"Black Thursday": at least 50 killed in protests against extension of military transitional period Published at 01.11.2022 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest time,place restrictions protest disruption CSO closure journalist detained intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist excessive force internet restriction killing of journalist killing of protestors prevention of protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Environmental rights protests & activists continue to come under attack Published at 01.11.2022 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained LGBTI youth attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force protest public vilification environmental rights Read more
Venezuela: intimidation and harassment of human rights defenders Published at 04.10.2022 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: protest internet restriction censorship women intimidation harassment travel ban protestor(s) detained HRD threatened attack on journalist labour rights HRD prosecuted Read more
Civil society urges the UN to reject Vietnam’s bid for the Human Rights Council as it continues to arrest and jail activists Published at 21.09.2022 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation protest women minority groups protest disruption travel ban restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Environmental activists fined and taken into police custody for civil disobedience Published at 01.06.2022 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Protests demand release of activists detained over bank heist, journalists face rape threats and death threats Published at 10.11.2022 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: protest censorship women office raid intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protestor(s) detained Read more
Bolivia: Strike paralyses Santa Cruz department for over a month Published at 05.12.2022 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD threatened women indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment attack on journalist labour rights protest extractive industries killing of protestors violent protest protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
USA: Massive workers’ strike at California university Published at 06.12.2022 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained LGBTI women youth intimidation labour rights protest private sector enabling law time,place restrictions journalist detained environmental rights Read more
University protests against riot police deployment continue, Predator-gate scandal raises further concerns about surveillance Published at 30.09.2022 Country Greece Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment surveillance excessive force protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction positive court ruling youth access to info. law protestor(s) detained women intimidation Read more
Canada: courts consider cases with impact on civic freedoms Published at 02.11.2022 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption restrictive law women refugees and migrants protest private sector HRD prosecuted environmental rights protestor(s) detained Read more
Government agencies used to silence dissent in India as its rights record is scrutinised at the UN Published at 22.11.2022 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing prevention of protest protest disruption office raid excessive force harassment negative court ruling bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Maldives elected to UN Human Rights Council despite press freedom concerns, restrictions on protests and impunity Published at 18.11.2022 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protestor(s) detained positive court ruling protest disruption restrictive law Read more
Harassment and criminalisation of activists and journalists in Hong Kong continues unabated Published at 13.12.2022 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Protesters continue to face prosecution and excessive force while activists criminalised for royal defamation in Thailand Published at 15.12.2022 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: time,place restrictions harassment surveillance attack on journalist protestor(s) detained excessive force criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment LGBTI protest disruption women youth restrictive law HRD prosecuted Read more
Bolivia: una huelga paraliza el departamento de Santa Cruz durante más de un mes Published at 16.12.2022 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups women attack on HRD harassment attack on journalist labour rights protest extractive industries killing of protestors violent protest protestor(s) detained HRD threatened non state actors Read more
Bangladeshi government brutally cracks down on opposition rallies as well as journalists and dissidents Published at 22.12.2022 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation harassment excessive force public vilification enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Argentina: economic crisis leads to recurrent protests Published at 30.12.2022 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist harassment HRD detained excessive force protestor(s) detained public vilification negative court ruling censorship surveillance labour rights non state actors positive court ruling environmental rights women indigenous groups protest land rights Read more
Mexico: women defenders and the families of disappeared persons targeted Published at 30.12.2022 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: women excessive force violent protest protest positive CS development journalist detained attack on journalist public vilification protestor(s) detained HRD killing sexual assault labour rights youth protest disruption indigenous groups Read more
Restrictive laws, Abductions, Detentions, Vilification and Protest dispersal characterise downward spiral of civic space Published at 01.11.2022 Country Malawi Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship prevention of protest criminal defamation LGBTI protest protest disruption youth restrictive law attack on HRD public vilification journalist detained protestor(s) detained attack on journalist Read more
Youth climate protesters detained; massive cyber security attack on media outlets Published at 28.11.2022 Country Portugal Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference harassment protest internet restriction access to info. law censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Protesters criminalised in Timor-Leste while journalists continue to face harassment Published at 31.12.2022 Country Timor-Leste Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment youth protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law Read more
