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Protesters face brutal violations as widespread protests escalate, internet shut down
Published at
16.10.2019
Country
Iraq
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- violent protest
- intimidation
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- attack on journalist
- public vilification
- killing of protestors
- journalist detained
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- internet restriction
- censorship
- youth
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs

Constitutional amendment sparks concern about democratic institutions in the Dominican Republic
Published at
18.10.2019
Country
Dominican Republic
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- prevention of protest
- violent protest
- criminal defamation
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- protest

Protests against constitutional changes : at least 9 killed, several activists sentenced to prison
Published at
22.10.2019
Country
Guinea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- protestor(s) detained
- criminal defamation
- killing of protestors
- protest disruption
- harassment
- HRD detained
- violent protest
- time,place restrictions
- HRD prosecuted

Two environmental defenders killed in one week in Guatemala
Published at
16.10.2019
Country
Guatemala
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- HRD killing
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force

Peru’s institutions in turmoil after Congress dissolution
Published at
22.10.2019
Country
Peru
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- harassment
- excessive force
- labour rights
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
- extractive industries
- environmental rights

Journalists prosecuted, media outlets suspended
Published at
28.10.2019
Country
Chad
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- killing of journalist
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors

Mass protests in Ecuador: hundreds detained and thousands injured in ten days
Published at
23.10.2019
Country
Ecuador
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- protest

Guatemala: dos defensoras del medioambiente asesinadas en una semana
Published at
25.10.2019
Country
Guatemala
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
- HRD killing
- violent protest
- excessive force

República Dominicana: reforma constitucional suscita preocupación por las instituciones democráticas
Published at
21.10.2019
Country
Dominican Republic
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- positive court ruling
- prevention of protest
- violent protest
- protest

Manifestations contre des modifications constitutionnelles: au moins neuf tués
Published at
25.10.2019
Country
Guinea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- time,place restrictions
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted

Violence escalates during Colombia's elections
Published at
22.10.2019
Country
Colombia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- killing of journalist
- youth
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- violent protest

Honduras: repression of protests and criminalisation of defamation concern civil society
Published at
10.06.2019
Country
Honduras
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- protest
- extractive industries
- excessive force
- criminal defamation

Des journalistes poursuivis, des médias suspendus
Published at
31.10.2019
Country
Chad
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- excessive force
- internet restriction
- killing of journalist
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors

Repression of peaceful assembly has become a pattern in Honduras
Published at
08.10.2019
Country
Honduras
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- killing of journalist
- violent protest
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights

Hong Kong protesters face arrests, excessive force and torture while journalists ill-treated
Published at
05.11.2019
Country
China
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- censorship
- protest
- journalist detained
- prevention of protest
- protestor(s) detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- non state actors

Academics arrested, journalists silenced and blanket bans on LGBTI protests
Published at
03.07.2019
Country
Turkey
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- women
- protest
- release of HRDs
- HRD acquitted
- travel ban
- prevention of protest
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- time,place restrictions

Websites blocked, journalists arrested and protests dispersed using excessive force
Published at
08.05.2019
Country
Turkey
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- release of HRDs
- excessive force
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- HRD detained
- protest disruption
- protest
- prevention of protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted

“Chile has awoken”: several demonstrators killed and thousands detained in massive protests
Published at
31.10.2019
Country
Chile
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- excessive force
- protest
- sexual assault
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained

Attacks and harassment of independent media continues unabated
Published at
08.08.2018
Country
Cuba
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- journalist detained
- LGBTI
- women
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- religious groups
- release of HRDs
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- protestor(s) detained

Vietnamese activists face imprisonment, attacks and arbitrary prison transfers
Published at
05.09.2018
Country
Vietnam
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- environmental rights
- internet restriction
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- travel ban
- restrictive law
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- non state actors
- women
- protestor(s) detained
- religious groups
- positive CS development
- HRD threatened