Mali: les autorités pénalisent les critiques à l’heure où le militantisme et la libertés d’expression sont acculés Published at 05.02.2024 Country Mali Category Latest Developments Tags: women CSO closure intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD detained protest public vilification enforced disappearance killing of journalist political interference censorship journalist detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Afghanistan: Taliban continues its persecution of women’s rights activists, journalists and artists Published at 07.02.2024 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women religious groups harassment HRD detained protest enforced disappearance sexual assault torture/ill-treatment journalist detained Read more
Hong Kong: Continued arrest and prosecution of activists and critics as leaders start push for new security law Published at 15.02.2024 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
China: Activists and journalists face arrests and convictions despite UN human rights review Published at 01.03.2024 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups harassment HRD detained negative court ruling enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Philippines: Harassment and criminalisation of activists persist despite concerns raised by UN rights experts Published at 14.03.2024 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption indigenous groups women intimidation harassment HRD detained killing of journalist HRD prosecuted Read more
Thailand: Activists criminalised including in the Deep South while Move Forward party faces disbandment Published at 20.03.2024 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women minority groups transnational repression harassment HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation enforced disappearance restrictive law HRD acquitted journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Vietnam: Social media activists arrested, ethnic minorities jailed while protests against development projects crushed Published at 27.03.2024 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Venezuela: restrictions on civic space continue with severe constraints on CSOs Published at 01.02.2024 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: women office raid intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained labour rights protest enforced disappearance restrictive law censorship journalist detained Read more
Venezuela: Continúan las restricciones al espacio cívico con serias limitaciones a las OSC Published at 06.02.2024 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: women office raid intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained labour rights protest enforced disappearance restrictive law censorship journalist detained Read more
Despite international scrutiny at the IACHR and UN, crackdown on CSOs persists Published at 05.03.2024 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure religious groups intimidation HRD detained labour rights enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment political interference HRD prosecuted Read more
Civic space deteriorates further as “foreign agent”-style NGO law is adopted and media crackdown widens Published at 25.04.2024 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction place restrictions office raid HRD detained negative court ruling public vilification torture/ill-treatment restrictive law time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Journalists remain at risk Published at 01.03.2024 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs HRD detained internet restriction censorship journalist detained Read more
Prominent Bedoon Rights Defender Mohammed Al-Barghash sentenced to three years in prison with hard labour Published at 16.04.2024 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups intimidation HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Persiste la represión de OSC a pesar del escrutinio internacional de la CIDH y la ONU Published at 21.03.2024 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure religious groups intimidation HRD detained labour rights enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment political interference HRD prosecuted Read more
Tanzania's opposition holds country's first major protests in seven years Published at 29.03.2024 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: protest internet restriction censorship youth women intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained Read more
Concerns over new law which turns military into internal security institution Published at 29.02.2024 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment HRD detained public vilification political interference restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Afghanistan: Detention, criminalisation and torture of activists continue as the UN Human Rights Council reviews its record Published at 23.05.2024 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD detained protest torture/ill-treatment journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
India: Crackdown on the opposition, divisive rhetoric and targeting of activists and critics persists around the elections Published at 29.05.2024 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women release of HRDs harassment travel ban HRD detained restrictive law journalist detained Read more
Ongoing attacks on journalists and HRDs spark concern Published at 08.01.2024 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI HRD detained enforced disappearance killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment surveillance land rights Read more
Flood coverage restrictions, women’s rights rally ban, and legal cases against activists Published at 05.06.2024 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation HRD detained refusal of registration excessive force criminal defamation prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment censorship LGBTI women refugees and migrants labour rights protest internet restriction restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted transnational repression Read more
Tajikistan: On the road to total control? Published at 12.06.2024 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure intimidation harassment transnational repression HRD detained internet restriction bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
