USA: Freedoms at risk with media raids and surveillance of protesters Published at 31.08.2023 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling office raid harassment negative court ruling protest restrictive law surveillance environmental rights Read more
Vietnam: Criminalisation and ill-treatment of activists persists as government marks one year on the Human Rights Council Published at 05.10.2023 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD minority groups intimidation HRD detained negative court ruling torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Indonesia: Crackdown on activists, expression and protests including in Papua as government seeks Human Rights Council membership Published at 06.10.2023 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI place restrictions indigenous groups protest disruption women intimidation harassment attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment violent protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained private sector land rights Read more
Protests raise awareness of women’s rights, demand stronger protections against domestic violence Published at 01.04.2023 Country Croatia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI place restrictions women religious groups labour rights protest restrictive law people with disabilities environmental rights Read more
Philippines: Activists face judicial harassment, abductions and being designated as terrorists Published at 11.10.2023 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth women intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD killing labour rights protest public vilification enforced disappearance restrictive law HRD acquitted HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Sri Lanka: Journalists and activists targeted, protests stifled and new restrictive laws proposed Published at 13.10.2023 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained surveillance Read more
Bangladesh: Government continues targeting activists and criminalising opposition members ahead of UN human rights review Published at 23.10.2023 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment negative court ruling criminal defamation enforced disappearance prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Cambodia: Criminalisation of activists and the opposition continues following sham elections and transfer of political power Published at 23.10.2023 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protest disruption women attack on HRD harassment travel ban negative court ruling internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Afghanistan: Continued raids on and detention of activists, journalists, and crackdown on peaceful protests Published at 25.10.2023 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling self censorship protest disruption women surveillance HRD detained excessive force protest prevention of protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Crackdown on Bedoon Rights Defenders unabating, Draft Law to restrict Freedom of Expression Published at 17.10.2023 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted minority groups harassment HRD detained Read more
Proposed anti-LGBTQI+ Law imposes harsher penalties Published at 10.10.2023 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI harassment restrictive law censorship journalist detained Read more
India: Raids on journalists and activists escalate while those reporting on Manipur and Kashmir are silenced Published at 30.10.2023 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption indigenous groups women minority groups intimidation harassment HRD detained enforced disappearance internet restriction extractive industries political interference restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Ukraine: New UN report details violations of civil liberties in Russian-occupied territories Published at 21.03.2023 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups intimidation attack on journalist criminal defamation protest enforced disappearance killing of journalist restrictive law Read more
Georgia: “Foreign agents law” withdrawn after massive protests Published at 24.04.2023 Country Georgia Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction positive CS development excessive force restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Pegasus spyware “extensively” used to target journalists and activists in Armenia, new report finds Published at 18.05.2023 Country Armenia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship access to info. law surveillance restrictive law Read more
Ireland ranks highly in freedom rankings but CSOs are concerned over LGBTQI+ and anti-immigrant incidents and surveillance laws Published at 18.10.2023 Country Ireland Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI refugees and migrants protest violent protest restrictive law access to info. law surveillance Read more
China: Government elected to UN Human Rights Council as it prosecutes and jails human rights defenders and journalists Published at 30.10.2023 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: women minority groups HRD detained torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Government abandons Bill of Rights Bill, controversial laws on migration, protest and strikes remain Published at 30.10.2023 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants positive CS development travel ban negative court ruling labour rights protest restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Chad: No accountability one year after deadly ‘Black Thursday’ protests; news site temporarily suspended Published at 31.10.2023 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation positive CS development prevention of protest restrictive law censorship Read more
Protests and repression in Jujuy Published at 15.10.2023 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups harassment attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Thailand: New government continues to criminalise activists for royal defamation and prosecute protesters Published at 31.10.2023 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth women negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
