Vietnamese activists face imprisonment, attacks and arbitrary prison transfers Published at 05.09.2018 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted attack on journalist negative court ruling environmental rights internet restriction protest disruption intimidation harassment travel ban restrictive law HRD detained excessive force torture/ill-treatment journalist detained non state actors women protestor(s) detained religious groups positive CS development HRD threatened Read more
Two members of the fire department detained over satirical video Published at 26.10.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction torture/ill-treatment censorship journalist detained labour rights protest Read more
Hundreds of protestors shot dead in Ethiopia Published at 27.06.2016 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption HRD detained excessive force internet restriction killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment Read more
Trial of Dr. Nasser Bin Gaith continues Published at 01.07.2016 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance HRD detained torture/ill-treatment criminal defamation Read more
Civil society demands release of detained journalist Published at 02.08.2016 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained torture/ill-treatment Read more
Journalists and activists targeted as Yemen's conflict rages Published at 02.08.2016 Country Yemen Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid attack on HRD travel ban HRD detained protest enforced disappearance killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment censorship Read more
Abduction, torture used to repress protests in Zimbabwe Published at 21.12.2016 Country Zimbabwe Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance attack on HRD torture/ill-treatment Read more
Attacks on civil society increased ahead of Djibouti election Published at 05.08.2016 Country Djibouti Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors attack on HRD release of HRDs torture/ill-treatment intimidation harassment HRD detained Read more
Civil society outlawed in practice by Nicaragua’s authorities Published at 05.07.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: women censorship CSO closure religious groups harassment travel ban journalist detained HRD detained sexual assault surveillance HRD prosecuted torture/ill-treatment restrictive law environmental rights Read more
Damning Commision of Enquiry report finds indications of crimes against humanity Published at 17.06.2016 Country Eritrea Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban torture/ill-treatment enforced disappearance HRD detained time,place restrictions excessive force prevention of protest intimidation censorship harassment surveillance Read more
Authorities tighten surveillance of CSOs in the wake of terror attacks Published at 28.09.2016 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid attack on HRD harassment LGBTI HRD detained excessive force internet restriction killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment Read more
Journalists in Mexico continue to work in a hostile environment Published at 12.09.2016 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained torture/ill-treatment intimidation Read more
Civic space shrinks as journalists, activists, social media users and HR lawyers are attacked Published at 16.09.2016 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance killing of journalist attack on journalist torture/ill-treatment attack on HRD Read more
UN Committee Against Torture examined Kuwait’s record Published at 16.09.2016 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment release of HRDs Read more
Spotlight on Sudan for Systematic Human Rights Abuses Published at 26.09.2016 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained office raid torture/ill-treatment excessive force Read more
8 Human Rights Defenders Languish In Moroccan Jail Published at 27.09.2016 Country Morocco Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment LGBTI HRD detained torture/ill-treatment Read more
Security forces accused of killings, mass arrests during electoral violence Published at 14.10.2016 Country Gabon Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD killing torture/ill-treatment excessive force Read more
Authorities quell dissent as referendum success consolidates state power Published at 09.11.2016 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation attack on HRD harassment attack on journalist excessive force prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment Read more
South Sudan conflict continues to fuel attacks on media, civil society Published at 01.11.2016 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD release of HRDs harassment intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment censorship Read more
Fiji whistleblower attacked and left for dead Published at 08.11.2016 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction Read more
Smears against critics of the government on the rise in Zambia Published at 12.01.2017 Country Zambia Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment intimidation harassment censorship HRD detained protest public vilification Read more
