04.2020 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: women bureaucratic restriction intimidation harassment HRD threatened non state actors public vilification Read more
Dissidents prosecuted and journalists harassed while covering COVID-19 restrictions Published at 12.05.2020 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained release of HRDs censorship positive court ruling LGBTI intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist HRD prosecuted Read more
Salvadoran women HRDs face online harassment and threats Published at 27.08.2019 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women attack on HRD harassment attack on journalist protest non state actors Read more
In India the situation of activists and journalists remains precarious under the COVID-19 lockdown Published at 06.05.2020 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women refugees and migrants restrictive law harassment HRD detained protestor(s) detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted Read more
Aumentan las amenazas y el acoso contra activistas indígenas Published at 20.05.2020 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups attack on HRD HRD threatened harassment land rights Read more
Periodistas denuncian la hostilidad del gobierno guatemalteco hacia la prensa Published at 20.05.2020 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups intimidation HRD threatened public vilification environmental rights harassment extractive industries women attack on journalist Read more
Increased police repression on second anniversary of mass mobilisation Published at 20.05.2020 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment torture/ill-treatment censorship intimidation HRD killing excessive force protest Read more
At least 37 political prisoners in Nicaragua have presented COVID-19 symptoms say CSOs Published at 15.06.2020 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship non state actors harassment intimidation Read more
China silences reporting on COVID-19, expands surveillance and arrests Hong Kong protest leaders Published at 20.05.2020 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups release of HRDs harassment surveillance HRD detained travel ban negative court ruling censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Honduras’ undue restrictions on expression and police abuse of emergency powers during COVID-19 Published at 22.05.2020 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing excessive force protest women attack on HRD release of HRDs harassment positive CS development HRD detained restrictive law Read more
Concern over crackdown on opposition and dissenters ahead of 2020 elections Published at 26.05.2020 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained youth attack on HRD intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained criminal defamation protest internet restriction killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment political interference censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Systematic persecution of CSO activists; attacks on freedom of expression and assembly continue Published at 20.05.2020 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest excessive force protestor(s) detained prevention of protest political interference censorship HRD threatened women restrictive law protest disruption office raid intimidation minority groups journalist detained release of HRDs harassment HRD detained HRD killing negative court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
