Election period sees clampdown on freedoms; Outgoing president Nkurunziza dies suddenly Published at 15.06.2020 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling internet restriction political interference censorship journalist detained harassment HRD killing HRD prosecuted Read more
Government uses the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to curtail civic freedoms Published at 19.06.2020 Country Slovenia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment funding restriction intimidation protest political interference censorship surveillance environmental rights Read more
Forte répression des libertés pendant la période électorale et décès soudain du président sortant Published at 19.06.2020 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD killing negative court ruling internet restriction political interference censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Indigenous defender killed and others threatened and attacked in Guatemala Published at 07.07.2020 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment attack on journalist HRD killing non state actors extractive industries journalist detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
Authorities intimidate protesters and silence critics using restrictive laws in Fiji Published at 24.06.2020 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption criminal defamation restrictive law intimidation harassment labour rights protest Read more
L'organisme régulateur suspend trois médias, brève détention d'un journaliste et de deux militants Published at 25.06.2020 Country Togo Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained journalist detained release of HRDs harassment censorship attack on journalist excessive force Read more
COVID-19 used to curtail freedom of expression further Published at 24.06.2020 Country Morocco Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI office raid harassment protest internet restriction restrictive law censorship journalist detained Read more
Attacks on the press and critics persist as UN report on the Philippines finds widespread violations Published at 25.06.2020 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD threatened protest disruption women harassment protest public vilification restrictive law HRD prosecuted Read more
Onslaught of restrictive legislation continues in Nicaragua Published at 26.01.2021 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment HRD detained protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted youth Read more
Bolivia: intimidation of environmental defenders and journalists Published at 27.06.2022 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: women extractive industries harassment HRD threatened environmental rights non state actors Read more
Military forced to admit that journalist Samuel Wazizi died in custody, 10 months after his death Published at 06.07.2020 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protest public vilification killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment political interference censorship journalist detained Read more
Honduras enacts new Criminal Code enabling criminalisation of protesters and journalists Published at 13.07.2020 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing internet restriction killing of journalist restrictive law journalist detained women indigenous groups minority groups intimidation harassment non state actors Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
Unabated attacks on LGBTI rights amid the pandemic Published at 03.12.2020 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: youth LGBTI restrictive law harassment censorship protest Read more
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 Read more
Saudi Arabia continues to detain, harass and torture human rights defenders Published at 21.01.2021 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship labour rights refugees and migrants HRD prosecuted Read more
Crackdown on feminist rallies and harassment of former political prisoners in Nicaragua Published at 08.04.2020 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment attack on journalist HRD detained protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment surveillance HRD threatened protest disruption Read more
COVID-19, a pretext to further suppress freedom of expression and association Published at 22.06.2020 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened harassment protest internet restriction restrictive law Read more
Several protests staged amid restrictions on assembly due to COVID-19 Published at 15.12.2020 Country Croatia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women environmental rights harassment positive CS development labour rights protest Read more
Malaysian police ramp up persecution of Al Jazeera, journalists and activists to stifle criticism Published at 05.08.2020 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption office raid refugees and migrants women harassment HRD detained criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
