Protests staged by Kosovo Serbs and the SDP party Published at 02.11.2021 Country Kosovo Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women protest intimidation protestor(s) detained attack on journalist public vilification labour rights excessive force violent protest environmental rights Read more
Authorities harass and squeeze funding of NGOs while activists, journalists targeted in India Published at 28.02.2022 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption restrictive law office raid intimidation harassment HRD detained journalist detained excessive force criminal defamation protestor(s) detained surveillance non state actors women minority groups protest land rights Read more
Brazil’s civic space in dispute amid democratic backsliding Published at 19.08.2021 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: protest women indigenous groups enabling law release of HRDs positive CS development protest disruption HRD prosecuted intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force attack on journalist criminal defamation negative court ruling censorship positive court ruling environmental rights Read more
Brasil: espaço cívico em disputa em meio ao retrocesso democrático Published at 23.08.2021 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation enabling law censorship attack on journalist positive court ruling HRD prosecuted women negative court ruling indigenous groups protest disruption intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained protest excessive force positive CS development environmental rights Read more
Migrant border crisis sparks concerns for civic freedoms, LGBTQI+ rights in the spotlight Published at 06.01.2022 Country Lithuania Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment excessive force protest restrictive law censorship LGBTI refugees and migrants protestor(s) detained Read more
Afghan women activists abducted by the Taliban while journalists arrested and beaten Published at 11.02.2022 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained excessive force protest enforced disappearance protest disruption women attack on journalist torture/ill-treatment journalist detained Read more
Manifestantes toman las calles para protestar contra el FMI y la minería a gran escala Published at 14.02.2022 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups attack on journalist protest attack on HRD negative court ruling violent protest release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force HRD prosecuted extractive industries environmental rights land rights Read more
CSOs working on refugee rights face attacks & restrictions; Fake news law a concern Published at 23.12.2021 Country Greece Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist refusal of registration labour rights refugees and migrants minority groups intimidation attack on HRD harassment excessive force protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Authorities arresting protesters and failing to address reprisals against activists in the Maldives Published at 18.02.2022 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation excessive force protest prevention of protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Despite sanctions, abuses against activists, journalists and protesters persist in Bangladesh Published at 02.03.2022 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption office raid intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force labour rights protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
On the Watchlist: Concerns over moves to undermine judicial independence and attempts to muzzle CSOs Published at 10.03.2022 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest prevention of protest killing of protestors restrictive law censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Uruguay: repression of labour protests based on Law of Urgent Consideration Published at 22.03.2022 Country Uruguay Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid women intimidation labour rights excessive force protest internet restriction Read more
On the Watchlist: Widespread violations reported during ‘’Bloody January’’ Published at 10.03.2022 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained attack on HRD intimidation harassment travel ban protestor(s) detained HRD detained HRD killing excessive force public vilification enforced disappearance killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment attack on journalist protest internet restriction violent protest HRD prosecuted Read more
Emergencies Act used to clear truck drivers’ convoy protests in Canada Published at 14.03.2022 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest violent protest bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained environmental rights funding restriction protest disruption youth non state actors Read more
Le gouvernement utilise la Loi sur les mesures d'urgence pour mettre fin au convoi des camionneurs Published at 17.03.2022 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption youth harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest violent protest bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained environmental rights non state actors Read more
Assault on civic freedoms continue in Sri Lanka as an economic crisis hits the country Published at 29.03.2022 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained excessive force positive court ruling time,place restrictions protest disruption prevention of protest women minority groups intimidation torture/ill-treatment harassment attack on journalist restrictive law Read more
Ecuador: Amnesty granted to 268 rights defenders and protesters Published at 30.03.2022 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups HRD killing harassment public vilification positive CS development protest positive court ruling attack on journalist excessive force enabling law environmental rights land rights Read more
Protests over labour rights, insecurity and political crisis in Haiti Published at 04.04.2022 Country Haiti Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on journalist labour rights excessive force protest killing of journalist killing of protestors non state actors Read more
Peru: protests over price rises and violence against human rights defenders Published at 12.04.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest time,place restrictions environmental rights non state actors restrictive law positive court ruling women journalist detained indigenous groups attack on journalist protestor(s) detained protest disruption negative court ruling harassment protest HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation HRD prosecuted killing of protestors extractive industries land rights Read more
Palestinian CSOs branded ‘terrorist organisations’ and surveilled by Pegasus spyware Published at 15.02.2022 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained surveillance internet restriction funding restriction youth attack on journalist bureaucratic restriction excessive force criminal defamation protest Read more
Ecuador: amnistían a 268 manifestantes y defensores de derechos Published at 11.04.2022 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women indigenous groups harassment positive CS development attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest enabling law environmental rights land rights Read more
