Guatemala: concerns about democratic backsliding grow as elPeriódico’s president and financial manager arrested Published at 06.09.2022 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction women office raid indigenous groups restrictive law journalist detained protest Read more
Guatemala: crece la preocupación por el retroceso democrático tras la detención del presidente y del director financiero de elPeriódico Published at 13.09.2022 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid indigenous groups restrictive law journalist detained internet restriction women protest Read more
Honduras: continúan los ataques contra los defensores de los derechos humanos garífunas Published at 28.11.2022 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD minority groups HRD prosecuted HRD detained non state actors killing of journalist restrictive law HRD threatened land rights Read more
Human Rights Organisations Keep the Spotlight on Grave Violations in Syria Published at 04.10.2022 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained torture/ill-treatment restrictive law Read more
Deteriorating press freedom trend continues Published at 08.09.2022 Country Ghana Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI attack on journalist excessive force protest extractive industries intimidation protest disruption violent protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
A year of Taliban rule leaves civic space decimated in Afghanistan Published at 08.09.2022 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women journalist detained restrictive law intimidation attack on journalist excessive force Read more
Crackdown on activists and protests persist in Indonesia while draft criminal code revisions could further curtail dissent Published at 23.09.2022 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance attack on journalist negative court ruling restrictive law protestor(s) detained protest disruption indigenous groups intimidation harassment HRD prosecuted Read more
Myanmar junta continues to arrest, torture activists despite global outrage around executions Published at 15.09.2022 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: youth HRD detained HRD killing negative court ruling killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
#FixTheCountry protests; two people killed in protest against the killing of a social activist Published at 04.08.2021 Country Ghana Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law LGBTI protest disruption journalist detained youth attack on HRD attack on journalist HRD killing protestor(s) detained excessive force protest prevention of protest killing of protestors violent protest non state actors Read more
Japan introduces tougher penalties for defamation, court ruling a setback for LGBTQI+ rights Published at 19.09.2022 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law LGBTI negative court ruling protest Read more
Lack of accountability for ‘’Bloody January’’ events & persecution of critics undermine pledged modernisation Published at 21.09.2022 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law bureaucratic restriction intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protestor(s) detained protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted Read more
Bhutan court throws out defamation case but denies compensation Published at 28.09.2022 Country Bhutan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling restrictive law Read more
Arrest of climate protesters, increasing anti-protest laws and continued prosecution of whistleblowers in Australia Published at 29.09.2022 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption restrictive law harassment protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Authorities continue to harass NagaWorld union strikers and criminalise activists and opposition members in Cambodia Published at 04.10.2022 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained HRD prosecuted protest disruption women harassment HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights excessive force sexual assault torture/ill-treatment restrictive law land rights Read more
Cuban authorities harassing journalists and activists to force them to renounce their work Published at 01.12.2022 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban protest public vilification restrictive law HRD threatened self censorship LGBTI harassment internet restriction Read more
Ecuador: two journalists killed in Manabí within a month Published at 04.10.2022 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women indigenous groups release of HRDs harassment attack on journalist public vilification killing of journalist killing of protestors restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Journalists barred from entering parliament to cover election of the President Published at 01.12.2022 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship torture/ill-treatment restrictive law LGBTI Read more
Protests call for accountability for 2018 police brutality, EU raises concerns over whistleblower law Published at 13.09.2022 Country Romania Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption restrictive law censorship protest non state actors Read more
Civic freedoms remain highly restricted as Karakalpakstan protests turn violent, bloggers and activists targeted Published at 07.10.2022 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained refusal of registration excessive force restrictive law protest internet restriction journalist detained killing of protestors intimidation harassment HRD detained torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted Read more
Anti-monarchy protesters face repression as the right to protest remains under threat Published at 10.10.2022 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights refugees and migrants harassment HRD prosecuted censorship protest extractive industries positive court ruling Read more
Indonesian authorities criminalise activists, violently suppress protests around Papua Published at 19.05.2022 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation intimidation youth extractive industries protest disruption harassment women killing of protestors restrictive law torture/ill-treatment violent protest protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
