Journalists sentenced to death; rights groups call for release of prisoners amid COVID-19 breakout Published at 28.04.2020 Country Yemen Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted release of HRDs Read more
Intimidation and arrest of journalists investigating corruption in Venezuela Published at 14.02.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained intimidation private sector release of HRDs Read more
Violent conflict puts Libyan human rights defenders at serious risk Published at 31.05.2017 Country Libya Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance protest disruption release of HRDs Read more
Foreign activists sentenced and deported for investigations into uranium mining Published at 18.04.2017 Country Malawi Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling extractive industries torture/ill-treatment release of HRDs HRD detained protest Read more
Over 1,000 arrested: Bleak outlook for Turkish civil society in aftermath of referendum Published at 26.04.2017 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained political interference release of HRDs censorship HRD detained protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Little room for dissent in Pakistan: Civic freedoms under constant attack Published at 12.05.2017 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption release of HRDs harassment attack on journalist public vilification enforced disappearance killing of journalist killing of protestors bureaucratic restriction non state actors Read more
New law sparks fears of downward spiral in civic freedoms Published at 07.07.2017 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law surveillance protest release of HRDs Read more
Tunisian critics and investigative journalists face intimidation and harassment Published at 11.05.2017 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment release of HRDs HRD detained labour rights protest public vilification refugees and migrants intimidation censorship Read more
Civil society pushes for changes in Ecuador with new President in power Published at 11.08.2017 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction release of HRDs Read more
No sign of civic freedoms improving, despite activists' release Published at 25.04.2017 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors violent protest minority groups release of HRDs censorship journalist detained excessive force Read more
Citizen movements targetted by authorities for peaceful activism Published at 04.05.2017 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD release of HRDs harassment HRD detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Human rights situation still appalling in post-election Turkmenistan Published at 29.03.2017 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs harassment bureaucratic restriction intimidation public vilification HRD killing HRD detained enforced disappearance censorship torture/ill-treatment access to info. law surveillance Read more
Amendment to e-declaration law targets anti-corruption groups in Ukraine Published at 04.04.2017 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained bureaucratic restriction protest release of HRDs Read more
Media outlets taken off the air and freedom of expression threatened in Venezuela Published at 05.04.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest public vilification excessive force protest release of HRDs Read more
Growing concern over cases of criminalisation of HRDs and their activities Published at 10.04.2017 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship women HRD detained release of HRDs Read more
Harassment, detentions and mass surveillance restrict Uzbek citizens' civil and political rights Published at 05.05.2017 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on journalist travel ban time,place restrictions protest disruption release of HRDs journalist detained harassment surveillance Read more
Civil society calls for the immediate release of women human rights defender Atena Daemi Published at 14.07.2017 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship women release of HRDs travel ban journalist detained labour rights excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Activists attacked and arrested while impunity prevails Published at 20.06.2017 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted attack on HRD intimidation harassment travel ban HRD detained excessive force private sector women release of HRDs attack on journalist labour rights protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land 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
Critical voices arrested and protests prohibited in Niger Published at 23.06.2017 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption HRD detained prevention of protest HRD prosecuted release of HRDs Read more
Activists face intimidation in the Dominican Republic Published at 30.06.2017 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI attack on HRD intimidation HRD detained HRD killing harassment release of HRDs protest private sector Read more
