Legitimacy of upcoming elections questioned with crackdown on media and opposition Published at 28.05.2018 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: women negative court ruling excessive force protest prevention of protest restrictive law censorship land rights Read more
Civil society decries snap presidential election as not free and fair Published at 28.05.2018 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship political interference protest Read more
Venezuelans facing food shortages encounter danger and excessive force at protests Published at 29.05.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction HRD detained killing of protestors excessive force protest Read more
Fidesz landslide heightens concerns for civil society and independent media Published at 29.05.2018 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling prevention of protest CSO closure political interference protest public vilification Read more
Attacks on civic space continue with threats to dissolve opposition and jailing of judges Published at 31.05.2018 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance political interference bureaucratic restriction negative court ruling excessive force protest Read more
Arbitrary arrest of activists, excessive use of force and targeting of journalists in Nepal Published at 28.10.2021 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors journalist detained protestor(s) detained minority groups attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest protest disruption women Read more
Calls for legislation to protect human rights defenders as attacks against them persist Published at 04.06.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: youth attack on journalist women restrictive law HRD killing attack on HRD minority groups environmental rights intimidation extractive industries protest land rights Read more
Journalists in Belarus fined as the regime silences independent voices Published at 06.06.2018 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: women negative court ruling protest harassment political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction journalist detained Read more
Journalists detained without charge in Puntland and Somaliland Published at 08.06.2018 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: women journalist detained positive CS development HRD detained protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
President accuses civil society of conspiring to destabilise the country Published at 08.06.2018 Country Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women violent protest labour rights protest public vilification Read more
Police detain and beat protestors demonstrating against new laws Published at 11.06.2018 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained excessive force protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Brazil: A hostile place for journalists and activists with three killed in January Published at 07.02.2018 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist protest disruption protestor(s) detained attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest Read more
Continued concern over the state of independent media in Bulgaria Published at 06.06.2018 Country Bulgaria Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist refugees and migrants labour rights protest Read more
Security forces use excessive force during protests: one student killed Published at 14.06.2018 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest killing of protestors violent protest youth protest disruption attack on journalist HRD detained protest protestor(s) detained Read more
President Weah submits bill to repeal certain limitations on free expression Published at 14.06.2018 Country Liberia Category Latest Developments Tags: women enabling law criminal defamation harassment labour rights protest land rights Read more
March 2018 Elections Declared Mostly Peaceful Published at 08.06.2018 Country Sierra Leone Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force protest Read more
In a post-Castro era with a new president, what has changed for Cuban activists and opposition? Published at 18.06.2018 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women travel ban attack on journalist HRD detained protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
State restricts protest on disability benefits Published at 14.06.2018 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction time,place restrictions youth positive CS development attack on journalist protest criminal defamation people with disabilities Read more
Protection measures granted due to grave risks faced by activists at protests Published at 15.06.2018 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women killing of protestors attack on HRD attack on journalist excessive force protest Read more
Human Rights Defender Rivelino Zarpellon continues to face threats Published at 21.06.2018 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD threatened indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment positive CS development protest Read more
Ras-le-Bol activists released after being detained for protesting and hanging posters Published at 21.06.2018 Country Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protestor(s) detained journalist detained youth protest Read more
