Libyan writers face backlash of harassment and death threats Published at 22.09.2017 Country Libya Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship HRD threatened religious groups non state actors Read more
Controversy over Indonesia’s past sparks protests against human rights groups Published at 06.10.2017 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained protest disruption office raid excessive force HRD threatened non state actors protest violent protest Read more
Indigenous community judge murdered and HRDs face continuous threats Published at 14.11.2017 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups attack on HRD attack on journalist HRD killing protest political interference protestor(s) detained HRD threatened environmental rights Read more
Investigative journalism under attack: CIVICUS Monitor speaks to award-winning journalist Published at 17.08.2017 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD threatened self censorship women Read more
Death knell for democracy as political opposition dissolved Published at 20.11.2017 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD threatened political interference private sector intimidation environmental rights negative court ruling protest Read more
Pernicious threats against journalists hamper political and investigative reporting Published at 20.11.2017 Country Montenegro Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law HRD threatened environmental rights LGBTI women intimidation attack on journalist protest political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Head of Chechen human rights NGO detained and staff threatened Published at 05.02.2018 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights restrictive law office raid religious groups intimidation harassment HRD threatened Read more
Lawyer threatened for advocating on behalf of indigenous communities' rights Published at 04.05.2018 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups office raid negative court ruling excessive force protest political interference HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Alarming wave of attacks against human rights defenders and journalists Published at 09.03.2018 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD positive court ruling harassment attack on journalist HRD killing negative court ruling HRD threatened environmental rights Read more
Protests against toxic spill continue despite persecution of environmental activists Published at 22.03.2018 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups minority groups attack on HRD intimidation negative court ruling harassment HRD detained excessive force protestor(s) detained HRD threatened prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted surveillance women environmental rights Read more
Hundreds of NGOs demand an end to the state's repression of the right to peaceful assembly Published at 22.05.2018 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained HRD threatened women attack on HRD intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment non state actors Read more
Human rights defenders face threats and judicial harassment Published at 01.06.2018 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship LGBTI harassment excessive force criminal defamation non state actors censorship HRD threatened HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Inflammatory language from politicians sparks threats and attacks against journalists Published at 18.04.2018 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist women HRD threatened political interference Read more
Human Rights Defender Rivelino Zarpellon continues to face threats Published at 21.06.2018 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD threatened indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment positive CS development protest Read more
Activists threatened and attacked while families of the disappeared protest hearings Published at 07.08.2018 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD religious groups minority groups intimidation harassment protest enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment HRD threatened Read more
Environmental activism targeted by illegal poachers Published at 09.08.2018 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law intimidation environmental rights labour rights protestor(s) detained HRD threatened protest Read more
Repression and arbitrary detentions during protests continue in Honduras Published at 10.08.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest excessive force youth non state actors positive CS development negative court ruling extractive industries torture/ill-treatment journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
CSOs documented over 130 attacks against the press in the context of elections Published at 23.07.2018 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on HRD harassment HRD detained excessive force killing of journalist private sector positive court ruling LGBTI women refugees and migrants release of HRDs attack on journalist labour rights protest journalist detained HRD threatened Read more
Nationalist Groups Contribute to Constricted Media Freedoms Published at 24.07.2018 Country Croatia Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants political interference minority groups harassment HRD threatened labour rights protest Read more
CIVICUS Monitor Speaks to Lebanese Center for Human Rights Published at 30.07.2018 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Investigative journalists harassed by authorities after publishing a report about corruption Published at 28.08.2018 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: non state actors indigenous groups political interference harassment HRD threatened land rights Read more
