Protests against tax reform lead thousands to the streets in Colombia, face brutal police repression Published at 19.05.2021 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights excessive force attack on journalist criminal defamation violent protest women public vilification sexual assault killing of protestors youth protest disruption negative court ruling censorship protestor(s) detained indigenous groups environmental rights protest attack on HRD internet restriction land rights HRD killing non state actors Read more
Smear campaigns against the media and CSOs continue Published at 30.04.2021 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women intimidation harassment protest public vilification internet restriction restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
Repression of activists and journalists persists in Myanmar despite ASEAN rebuke Published at 09.11.2021 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: women office raid religious groups release of HRDs HRD detained HRD killing protest internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Targeted Police Brutality Against Sex Workers’ Protest Actions Published at 28.05.2021 Country Malawi Category Latest Developments Tags: protest women restrictive law Read more
Women’s rights NGOs call for more funding; Rule of law & anti-corruption referendum launched Published at 15.10.2021 Country Austria Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation harassment positive CS development excessive force protest protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Several civil society protests banned; journalist sentenced to prison for criminal defamation Published at 29.10.2021 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: protest prevention of protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted protest disruption women release of HRDs HRD detained environmental rights Read more
Human rights defenders and journalists arrested, prosecuted and tortured in China Published at 30.11.2021 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law environmental rights LGBTI women CSO closure journalist detained HRD detained HRD prosecuted torture/ill-treatment Read more
Un nuevo fallo judicial deja la vía libre a la aplicación de una ley restrictiva para las ONG Published at 23.06.2021 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups intimidation women negative court ruling protest political interference restrictive law environmental rights Read more
Two journalists charged under the Cybercrime Law Published at 29.10.2021 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment journalist detained women protest intimidation Read more
Investigative journalist killed outside his home; concerns over Joint Custody bill Published at 30.06.2021 Country Greece Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force protest killing of journalist violent protest women intimidation labour rights journalist detained Read more
Lawyer assaulted following corruption report, protest disrupted and journalists attacked in PNG Published at 06.07.2021 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment attack on journalist protest protest disruption women non state actors Read more
Democratic backslide in El Salvador deepens Published at 08.07.2021 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: women religious groups harassment negative court ruling protest public vilification censorship surveillance environmental rights Read more
Fear and self-censorship in Cuba following mass anti-government protests Published at 29.07.2021 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship youth women protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted surveillance HRD detained public vilification enforced disappearance internet restriction journalist detained Read more
Journalists, protesters detained and killed; activists censored in Palestinian uprising Published at 11.06.2021 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD youth attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force internet restriction killing of journalist killing of protestors censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Teenage pro-abortion protesters targeted for participation; “Hungary style takeover” of media Published at 02.07.2021 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women youth intimidation harassment excessive force protest censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Conviction of perpetrators in the killings of journalists Miroslava Breach and Javier Valdez Published at 13.07.2021 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development attack on journalist excessive force protest journalist detained positive court ruling youth women refugees and migrants intimidation Read more
Chile: Constitutional Convention begins its work Published at 21.07.2021 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: enabling law indigenous groups refugees and migrants HRD threatened positive CS development attack on journalist youth protest disruption attack on HRD HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force censorship labour rights surveillance positive court ruling women protest HRD prosecuted Read more
Ecuador: criminalisation of environmental defenders and bills affecting freedom of expression Published at 22.07.2021 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law HRD prosecuted women indigenous groups intimidation environmental rights positive CS development HRD detained attack on journalist protest extractive industries non state actors Read more
Haiti: President Moïse assassinated, launching country into further uncertainty Published at 22.07.2021 Country Haiti Category Latest Developments Tags: protest killing of journalist youth women HRD threatened religious groups harassment attack on journalist environmental rights HRD killing excessive force non state actors land rights Read more
Se profundiza el retroceso democrático en El Salvador Published at 22.07.2021 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling protest public vilification censorship surveillance women religious groups harassment environmental rights Read more
Sector led, women's rights and political protests staged Published at 30.03.2021 Country Kosovo Category Latest Developments Tags: women bureaucratic restriction intimidation attack on journalist protestor(s) detained labour rights protest Read more
