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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
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
Crackdown on Palestine solidarity encampments
Published at
12.07.2024
Country
United States of America
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- public vilification
- censorship
- surveillance
- positive court ruling
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
Arbitrary detention of HRD as crackdown intensifies ahead of presidential elections
Published at
25.07.2024
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- journalist detained
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- attack on journalist
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- censorship
- access to info. law
Civic freedoms under threat amid disputed presidential elections
Published at
09.11.2024
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- journalist detained
- intimidation
- transnational repression
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained
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
More foreign media outlets banned; enforced disappearances or detention of critical voices
Published at
14.11.2024
Country
Mali
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- transnational repression
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
China: Human rights defenders criminalised as well as face harassment, surveillance and transnational repression
Published at
27.11.2024
Country
China
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- transnational repression
- harassment
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
Forced conscription of HRDs, journalists and magistrates; a dozen media outlets or programmes suspended
Published at
11.11.2024
Country
Burkina Faso
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- prevention of protest
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
Hong Kong: Jailing of 45 pro-democracy activists, Stand News editors and critics highlights climate of repression
Published at
28.11.2024
Country
Hong Kong
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- HRD prosecuted
Dozens of protesters arrested after clashes with police during economic hardship and environmental protests
Published at
04.11.2024
Country
Ghana
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- HRD detained
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- extractive industries
- time,place restrictions
- protestor(s) detained
Civic space violations ahead of 9 October general elections
Published at
15.09.2024
Country
Mozambique
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- protest
- journalist detained
Afghanistan: Arrests of activists and crackdown on journalists persists as the Taliban ramp up their controls on women
Published at
18.12.2024
Country
Afghanistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- harassment
- HRD detained
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- journalist detained
Activists, journalists and bloggers arrested and jailed while new decrees to control associations and the internet come into effect
Published at
19.12.2024
Country
Vietnam
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Crackdown on dissent over nuclear power plant, controversial media accreditation rules, and anti-‘’LGBTQI+ propaganda’’ measures
Published at
19.12.2024
Country
Kazakhstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- journalist detained
- intimidation
- transnational repression
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- refusal of registration
- criminal defamation
- protest
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Philippines: Activists remain at risk of red-tagging, disappearances and fabricated terrorism charges
Published at
06.01.2025
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- harassment
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- travel ban
- labour rights
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Malaysia: Government stifles expression, increases online controls and facilitates transnational repression
Published at
15.01.2025
Country
Malaysia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- place restrictions
- women
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- harassment
- transnational repression
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
Cambodia: Hun Manet government escalates its criminalisation of activists and critics to stifle dissent
Published at
17.01.2025
Country
Cambodia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- transnational repression
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights
Les autorités interdisent davantage de médias étrangers et les voix critiques sont la cible de détentions et disparitions forcées
Published at
14.11.2024
Country
Mali
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- transnational repression
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
Des DDH, des journalistes et des magistrats enrôlés de force ; une douzaine de médias et de programmes suspendus
Published at
15.11.2024
Country
Burkina Faso
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- prevention of protest
- time,place restrictions
- censorship