EU signs trade deal with Vietnam despite ongoing suppression of civic freedoms Published at 15.07.2019 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment surveillance HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation protest enforced disappearance restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Arbitrary arrests, judicial harassment and attacks on activists and critics in India persist Published at 13.05.2019 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries torture/ill-treatment youth women attack on HRD restrictive law harassment HRD detained excessive force HRD threatened criminal defamation environmental rights protest enforced disappearance land rights Read more
Escalating concerns over right to privacy and freedom of expression on the net in South Korea Published at 14.05.2019 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation censorship protestor(s) detained protest protest disruption women Read more
Police denies permission to protest, while election outcome sparks violence Published at 16.05.2019 Country Solomon Islands Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest protestor(s) detained violent protest youth women Read more
Ruling party steps up harassment to silence critical journalists and media outlets Published at 27.05.2019 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation political interference positive court ruling LGBTI funding restriction protest women censorship religious groups harassment restrictive law attack on journalist public vilification non state actors Read more
Ousted President Bashir charged over killings of protesters, while protests met with new violence Published at 17.05.2019 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women prevention of protest time,place restrictions positive CS development excessive force protest Read more
At least 18 social leaders murdered in the first two months of 2019 Published at 15.03.2019 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women indigenous groups killing of journalist HRD killing protest Read more
Ongoing harassment and attacks on Cambodian opposition, while peaceful marches restricted Published at 23.05.2019 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: women prevention of protest harassment censorship labour rights criminal defamation Read more
Dispersal of protests continues to be a major challenge to peaceful assembly Published at 23.05.2019 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption women refugees and migrants protest prevention of protest restrictive law time,place restrictions people with disabilities Read more
Intimidation of activists and journalists in El Salvador Published at 06.07.2019 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: women criminal defamation intimidation attack on journalist self censorship protest Read more
Two journalists shot dead in broad daylight Published at 21.03.2019 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist women journalist detained intimidation attack on journalist labour rights protest Read more
Indonesian civil society finds human rights violations during deadly post-election protests Published at 28.05.2019 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation protestor(s) detained killing of protestors HRD prosecuted torture/ill-treatment LGBTI women harassment attack on journalist violent protest HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force censorship non state actors Read more
Espionage Act charges against Assange jeopardise press freedom Published at 17.07.2019 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: women refugees and migrants labour rights intimidation attack on journalist journalist detained protest negative court ruling protestor(s) detained violent protest positive court ruling Read more
Despite progress on HRD bill, attacks against activists and media persist in the Philippines Published at 14.06.2019 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling funding restriction women attack on HRD harassment HRD killing public vilification bureaucratic restriction journalist detained Read more
Massive protests over the killing of young indigenous man Camilo Catrillanca Published at 25.03.2019 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups protestor(s) detained HRD threatened labour rights protest Read more
Attacks and threats against human rights defenders persist in Papua New Guinea Published at 01.07.2019 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation LGBTI women public vilification harassment indigenous groups sexual assault protest extractive industries censorship HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Protests against alleged corruption in management of oil and gas reserves Published at 27.06.2019 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women attack on journalist protest prevention of protest extractive industries time,place restrictions protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Environmental activists face harassment and attacks Published at 15.05.2019 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries journalist detained protestor(s) detained youth harassment HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation killing of journalist HRD threatened prevention of protest killing of protestors HRD prosecuted non state actors women environmental rights indigenous groups protest sexual assault land rights Read more
Gestion des réserves de pétrole et de gaz : manifestations contre un cas de corruption présumé Published at 02.07.2019 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted protest disruption women attack on journalist protest prevention of protest extractive industries time,place restrictions non state actors Read more
Important reform of “gag law” that impedes freedom of expression stalled due to early elections Published at 16.04.2019 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women office raid restrictive law censorship protest non state actors Read more
Protests in Sudan continue amid crackdown and internet blackout Published at 03.07.2019 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors censorship excessive force journalist detained prevention of protest sexual assault protestor(s) detained youth protest disruption protest office raid women internet restriction harassment Read more
