DRC: New press law and Digital Code: certain press offences remain criminalised Published at 03.05.2023 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened non state actors Read more
RDC : une manifestation fait une cinquantaine de morts ; arrestation et poursuites contre un journaliste de renom Published at 16.10.2023 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Gabon: General elections amid civic space violations, followed by military takeover Published at 17.10.2023 Country Gabon Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship release of HRDs internet restriction Read more
Cambodia: Criminalisation of activists and the opposition continues following sham elections and transfer of political power Published at 23.10.2023 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protest disruption women attack on HRD harassment travel ban negative court ruling internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Civic space violations continue in Senegal: protesters killed, HRD and journalists judicially harassed Published at 24.10.2023 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation internet restriction killing of protestors violent protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Protests for and against Catalan independence, far-right party bans journalists from HQ on election night Published at 24.09.2023 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on journalist labour rights protest political interference censorship Read more
Nauru: Lack of transparency around new asylum seekers detained on island Published at 26.10.2023 Country Nauru Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship refugees and migrants Read more
Intimidation against KISA continues amidst violent attacks against migrants and refugees. Published at 02.10.2023 Country Cyprus Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship refugees and migrants Read more
Les militaires prennent le pouvoir après les élections générales dans un context marqué par les violations de l’espace civique Published at 26.10.2023 Country Gabon Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship release of HRDs internet restriction Read more
Pro-Ukrainian concert cancelled due to pressure from pro-Russian protesters Published at 05.04.2023 Country Montenegro Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women attack on journalist protest censorship people with disabilities Read more
Journalists continue to face increasing violations Published at 11.08.2023 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship LGBTI office raid religious groups CSO closure censorship Read more
Crackdown on Bedoon Rights Defenders unabating, Draft Law to restrict Freedom of Expression Published at 17.10.2023 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted minority groups harassment HRD detained Read more
Anti-Government protests erupt over new Finance Act Published at 20.10.2023 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI protest disruption release of HRDs excessive force protest public vilification killing of protestors censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Proposed anti-LGBTQI+ Law imposes harsher penalties Published at 10.10.2023 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI harassment restrictive law censorship journalist detained Read more
HRD killed, CSOs villified, protests documented Published at 20.10.2023 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption refugees and migrants intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest public vilification killing of protestors censorship environmental rights land rights Read more
Several protests take place in the country Published at 17.04.2023 Country Trinidad and Tobago Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship labour rights protest Read more
Les violations de l’espace civique se poursuivent: des manifestants tués, des journalistes et des défenseurs des droits de l’homme harcelés par la justice Published at 29.10.2023 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation internet restriction killing of protestors violent protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
India: Raids on journalists and activists escalate while those reporting on Manipur and Kashmir are silenced Published at 30.10.2023 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption indigenous groups women minority groups intimidation harassment HRD detained enforced disappearance internet restriction extractive industries political interference restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Military operations continue to threaten civil society, as watchdog reports one killing and three injuries of NGO workers in Ukraine in 2023 Published at 11.05.2023 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship attack on journalist HRD killing killing of journalist Read more
Pegasus spyware “extensively” used to target journalists and activists in Armenia, new report finds Published at 18.05.2023 Country Armenia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship access to info. law surveillance restrictive law Read more
China: Government elected to UN Human Rights Council as it prosecutes and jails human rights defenders and journalists Published at 30.10.2023 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: women minority groups HRD detained torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
