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Five HRDs released in Venezuela, but cases of arbitrary detention and intimidation continue
Published at
06.04.2021
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- women
- release of HRDs
- intimidation
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
Reports reveal death threats by Saudi officials against UN expert, reprisals against HRDs unabating
Published at
06.04.2021
Country
Saudi Arabia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- release of HRDs
- travel ban
- HRD threatened
- intimidation
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
Ecuador: asesinan a un comunicador y a un defensor del medioambiente a principios de 2021
Published at
07.04.2021
Country
Ecuador
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- women
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- protest
- killing of journalist
- extractive industries
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights
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
Alarming number of journalists assaulted, threatened, intimidated
Published at
12.04.2021
Country
Liberia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- intimidation
Increased police powers to crackdown on protests, attempts to limit media freedom
Published at
12.04.2021
Country
Austria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
- restrictive law
- intimidation
- harassment
- non state actors
“I am not safe here”: Women’s rights activists under attack for work on abortion rights
Published at
09.04.2021
Country
Poland
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- negative court ruling
- HRD acquitted
- excessive force
- violent protest
- non state actors
- LGBTI
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- protest
- political interference
- HRD threatened
- public vilification
Journalists continuously targeted at anti-COVID-19 protests
Published at
13.04.2021
Country
Germany
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- protest
- violent protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
„Nie jestem tu bezpieczna”: aktywiści na rzecz praw kobiet atakowani za pracę nad prawami do aborcji
Published at
13.04.2021
Country
Poland
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- violent protest
- political interference
- HRD acquitted
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- non state actors
Pro-Nalvany protests record unprecedented number of arrests and prosecutions
Published at
14.04.2021
Country
Russia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- restrictive law
- intimidation
Amendments to Law on Charitable Associations and CSOs seek to restrict civic space further
Published at
15.04.2021
Country
Occupied Palestinian Territories
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- funding restriction
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
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
Excessive force used during protests against COVID-19 measures; journalists attacked by churchgoers
Published at
14.04.2021
Country
Netherlands
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- environmental rights
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- excessive force
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
Nicaragua: detienen a cuatro aspirantes a la presidencia durante la represión de la oposición
Published at
22.06.2021
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- HRD prosecuted
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- HRD acquitted
- excessive force
- protest
Violent attacks against three Indigenous communities of Costa Rica
Published at
17.08.2020
Country
Costa Rica
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- non state actors
- HRD threatened
- land rights
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
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
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
Asesinan a tres defensores mientras aumentan los ataques contra las comunidades indígenas
Published at
20.04.2021
Country
Peru
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- women
- labour rights
- protest
- youth
- excessive force
- intimidation
- non state actors
- criminal defamation
- negative court ruling
- killing of protestors
- HRD killing
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- environmental rights
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