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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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