Saudi civil society at serious risk as global energy crisis leads US and others to abandon human rights commitments Published at 23.09.2022 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship HRD detained torture/ill-treatment Read more
El Salvador: aumentan los riesgos para las personas defensoras de los DD. HH. durante el régimen de excepción Published at 04.10.2022 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women indigenous groups HRD detained protest public vilification private sector HRD acquitted HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Authorities continue to harass NagaWorld union strikers and criminalise activists and opposition members in Cambodia Published at 04.10.2022 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women harassment HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights excessive force sexual assault torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
El Salvador: HRDs face increased risks under the state of exception Published at 29.09.2022 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women indigenous groups HRD detained protest public vilification private sector HRD acquitted HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Attacks on Guatemalan human rights organisations and justice operators Published at 01.12.2022 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling self censorship women harassment HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights protest public vilification internet restriction sexual assault HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Bahrain withdraws candidacy for Human Rights Council reportedly in response to sharp criticism on its human rights record Published at 11.11.2022 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained torture/ill-treatment Read more
Civic freedoms remain highly restricted as Karakalpakstan protests turn violent, bloggers and activists targeted Published at 07.10.2022 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment HRD detained refusal of registration excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Environmental rights protests & activists continue to come under attack Published at 01.11.2022 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI youth attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force protest public vilification protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Civil society urges the UN to reject Vietnam’s bid for the Human Rights Council as it continues to arrest and jail activists Published at 21.09.2022 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Peru: attacks on journalists as political polarisation remains prominent Published at 27.10.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained HRD killing criminal defamation non state actors women indigenous groups attack on journalist protest extractive industries restrictive law journalist detained HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Despite UN scrutiny, activists continue to be criminalised by the new Philippines administration Published at 15.11.2022 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist restrictive law intimidation HRD detained negative court ruling HRD prosecuted criminal defamation Read more
Honduras: attacks on Garífuna human rights defenders continue Published at 22.11.2022 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD minority groups HRD detained non state actors killing of journalist restrictive law HRD threatened HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Nicaragua in contempt of international human rights mechanisms Published at 08.12.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: women CSO closure release of HRDs harassment HRD detained torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Harassment and criminalisation of activists and journalists in Hong Kong continues unabated Published at 13.12.2022 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Ataques contra organizaciones de derechos humanos y miembros del aparato judicial guatemaltecos Published at 15.12.2022 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling self censorship women harassment HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights protest public vilification internet restriction sexual assault HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Paraguay: September marked by killings of a journalist and a campesino leader Published at 20.12.2022 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling indigenous groups harassment HRD detained HRD killing negative court ruling labour rights criminal defamation protest killing of journalist prevention of protest non state actors private sector land rights Read more
Nicaragua menosprecia los mecanismos internacionales de derechos humanos Published at 20.12.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: women CSO closure release of HRDs harassment HRD detained torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Argentina: economic crisis leads to recurrent protests Published at 30.12.2022 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force public vilification censorship surveillance non state actors positive court ruling women indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Los homicidios de un periodista y un dirigente campesino marcaron el mes de septiembre Published at 29.12.2022 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling indigenous groups harassment HRD detained HRD killing negative court ruling labour rights criminal defamation protest killing of journalist prevention of protest non state actors private sector land rights Read more
Spate of arrests spirals, as journalists bear the brunt of war-related reporting Published at 15.11.2022 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid journalist detained bureaucratic restriction harassment HRD detained negative court ruling public vilification Read more
Argentina: protestas recurrentes por la crisis económica Published at 11.01.2023 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force public vilification censorship surveillance non state actors positive court ruling women indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
