Peru: protests over price rises and violence against human rights defenders Published at 12.04.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest time,place restrictions environmental rights non state actors restrictive law positive court ruling women journalist detained indigenous groups attack on journalist protestor(s) detained protest disruption negative court ruling harassment protest HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation HRD prosecuted killing of protestors extractive industries land rights Read more
Venezuela: la draconiana ley de ONG amenaza a las organizaciones de la sociedad civil Published at 21.02.2023 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: women prevention of protest restrictive law intimidation censorship labour rights protest Read more
UN Special Rapporteur on torture denounces police brutality; animal rights group campaign muted Published at 18.01.2022 Country Netherlands Category Latest Developments Tags: women prevention of protest intimidation harassment environmental rights negative court ruling protest Read more
La Corte Suprema anula el juicio de los defensores del agua de Guapinol y los deja en libertad Published at 01.04.2022 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD HRD threatened minority groups release of HRDs harassment HRD prosecuted attack on journalist extractive industries environmental rights bureaucratic restriction enabling law women HRD acquitted non state actors Read more
Crackdown on dissent continues Published at 28.01.2022 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law intimidation HRD detained LGBTI women protest Read more
Despite UN review, Thai government continues to silence dissent, push restrictive NGO bill Published at 04.04.2022 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment women labour rights restrictive law public vilification protestor(s) detained environmental rights positive court ruling protest disruption Read more
Activists and journalists in China face persecution during and after Winter Olympics Published at 11.04.2022 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained criminal defamation enforced disappearance restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance women HRD prosecuted Read more
Ecuador: amnistían a 268 manifestantes y defensores de derechos Published at 11.04.2022 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women indigenous groups harassment positive CS development attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest enabling law environmental rights land rights Read more
El Salvador: freedom of expression under threat amid rising gang violence Published at 19.04.2022 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD harassment HRD detained protest public vilification restrictive law censorship surveillance Read more
USA: Amazon workers vote for unionisation; courts hold police liable for excessive force Published at 19.04.2022 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI protest women refugees and migrants restrictive law environmental rights youth protest disruption killing of protestors bureaucratic restriction time,place restrictions negative court ruling private sector non state actors labour rights Read more
Morena presenta un proyecto de ley que restringe la labor de la sociedad civil Published at 12.04.2022 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment labour rights public vilification indigenous groups killing of journalist private sector protest refugees and migrants non state actors positive CS development restrictive law protestor(s) detained funding restriction youth Read more
Cuba: prosecutions against protesters continue; more restrictions are proposed in Penal Code reform Published at 20.04.2022 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: youth harassment funding restriction protest women torture/ill-treatment negative court ruling restrictive law surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Brazil: shocking violence on HRDs and journalists continues Published at 26.04.2022 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: youth attack on HRD intimidation enabling law harassment HRD killing killing of journalist censorship environmental rights access to info. law private sector non state actors women indigenous groups refugees and migrants attack on journalist protest extractive industries restrictive law land rights Read more
Cuba: continúan los juicios de manifestantes; la reforma del código penal proponen más restricciones Published at 03.05.2022 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction women youth harassment negative court ruling protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
El Salvador: Libertad de expresión amenazada en medio de la violencia de las pandillas Published at 26.04.2022 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD harassment HRD detained protest public vilification restrictive law censorship surveillance Read more
'Gag Law' under reconsideration, legal and online harassment of journalists Published at 22.02.2022 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling internet restriction women intimidation harassment negative court ruling protest Read more
Tough times for press freedom: Death threats, physical attacks & harassment of journalists Published at 26.11.2021 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship attack on journalist women intimidation Read more
Las autoridades nicaragüenses ilegalizan a la sociedad civil en la práctica Published at 11.07.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship women CSO closure religious groups harassment journalist detained travel ban HRD detained surveillance sexual assault torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted restrictive law environmental rights Read more
Protests for academic freedom continue amid detentions Published at 26.11.2021 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest harassment attack on journalist prevention of protest labour rights positive court ruling protestor(s) detained excessive force land rights LGBTI bureaucratic restriction women Read more
Violent COVID-19 protests, harassment against journalists Published at 01.03.2022 Country Belgium Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights positive court ruling women protest intimidation attack on journalist violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Arbitrary travel restrictions, harassment of activists and targeting of journalists in India Published at 15.04.2022 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban attack on journalist protest disruption journalist detained negative court ruling women bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained Read more
