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Malaysia: Restrictions on freedoms escalating despite international scrutiny at the Human Rights Council
- Published at
- 28.03.2024
- Country
- Malaysia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
Bangladesh: Criminalisation of activists and crackdown on protests continue following one-sided elections
- Published at
- 12.04.2024
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- labour rights
- protest
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
Pro-Palestine protesters arrested in Bahrain
- Published at
- 29.02.2024
- Country
- Bahrain
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD acquitted
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Despite international scrutiny at the IACHR and UN, crackdown on CSOs persists
- Published at
- 05.03.2024
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- religious groups
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- HRD prosecuted
Civic space deteriorates further as “foreign agent”-style NGO law is adopted and media crackdown widens
- Published at
- 25.04.2024
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- place restrictions
- office raid
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Burundi faces allegations of widespread torture
- Published at
- 01.03.2024
- Country
- Burundi
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- attack on HRD
- positive CS development
- torture/ill-treatment
- enabling law
- HRD prosecuted
Prominent Bedoon Rights Defender Mohammed Al-Barghash sentenced to three years in prison with hard labour
- Published at
- 16.04.2024
- Country
- Kuwait
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- minority groups
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
Persiste la represión de OSC a pesar del escrutinio internacional de la CIDH y la ONU
- Published at
- 21.03.2024
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- religious groups
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- HRD prosecuted
Australia: Sentencing of whistle-blower and crackdown on protests a setback for civic freedoms
- Published at
- 17.05.2024
- Country
- Australia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- harassment
- excessive force
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Concerns over new law which turns military into internal security institution
- Published at
- 29.02.2024
- Country
- Egypt
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- public vilification
- political interference
- restrictive law
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
Afghanistan: Detention, criminalisation and torture of activists continue as the UN Human Rights Council reviews its record
- Published at
- 23.05.2024
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- HRD detained
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Journalist Louay Al-Azazi continues to be targeted by all parties to the conflict; women’s movement restricted
- Published at
- 11.04.2024
- Country
- Yemen
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- release of HRDs
- travel ban
- torture/ill-treatment
- time,place restrictions
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Violations on expression and peaceful assembly remain a concern against the backdrop of protests
- Published at
- 31.05.2024
- Country
- Iran
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- women
- religious groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- negative court ruling
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
Flood coverage restrictions, women’s rights rally ban, and legal cases against activists
- Published at
- 05.06.2024
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- refusal of registration
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- LGBTI
- women
- refugees and migrants
- labour rights
- protest
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- transnational repression
Tajikistan: On the road to total control?
- Published at
- 12.06.2024
- Country
- Tajikistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- harassment
- transnational repression
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Thailand: Activists face increasing risk with death in custody, ongoing use of royal defamation law and transnational repression
- Published at
- 20.06.2024
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- refugees and migrants
- transnational repression
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
Protests erupt over amnesty law, two journalists arbitrarily detained
- Published at
- 15.01.2024
- Country
- Spain
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- youth
- labour rights
- protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Concerning terrorism probe into Catalan independence activists continues
- Published at
- 01.06.2024
- Country
- Spain
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- surveillance
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
China: Authorities jail activists, stifle memory of the Tiananmen massacre and censor online critics
- Published at
- 03.07.2024
- Country
- China
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- minority groups
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Mali: Military authorities suspend activities of political parties and associations; several CSOs dissolved
- Published at
- 03.07.2024
- Country
- Mali
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- prevention of protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted