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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
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
Solicitan que el nuevo gobierno derogue la ley mordaza
Published at
09.04.2020
Country
Spain
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- positive court ruling
- excessive force
- restrictive law
- censorship
- labour rights
- protest
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
HRDs, journalists face a sustained campaign of interrogation and detention
Published at
11.05.2020
Country
Kuwait
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
- release of HRDs
- minority groups
- intimidation
- censorship
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
Serious abuses in North Korean camps documented by NGOs while radio broadcasts jammed
Published at
18.01.2021
Country
North Korea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- labour rights
- censorship
North Korea intensifies surveillance of its citizens to prevent defections amid the pandemic
Published at
18.05.2020
Country
North Korea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- surveillance
- torture/ill-treatment
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
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
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
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
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
Aumenta la represión policial en el segundo aniversario de las movilizaciones multitudinarias
Published at
26.05.2020
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- intimidation
- harassment
- censorship
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- protest
Civic space concerns reinforced by COVID-19 response
Published at
27.05.2020
Country
Kyrgyzstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- LGBTI
- bureaucratic restriction
- negative court ruling
- time,place restrictions
- women
- internet restriction
- censorship
- restrictive law
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- attack on journalist
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
Clampdown on expression online persists as Laos slips further down the press freedom rankings
Published at
29.05.2020
Country
Laos
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- religious groups
- criminal defamation
- censorship
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- protest
- land rights
HRD arrested, three-year prison sentence for journalist overturned on appeal
Published at
01.06.2020
Country
Chad
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- HRD detained
- political interference
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
Détention d'un défenseur des droits de l'homme et acquittement en appel d'un journaliste condamné
Published at
03.06.2020
Country
Chad
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- HRD detained
- political interference
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
Police brutality a continuing crisis in Kenya
Published at
04.06.2020
Country
Kenya
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- killing of protestors
- restrictive law
- censorship
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
Further attempts to curtail freedom of expression during COVID-19
Published at
05.06.2020
Country
Turkey
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- women
- journalist detained
- surveillance
- excessive force
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
Oman: Artistic censorship and harassment of online activists continues
Published at
11.06.2020
Country
Oman
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted