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Thousands participate in the Women's march, while LGBTIQ group loses observer status with the ACHPR
Published at
04.09.2018
Country
South Africa
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- extractive industries
- violent protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- surveillance
- labour rights
- protest
- non state actors

Concerns over freedom of expression heighten as more media outlets are forced to shutdown
Published at
07.09.2018
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- harassment
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD threatened
- labour rights
- protest

Civil Society Shines A Light on Embattled Civic Space
Published at
17.09.2018
Country
Sudan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- excessive force
- bureaucratic restriction
- travel ban
- restrictive law
- HRD detained
- violent protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD threatened

Brazil continues to be a hostile place for journalists, two killed in recent months
Published at
19.09.2018
Country
Brazil
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- killing of journalist
- women
- indigenous groups
- HRD killing
- HRD threatened
- non state actors

Fake news law proposal, another tool to crackdown on critics
Published at
24.09.2018
Country
Singapore
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- restrictive law
- LGBTI

Crackdown on independent media continues in Belarus
Published at
25.09.2018
Country
Belarus
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- office raid
- intimidation
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- negative court ruling
- HRD threatened

India: Routine Repression of Civil Society
Published at
25.09.2018
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- journalist detained
- youth
- attack on HRD
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- HRD threatened
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- HRD prosecuted
- protest
- public vilification
- political interference
- non state actors

'They treat us inhumanely', said campesino leader Medardo Mairena from prison
Published at
09.10.2018
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- travel ban
- youth
- women
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- killing of protestors
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD acquitted
- HRD threatened
- non state actors

Kabila not running for another term, but human rights concerns persist
Published at
27.09.2018
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- protest
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- land rights

Intensification of conflict in Anglophone Cameroon: citizens targeted
Published at
04.10.2018
Country
Cameroon
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- journalist detained
- prevention of protest
- HRD threatened

Corruption findings result in pressure on media, intimidation of activists and civil society protest
Published at
06.02.2020
Country
Kyrgyzstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- surveillance
- HRD threatened
- protest

Reprisals against activists for 2020 protests unabating
Published at
30.09.2021
Country
Belarus
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- political interference
- harassment
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
- HRD threatened

NGOs highlight suppression around virus outbreak in China while persecution of activists continue
Published at
07.02.2020
Country
China
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- youth
- protest disruption
- minority groups
- harassment
- HRD threatened
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted

Tres personas defensoras de los DD. HH. hondureñas asesinadas en una semana
Published at
07.02.2020
Country
Honduras
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD killing
- HRD threatened
- environmental rights
- non state actors

Tightening the screws on dissent: N1 under attack
Published at
10.02.2020
Country
Serbia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- public vilification
- office raid
- political interference
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted

Attacks against journalists and confiscation of equipment increasing in Venezuela
Published at
14.11.2019
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- women
- HRD threatened
- release of HRDs
- intimidation

Authorities use force to disperse protests, harass journalists
Published at
11.12.2019
Country
Azerbaijan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened

Three Honduran human rights defenders killed in one week
Published at
04.02.2020
Country
Honduras
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD killing
- HRD threatened
- environmental rights
- non state actors
- women
- indigenous groups

Journalists and activists targeted as many fear regression of rights following Sri Lankan elections
Published at
15.12.2019
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD threatened
- protest

Death threats intensify after civil society questions changes to criminal code
Published at
19.12.2019
Country
Serbia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD threatened
- public vilification