Colombia: four months since the beginning of National Strike Published at 01.10.2021 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest LGBTI sexual assault protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights youth killing of protestors attack on journalist attack on HRD women intimidation censorship HRD killing excessive force labour rights indigenous groups surveillance public vilification enforced disappearance non state actors killing of journalist minority groups protest Read more
Colombia: se cumplen cuatro meses desde el inicio del paro nacional Published at 12.10.2021 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth attack on HRD censorship intimidation women HRD killing labour rights LGBTI protestor(s) detained land rights excessive force surveillance public vilification HRD threatened enforced disappearance indigenous groups non state actors killing of journalist sexual assault attack on journalist prevention of protest protest killing of protestors minority groups Read more
Journalists and activists potentially targeted by spyware; media outlet suspended Published at 31.10.2021 Country Togo Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship surveillance Read more
Government attempts to muzzle independent media by controversial anti-TVN law Published at 02.09.2021 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: women youth restrictive law harassment bureaucratic restriction LGBTI protest HRD prosecuted surveillance HRD detained censorship positive court ruling Read more
Conviction of whistleblower, new NGO regulation another blow to civic freedoms in Australia Published at 03.09.2021 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship negative court ruling HRD prosecuted protest Read more
Closure of 45 civil society organisations within one month in Nicaragua Published at 09.09.2021 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women indigenous groups non state actors office raid torture/ill-treatment CSO closure HRD detained censorship HRD killing HRD prosecuted enforced disappearance sexual assault journalist detained land rights Read more
Media protest controversial bills; five activists prosecuted for wearing #BuhariMustGo T-shirts Published at 12.10.2021 Country Nigeria Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs HRD detained harassment protestor(s) detained positive CS development censorship excessive force bureaucratic restriction HRD prosecuted positive court ruling attack on journalist protest protest disruption Read more
Three human rights defenders arbitrarily detained in Venezuela Published at 27.09.2021 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protest internet restriction censorship office raid intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD prosecuted Read more
Highest number of protests recorded, whistle blower and trade unionist killed Published at 17.09.2021 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women HRD killing labour rights protest violent protest enabling law censorship Read more
Attacks, pressure on dissent and opposition unrelenting Published at 20.09.2021 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid political interference censorship harassment time,place restrictions protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Nicaragua: cierran cuarenta y cinco organizaciones de la sociedad civil en un mes Published at 20.09.2021 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship youth women indigenous groups office raid journalist detained CSO closure HRD detained non state actors HRD killing enforced disappearance HRD prosecuted sexual assault torture/ill-treatment land rights Read more
Human rights defenders, critics targeted in Indonesia while protests on Papua repressed Published at 21.09.2021 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained protest disruption excessive force HRD prosecuted Read more
Increasingly Unstable Environment for Human Rights and Civic Freedoms as Iraqi Elections Take Place Published at 29.10.2021 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption censorship release of HRDs attack on HRD attack on journalist religious groups protest intimidation negative court ruling harassment HRD detained journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Political developments raise concerns for civic space Published at 01.09.2021 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid attack on HRD refugees and migrants travel ban attack on journalist HRD detained protest censorship Read more
Authorities target critics with spyware, opposition members arrested Published at 29.10.2021 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: women journalist detained censorship HRD detained surveillance negative court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
Venezuela: detienen de forma arbitraria a tres defensores de los derechos humanos Published at 01.10.2021 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protest internet restriction censorship office raid intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD prosecuted Read more
Turkmenistan’s government targets critics at home and abroad in its relentless crackdown on dissent Published at 09.09.2021 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained protest disruption prevention of protest intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD detained censorship HRD threatened HRD prosecuted internet restriction Read more
Media restrictions and vilification of activists intensifies climate of fear in Fiji Published at 22.06.2022 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship women public vilification bureaucratic restriction Read more
Honduras among the most dangerous countries in the world for environmental defenders Published at 04.10.2021 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups censorship intimidation negative court ruling women environmental rights protest Read more
In jail for a joke: Stifling of independent voices continues Published at 29.07.2021 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained refusal of registration internet restriction harassment bureaucratic restriction censorship access to info. law HRD prosecuted Read more
Increasing crackdown on ‘anti-socialist behaviour’ in North Korea as new political prison camp built Published at 07.10.2021 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment censorship surveillance restrictive law Read more
