Activists and journalists in China face persecution during and after Winter Olympics Published at 11.04.2022 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained criminal defamation enforced disappearance restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance women HRD prosecuted Read more
El Salvador: freedom of expression under threat amid rising gang violence Published at 19.04.2022 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD harassment HRD detained protest public vilification restrictive law censorship surveillance Read more
El Salvador: Libertad de expresión amenazada en medio de la violencia de las pandillas Published at 26.04.2022 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD harassment HRD detained protest public vilification restrictive law censorship surveillance Read more
Ecuador: las manifestaciones indígenas son reprimidas una vez más Published at 05.07.2022 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: public vilification protestor(s) detained killing of protestors access to info. law indigenous groups youth protest disruption attack on journalist attack on HRD labour rights harassment HRD detained excessive force protest violent protest HRD prosecuted Read more
Las autoridades nicaragüenses ilegalizan a la sociedad civil en la práctica Published at 11.07.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship women CSO closure religious groups harassment journalist detained travel ban HRD detained surveillance sexual assault torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted restrictive law environmental rights Read more
WHRD Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe returns home after years of prolonged arbitrary detention Published at 28.04.2022 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption release of HRDs HRD detained negative court ruling protest internet restriction protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Kazakhstan: Civic space limited by continued fallout from January 2022 events Published at 28.04.2022 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD detained labour rights excessive force protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Civic freedoms continue to deteriorate in the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Published at 28.04.2022 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained negative court ruling protest internet restriction political interference restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
El Salvador: human rights defenders arbitrarily detained during state of emergency Published at 04.05.2022 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance extractive industries self censorship LGBTI women harassment torture/ill-treatment HRD detained surveillance protest public vilification environmental rights Read more
15 activists sentenced to prison for peacefully protesting under State of Siege in Eastern DRC Published at 06.05.2022 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest disruption protest killing of protestors time,place restrictions journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Arrests of activists, journalists continue in Myanmar as military tribunals impose harsh sentences Published at 10.05.2022 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women HRD detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Six members and supporters of Wakit Tama arrested, charged following protest Published at 06.06.2022 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs HRD detained criminal defamation killing of journalist killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment violent protest HRD acquitted journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened protest disruption HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Costa Rica: partial veto of new Access to Information Law Published at 11.05.2022 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: protest enabling law access to info. law youth women indigenous groups HRD threatened attack on HRD harassment positive CS development HRD detained non state actors land rights Read more
Violations de l'espace civique dans les provinces de l'Ituri et du Nord-Kivu sous état de siège Published at 13.05.2022 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained HRD prosecuted excessive force protest protestor(s) detained protest disruption killing of protestors intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist HRD threatened HRD detained time,place restrictions Read more
Detienen de forma arbitraria a defensores de los derechos humanos durante el estado de excepción Published at 16.05.2022 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries torture/ill-treatment surveillance environmental rights self censorship LGBTI women harassment HRD detained protest public vilification enforced disappearance Read more
South Sudan journalists remain at risk Published at 31.03.2022 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained HRD prosecuted youth protest disruption release of HRDs harassment HRD detained labour rights protest non state actors Read more
Costa Rica: veto parcial a la nueva ley de acceso a la información Published at 17.05.2022 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development HRD detained HRD threatened non state actors youth women protest indigenous groups enabling law attack on HRD harassment access to info. law land rights Read more
Qatar passes laws that exclude and discriminate against minority groups Published at 31.08.2021 Country Qatar Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups refugees and migrants restrictive law HRD detained protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Vietnamese activists face tax evasion charges, movement restrictions and increasing censorship Published at 17.05.2022 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation HRD detained labour rights restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Judicial harassment of pro-abortion activist & activists helping refugees at Poland/Belarus border Published at 30.04.2022 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women refugees and migrants intimidation harassment positive CS development HRD detained protest censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted positive court ruling non state actors Read more
Fears mount for Qatari woman human rights defender Noof Al-Maadeed whose fate and whereabouts remain Published at 21.12.2021 Country Qatar Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance women HRD prosecuted refugees and migrants HRD detained labour rights Read more
