Protesters clash amid rising polarisation over the 2025 elections Published at 25.10.2024 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest extractive industries violent protest enabling law censorship protestor(s) detained private sector Read more
Opposition activists and journalists bear the brunt of police excesses Published at 30.04.2024 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD HRD detained torture/ill-treatment journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Arbitrary arrests; no respite for journalists and political activists Published at 30.08.2024 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD threatened attack on HRD intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained torture/ill-treatment political interference Read more
South Sudan parliament passes controversial National Security Bill Published at 29.10.2024 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained restrictive law release of HRDs Read more
Police violently disrupt anti-corruption protests Published at 30.08.2024 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Environmental Defenders under pressure for opposing controversial oil project Published at 28.06.2024 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained non state actors protest torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Alarm over surge in executions and death sentences, WHRDs remain in prison Published at 30.09.2024 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: women harassment HRD detained negative court ruling torture/ill-treatment censorship HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Prominent HRD detained, released on condition to sign pledge Published at 18.09.2024 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted release of HRDs Read more
Arbitrary arrests and imprisonment; no respite for HRDs, journalists Published at 31.07.2024 Country Yemen Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling release of HRDs HRD detained negative court ruling enforced disappearance HRD acquitted censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Opposition figures continue to be a target Published at 30.09.2024 Country Somaliland Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained political interference Read more
Crackdown on Peaceful Assembly and Expression amidst Israel's bombardment in Palestine Published at 12.04.2024 Country Israel Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protest disruption women refugees and migrants intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD detained labour rights protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
Draconian Cybercrime law used to target protesters, HRDs, journalists amid pro-Palestine protests Published at 18.04.2024 Country Jordan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship youth protest disruption intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force protest prevention of protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Authorities continue clampdown against pro-Palestine protests and expression Published at 31.10.2024 Country Jordan Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid refugees and migrants CSO closure release of HRDs travel ban HRD detained criminal defamation censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Journalists targeted as Claudia Sheinbaum elected Mexico’s first female president; Protest for water rights turns deadly Published at 16.09.2024 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force killing of journalist killing of protestors HRD acquitted HRD prosecuted Read more
Enfrentamientos entre manifestantes en medio de una polarización creciente por las elecciones de 2025 Published at 04.11.2024 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest extractive industries violent protest enabling law censorship protestor(s) detained private sector Read more
DRC resumes executions; civic space restrictions of all sorts Published at 13.09.2024 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption office raid attack on HRD harassment attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling political interference bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Timor-Leste: Ban on solidarity protests on West Papua and arrest of activists Published at 08.11.2024 Country Timor-Leste Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained prevention of protest HRD threatened bureaucratic restriction Read more
At least three Indigenous leaders murdered; Attacks on journalists raise press freedom concerns Published at 05.09.2024 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI indigenous groups attack on HRD office raid attack on journalist HRD detained HRD killing negative court ruling criminal defamation protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Dozens of people killed in crackdown on #EndBadGovernance protests against high cost of living; journalists arrested, prosecuted under amended Cybercrimes Act Published at 31.10.2024 Country Nigeria Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained protest killing of protestors violent protest time,place restrictions journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Media freedom under threat; enforced disappearance of two HRDs Published at 31.10.2024 Country Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force enforced disappearance killing of protestors censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Another Pataxó leader killed; Lawsuits and legal threats against journalists continue Published at 21.04.2024 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women office raid attack on HRD intimidation positive CS development HRD detained HRD killing negative court ruling criminal defamation protest prevention of protest restrictive law private sector censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Violations documented ahead of elections Published at 31.10.2024 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants intimidation HRD detained political interference censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Record sentences for climate activists, raids on journalists under Terrorism Act Published at 29.10.2024 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid intimidation HRD detained journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Nepal: Activists and online critics arrested to stifle dissent as journalists remain at risk Published at 18.11.2024 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women intimidation positive CS development HRD detained excessive force restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
India: Death of human rights defender and continued repression of dissent highlights risks facing activists Published at 20.11.2024 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women minority groups intimidation harassment HRD detained labour rights bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
