Macron secures second term, climate movement targeted via Separatism bill Published at 19.10.2022 Country France Category Latest Developments Tags: protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained positive court ruling women refugees and migrants minority groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force environmental rights Read more
Macron décroche un second mandat, le mouvement pour le climat visé par un projet de loi sur le séparatisme Published at 28.10.2022 Country France Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained positive court ruling women refugees and migrants minority groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest restrictive law environmental rights Read more
Nicaragua: media shutdowns continue Published at 31.10.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship torture/ill-treatment religious groups restrictive law Read more
Nicaragua: continúan las clausuras de medios de comunicación Published at 02.11.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship torture/ill-treatment religious groups restrictive law Read more
Prosecutors file indictment against women’s rights activists as government continues to target WHRDs Published at 04.11.2022 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants intimidation harassment protest public vilification restrictive law positive court ruling LGBTI women censorship non state actors Read more
International Cooperation bill threatens to further reduce civic space in Venezuela Published at 28.06.2022 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction women censorship intimidation criminal defamation internet restriction political interference restrictive law HRD prosecuted Read more
El Proyecto de Ley de Cooperación Internacional amenaza con reducir aún más el espacio cívico Published at 30.06.2022 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation restrictive law criminal defamation internet restriction censorship HRD prosecuted political interference funding restriction women 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: HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation protest women minority groups protest disruption travel ban restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Reforms on so-called “Gag law’ stall, concerns over secrecy law Published at 19.10.2022 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women refugees and migrants harassment attack on journalist protest restrictive law censorship Read more
Decision n° 811 of 2022 further hampers media freedom Published at 10.11.2022 Country Libya Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship attack on journalist protest Read more
Concerns about free expression in South Korea with security law, restrictions on press freedom and anti-North activism Published at 01.12.2022 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship office raid religious groups protest Read more
University protests against riot police deployment continue, Predator-gate scandal raises further concerns about surveillance Published at 30.09.2022 Country Greece Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment surveillance excessive force protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction positive court ruling youth access to info. law protestor(s) detained women intimidation Read more
Peru: attacks on journalists as political polarisation remains prominent Published at 27.10.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: non state actors attack on HRD intimidation protest harassment women HRD detained HRD threatened HRD killing extractive industries indigenous groups journalist detained criminal defamation attack on journalist environmental rights restrictive law land rights protest disruption office raid 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: HRD prosecuted killing of journalist restrictive law intimidation HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation Read more
Canada: courts consider cases with impact on civic freedoms Published at 02.11.2022 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption restrictive law women refugees and migrants protest private sector HRD prosecuted environmental rights protestor(s) detained 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
La reforma de la ley mordaza se estanca y la ley de secretos oficiales suscita preocupación Published at 14.11.2022 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women refugees and migrants harassment attack on journalist protest restrictive law censorship Read more
Protesters face judicial harassment while restrictions to freedom of expression persist in Malaysia Published at 17.11.2022 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption harassment labour rights protest criminal defamation restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Maldives elected to UN Human Rights Council despite press freedom concerns, restrictions on protests and impunity Published at 18.11.2022 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protestor(s) detained positive court ruling protest disruption restrictive law Read more
Conviction of lawyer and recent legal changes further erodes civic space in Fiji ahead of elections Published at 24.11.2022 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling HRD prosecuted restrictive law 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
