New law protects minority languages and expands their spheres of use Published at 06.11.2017 Country Albania Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women minority groups positive CS development labour rights protest protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Vietnamese activists face imprisonment, attacks and arbitrary prison transfers Published at 05.09.2018 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted attack on journalist negative court ruling environmental rights internet restriction protest disruption intimidation harassment travel ban restrictive law HRD detained excessive force torture/ill-treatment journalist detained non state actors women protestor(s) detained religious groups positive CS development HRD threatened Read more
Civil society raises alarm over incidents of intimidation of environmental rights defenders Published at 23.03.2018 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights protest disruption intimidation harassment labour rights excessive force killing of protestors non state actors Read more
Government official oversteps mandate threatening to fire reporters with state broadcaster Published at 24.05.2018 Country Austria Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling public vilification political interference funding restriction refugees and migrants protest censorship environmental rights Read more
Civil society outlawed in practice by Nicaragua’s authorities Published at 05.07.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: women censorship CSO closure religious groups harassment travel ban journalist detained HRD detained sexual assault surveillance HRD prosecuted torture/ill-treatment restrictive law environmental rights Read more
Attacks against journalists continue Published at 09.12.2021 Country Bosnia & Herzegovina Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protest labour rights environmental rights Read more
Civil society to UN: "HRDs are victims of murder, stigmatization, assault, impunity" Published at 01.06.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: women harassment attack on journalist HRD detained labour rights excessive force protest public vilification protestor(s) detained non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
Community and labour union leaders harassed and intimidated Published at 03.04.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation harassment labour rights excessive force extractive industries private sector environmental rights non state actors Read more
Immigration and impending elections lead to protests in Bulgaria Published at 27.04.2017 Country Bulgaria Category Latest Developments Tags: protest positive court ruling refugees and migrants religious groups environmental rights Read more
Two indigenous and land rights activists killed in Rio Grande do Sul and Pará Published at 27.04.2017 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups HRD detained HRD killing protest killing of protestors journalist detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Chilean environmental rights defender receives death threat Published at 18.05.2017 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: protest attack on HRD excessive force environmental rights HRD threatened Read more
Kyrgyz president slams HRDs' efforts Published at 03.07.2017 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD threatened environmental rights protest disruption harassment travel ban excessive force criminal defamation public vilification prevention of protest censorship surveillance minority groups attack on journalist negative court ruling internet restriction restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Latvian civil society's concerns grow over closing space Published at 10.04.2018 Country Latvia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI refugees and migrants political interference intimidation environmental rights public vilification Read more
Environmental and land rights defenders threatened and sued Published at 01.08.2017 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: women excessive force protest environmental rights censorship HRD prosecuted private sector land rights Read more
Pipeline protestors met with force by Italian police Published at 24.07.2017 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: protest surveillance protest disruption intimidation censorship attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation access to info. law non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
In Bangladesh: Protests undermined, opposition persecuted and HRDs harrassed Published at 13.06.2017 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest time,place restrictions protestor(s) detained protest disruption religious groups attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest killing of journalist environmental rights Read more
HRDs at risk protecting environmental, indigenous and women's rights Published at 15.06.2017 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD acquitted excessive force environmental rights sexual assault positive court ruling women indigenous groups intimidation harassment killing of protestors land rights Read more
Police use excessive force to quell protest in Duraz - 5 killed, hundreds arrested Published at 16.06.2017 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment women sexual assault harassment HRD detained HRD threatened killing of protestors negative court ruling protestor(s) detained excessive force protest disruption censorship bureaucratic restriction attack on HRD environmental rights Read more
#IAmMyOwnGuardian activists detained and harassed for defending women's rights Published at 19.06.2017 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship journalist detained women religious groups protestor(s) detained intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained travel ban negative court ruling internet restriction environmental rights Read more
Spirit of candlelight revolution continues as Moon Jae-in takes power Published at 26.06.2017 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: protest protest disruption negative court ruling labour rights environmental rights Read more
Police fire tear gas at peaceful demonstrators, including persons with disabilities Published at 29.06.2017 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained protest disruption indigenous groups environmental rights land rights excessive force protest extractive industries enabling law Read more
