Deadly violence against protesters by security forces as crackdown escalates in Myanmar Published at 09.03.2021 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment killing of protestors HRD detained protest women excessive force attack on journalist censorship youth protest disruption prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment intimidation internet restriction restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Silenced dissent, sentencing of opposition activists, and still no right to peacefully assemble Published at 02.08.2021 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: women surveillance attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest internet restriction prevention of protest censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights non state actors Read more
Manifestations et affrontements après l'arrestation d'un leader de l'opposition Published at 18.03.2021 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force internet restriction criminal defamation prevention of protest violent protest killing of protestors time,place restrictions restrictive law censorship non state actors women attack on journalist protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Cuba: rápida reacción contra la canción que critica la revolución Published at 18.03.2021 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained LGBTI protest disruption office raid intimidation harassment HRD detained protest non state actors Read more
Civil society pushes back against restrictive laws in Canada Published at 22.04.2021 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling HRD prosecuted protest disruption attack on HRD protest HRD detained excessive force time,place restrictions violent protest women indigenous groups restrictive law religious groups minority groups protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Lenca leader killed and several defenders facing criminalisation in Honduras Published at 15.04.2021 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation HRD detained HRD killing excessive force private sector non state actors LGBTI women indigenous groups minority groups release of HRDs protest HRD acquitted HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Singapore continues to stifle fundamental freedoms despite UN human rights review Published at 24.05.2021 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI harassment HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation prevention of protest restrictive law HRD prosecuted Read more
Political prisoners tortured by Myanmar junta while activists criminalised and killed Published at 02.06.2021 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction killing of protestors attack on HRD HRD detained HRD killing torture/ill-treatment journalist detained HRD prosecuted excessive force restrictive law criminal defamation protest censorship Read more
Presidential elections amid internet blackout; civil society activist and publisher arrested Published at 01.04.2021 Country Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship internet restriction journalist detained bureaucratic restriction HRD detained HRD prosecuted criminal defamation Read more
Coupure d'internet lors des élections présidentielles ; arrestation d'un militant et éditeur Published at 07.04.2021 Country Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted internet restriction journalist detained criminal defamation Read more
Arrests, deadly attacks on protest movement escalate despite condemnation, sanctions on Myanmar Published at 09.04.2021 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: women protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted protest protest disruption intimidation internet restriction harassment HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation restrictive law prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment journalist detained censorship surveillance Read more
Student protests calling for academic freedom met with excessive force, LGBTI students targeted Published at 25.02.2021 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights restrictive law positive court ruling excessive force LGBTI women youth harassment protest HRD detained censorship negative court ruling prevention of protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
WORSENING CLIMATE FOR FREE SPEECH: SPATE OF THREATS AND ATTACKS AGAINST JOURNALISTS AND ACTIVISTS Published at 24.05.2021 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development attack on journalist youth protest disruption office raid intimidation harassment labour rights HRD detained public vilification protest enforced disappearance prevention of protest surveillance positive court ruling women restrictive law Read more
Freedom of expression on a steady decline, accountability for police brutality an elusive feat Published at 19.04.2021 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs attack on journalist censorship HRD detained negative court ruling protestor(s) detained labour rights protest LGBTI protest disruption refugees and migrants intimidation sexual assault violent protest HRD prosecuted Read more
Crackdown on Thai activists continues as new restrictive NGO law proposed Published at 19.04.2021 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protestor(s) detained negative court ruling excessive force protest protest disruption women prevention of protest intimidation harassment restrictive law HRD prosecuted Read more
Honduras: asesinan a líder lenca y criminalizan a varios defensores Published at 20.04.2021 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force release of HRDs private sector indigenous groups HRD acquitted land rights non state actors protest minority groups intimidation HRD detained LGBTI HRD killing HRD prosecuted women environmental rights Read more
Uso da Lei de Segurança Nacional para silenciar críticos no Brasil Published at 24.05.2021 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protestor(s) detained women indigenous groups HRD prosecuted positive CS development attack on journalist protest environmental rights land rights youth office raid attack on HRD intimidation HRD detained HRD killing internet restriction killing of journalist access to info. law private sector extractive industries non state actors positive court ruling restrictive law Read more
Wave of political repression: witch hunts for activists, marred elections and scores of arrests Published at 26.04.2021 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest prevention of protest protest disruption women intimidation harassment protestor(s) detained surveillance attack on journalist HRD detained refusal of registration excessive force criminal defamation HRD prosecuted Read more
Three years on, human rights abuses continue in Nicaragua Published at 06.05.2021 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: protest torture/ill-treatment LGBTI women intimidation surveillance harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD threatened HRD detained negative court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
Interdiction de plusieurs manifestations de la société civile et condamnation d'un journaliste Published at 05.11.2021 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protest prevention of protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted protest disruption women release of HRDs environmental rights Read more
Turkmenistan: New internet restrictions, new cases of persecution of outspoken activists Published at 03.05.2021 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained surveillance internet restriction intimidation harassment protest Read more
