Human rights changes: more piecemeal than systemic Published at 12.09.2017 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women torture/ill-treatment intimidation travel ban protest land rights Read more
Land rights defender arbitrarily detained for over 40 hours Published at 24.09.2017 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained prevention of protest women land rights Read more
Indigenous communities demonstrate in defense of their land Published at 07.11.2017 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protest indigenous groups extractive industries environmental rights land rights Read more
Central Yangon bans protests while critics are criminalised Published at 19.01.2018 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained prevention of protest land rights restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Criminalisation and disruption of protests continue in Bolivia Published at 08.11.2017 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained excessive force protest disruption indigenous groups attack on journalist land rights Read more
Indigenous rights community attacked and defenders harassed Published at 29.01.2018 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups release of HRDs travel ban HRD detained public vilification killing of protestors land rights private sector non state actors Read more
Student activists ill-treated by security forces during protests Published at 31.01.2018 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights excessive force criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment private sector protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights attack on HRD Read more
Changes to security laws likely to have chilling effect, UN warns Published at 04.05.2018 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups protest extractive industries censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights funding restriction indigenous groups land rights Read more
Plans to release political prisoners as ethnic tensions spark clashes and protests Published at 09.01.2018 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment violent protest minority groups positive CS development excessive force protest land rights 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
Attempt to shut down Rappler news site part of efforts to muzzle free expression Published at 01.02.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption indigenous groups attack on HRD HRD killing excessive force protest bureaucratic restriction land rights Read more
SLAPP Lawsuits threaten critical voices in France Published at 09.03.2018 Country France Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling private sector protest environmental rights censorship land rights Read more
Anti-US base activist faces imprisonment as Okinawa protests continue Published at 08.02.2018 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest restrictive law HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Attacks on fundamental freedoms continue in the lead up to elections Published at 09.02.2018 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law HRD prosecuted women attack on HRD environmental rights HRD killing negative court ruling criminal defamation land rights Read more
New law censuring certain online content could restrict free expression Published at 09.02.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups protest attack on HRD attack on journalist internet restriction excessive force censorship criminal defamation restrictive law environmental rights land rights Read more
Communities protest against plans for bauxite mine on Santa Cruz Island Published at 15.02.2018 Country Solomon Islands Category Latest Developments Tags: protest extractive industries private sector environmental rights land rights Read more
Court jails anti-mining activist for "spreading Communist ideology" Published at 03.04.2018 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law negative court ruling criminal defamation HRD prosecuted intimidation protest environmental rights harassment non state actors HRD detained land rights Read more
Wave of attacks against HRDs and journalists continues unabated Published at 09.05.2018 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law non state actors indigenous groups attack on HRD intimidation HRD killing killing of journalist land rights Read more
Protest in Colon ends with 5 injured and 35 arrested Published at 28.05.2018 Country Panama Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest intimidation harassment protestor(s) detained labour rights protest land rights Read more
More HRDs murdered: 3 killed in 5 days as civil society calls for better protection mechanisms Published at 25.05.2018 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD HRD killing protest HRD prosecuted public vilification killing of journalist environmental rights land rights indigenous groups 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
