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"Black Thursday": at least 50 killed in protests against extension of military transitional period
- Published at
- 01.11.2022
- Country
- Chad
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- violent protest
- time,place restrictions
- protest disruption
- CSO closure
- journalist detained
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- internet restriction
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- prevention of protest
- protestor(s) detained
Haiti: Escalating protests over multiple crises, with people calling for Prime Minister’s resignation
- Published at
- 01.10.2022
- Country
- Haiti
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- office raid
- killing of protestors
- protest
- violent protest
- attack on journalist
- killing of journalist
- excessive force
- self censorship
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
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
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
Government agencies used to silence dissent in India as its rights record is scrutinised at the UN
- Published at
- 22.11.2022
- Country
- India
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD killing
- prevention of protest
- protest disruption
- office raid
- excessive force
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- bureaucratic restriction
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
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
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
Dominican Republic: anti-colonial demonstration attacked by ultra-nationalist group
- Published at
- 21.11.2022
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- minority groups
- harassment
- excessive force
- protest
- non state actors
República Dominicana: un grupo ultranacionalista arremete contra manifestantes anticolonialistas
- Published at
- 28.11.2022
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- minority groups
- harassment
- excessive force
- protest
- non state actors
Protesters continue to face prosecution and excessive force while activists criminalised for royal defamation in Thailand
- Published at
- 15.12.2022
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- time,place restrictions
- harassment
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- women
- youth
- restrictive law
- HRD prosecuted
The Singapore authorities continues its use of restrictive laws to harass critics and activists and stifle protests
- Published at
- 20.12.2022
- Country
- Singapore
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship
- protest disruption
- women
Bangladeshi government brutally cracks down on opposition rallies as well as journalists and dissidents
- Published at
- 22.12.2022
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- excessive force
- public vilification
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
Brazil: anti-democratic demonstrations following presidential election
- Published at
- 21.12.2022
- Country
- Brazil
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- harassment
- HRD killing
- public vilification
- violent protest
- censorship
- non state actors
- political interference
- women
- indigenous groups
- environmental rights
- religious groups
- attack on journalist
- youth
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- negative court ruling
- protest
- land rights
Slow progress in ensuring accountability for unlawful killing of protesters in PNG while journalists face restrictions and threats
- Published at
- 30.12.2022
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- killing of protestors
- intimidation
- harassment
- excessive force
Argentina: economic crisis leads to recurrent protests
- Published at
- 30.12.2022
- Country
- Argentina
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protestor(s) detained
- public vilification
- negative court ruling
- censorship
- surveillance
- labour rights
- non state actors
- positive court ruling
- environmental rights
- women
- indigenous groups
- protest
- land rights
Mexico: women defenders and the families of disappeared persons targeted
- Published at
- 30.12.2022
- Country
- Mexico
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- excessive force
- violent protest
- protest
- positive CS development
- journalist detained
- attack on journalist
- public vilification
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD killing
- sexual assault
- labour rights
- youth
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
Restrictive laws, Abductions, Detentions, Vilification and Protest dispersal characterise downward spiral of civic space
- Published at
- 01.11.2022
- Country
- Malawi
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- prevention of protest
- criminal defamation
- LGBTI
- protest
- protest disruption
- youth
- restrictive law
- attack on HRD
- public vilification
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- attack on journalist
Protesters criminalised in Timor-Leste while journalists continue to face harassment
- Published at
- 31.12.2022
- Country
- Timor-Leste
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- youth
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law
Authorities in Pakistan continue harassment of journalists, persecution of activists and stifling of protests
- Published at
- 31.12.2022
- Country
- Pakistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- minority groups
- harassment
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted