State of affairs in Chad: harassment of activists and prevention of protests Published at 10.08.2017 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment prevention of protest attack on HRD negative court ruling intimidation Read more
Women’s rights activist attacked and accused of being a witch Published at 10.10.2017 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD torture/ill-treatment Read more
Debate over draft law's potential impact on the right to freedom of expression Published at 24.08.2017 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on journalist women attack on HRD restrictive law environmental rights Read more
Touche pas à ma Constitution campaign a success: plans to revise constitution suspended Published at 28.08.2017 Country Mali Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling protest Read more
4 LUCHA activists released, while 4 HRDs sentenced to prison Published at 18.10.2017 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD excessive force protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Indigenous community judge murdered and HRDs face continuous threats Published at 14.11.2017 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups attack on HRD attack on journalist HRD killing protest political interference protestor(s) detained HRD threatened environmental rights Read more
No end to repression after the Asian Games Published at 27.11.2017 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD religious groups intimidation censorship harassment refusal of registration protest internet restriction restrictive law surveillance Read more
Authorities target land and indigenous rights activism Published at 19.12.2017 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups attack on HRD HRD detained attack on journalist excessive force protest extractive industries restrictive law private sector journalist detained environmental rights Read more
Fundamental rights remain under siege in the shadow of the economic crisis Published at 18.01.2018 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained protest internet restriction censorship journalist detained Read more
Teachers strike due to pay freeze from IMF agreement Published at 24.01.2018 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship attack on HRD labour rights environmental rights HRD killing protest Read more
Environmental rights defender killed as authorities label activists as ‘terrorists’ Published at 27.03.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups youth women attack on HRD harassment HRD detained HRD killing protest political interference private sector censorship surveillance HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Human rights lawyers bare the brunt of clampdown Published at 05.01.2018 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment censorship surveillance attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained Read more
Student activists ill-treated by security forces during protests Published at 31.01.2018 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights excessive force criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment private sector protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights attack on HRD Read more
Civic space violations continue during post-electoral crisis Published at 30.01.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD positive CS development attack on journalist protest disruption HRD killing HRD detained excessive force protest killing of protestors political interference censorship Read more
Attempt to shut down Rappler news site part of efforts to muzzle free expression Published at 01.02.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption indigenous groups attack on HRD HRD killing excessive force protest bureaucratic restriction land rights Read more
Human rights activists abducted and ill-treated for protesting against illegal occupation of lakes Published at 25.01.2018 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD torture/ill-treatment political interference intimidation harassment environmental rights protest Read more
Alarming wave of attacks against human rights defenders and journalists Published at 09.03.2018 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD positive court ruling harassment attack on journalist HRD killing negative court ruling HRD threatened environmental rights Read more
Activists harassed amid post-electoral crisis Published at 14.03.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption excessive force attack on HRD harassment positive CS development labour rights private sector Read more
Deadly anti-Kabila protests followed by wave of arrests of social movement activists Published at 11.05.2018 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD acquitted killing of protestors non state actors journalist detained women protestor(s) detained release of HRDs youth protest disruption attack on HRD HRD detained protest HRD killing excessive force internet restriction criminal defamation enforced disappearance prevention of protest sexual assault HRD prosecuted Read more
Authorities fail to investigate break-ins targeting human rights organisations Published at 08.03.2018 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance attack on HRD torture/ill-treatment journalist detained positive court ruling non state actors Read more
Attacks on fundamental freedoms continue in the lead up to elections Published at 09.02.2018 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law HRD prosecuted women attack on HRD environmental rights HRD killing negative court ruling criminal defamation land rights Read more
