Tightening the screws on dissent: harassment, coercion and censorship Published at 07.08.2017 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women intimidation harassment travel ban HRD detained enforced disappearance internet restriction torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law time,place restrictions censorship non state actors Read more
Concern over proposed amendments to law on religious freedom Published at 07.08.2017 Country Armenia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI torture/ill-treatment religious groups intimidation harassment censorship Read more
Women’s rights activist attacked and accused of being a witch Published at 10.10.2017 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD torture/ill-treatment Read more
Report highlights widespread human rights abuses in Republic of Congo Published at 20.03.2017 Country Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment Read more
UN expert raises concerns over restrictions on civic space in Sudan Published at 21.08.2017 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid torture/ill-treatment CSO closure funding restriction bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD detained Read more
Crackdown on Christian followers as thousands flee the country Published at 19.09.2017 Country Eritrea Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment religious groups refugees and migrants Read more
UN interviews find widespread use of excessive force by security forces to quell protests Published at 23.08.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship intimidation harassment excessive force protest sexual assault killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
NGO bill under consideration poses "grave danger to democracy" Published at 14.09.2017 Country Nigeria Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest protestor(s) detained indigenous groups office raid religious groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest torture/ill-treatment land rights Read more
Human rights changes: more piecemeal than systemic Published at 12.09.2017 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women torture/ill-treatment intimidation travel ban protest land rights Read more
New law passed to protect LGBTI community from hate crimes Published at 21.09.2017 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI surveillance torture/ill-treatment protest positive CS development Read more
Environment for civil society in Egypt: “among the darker and more dangerous” Published at 02.10.2017 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment women restrictive law Read more
Chilling attacks on freedom of expression ahead of APEC Published at 03.11.2017 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained restrictive law intimidation censorship HRD detained women torture/ill-treatment Read more
Concerns over draft NGO law and restrictions on social gatherings Published at 20.10.2017 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment restrictive law bureaucratic restriction time,place restrictions censorship attack on journalist Read more
Public opinion against Duterte's war on drugs intensifies in wake of continued killings Published at 18.10.2017 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship LGBTI protest intimidation attack on journalist enforced disappearance killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment censorship Read more
4 LUCHA activists released, while 4 HRDs sentenced to prison Published at 18.10.2017 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD excessive force protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Deepening humanitarian crisis now coined a "catastrophe" Published at 30.10.2017 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: women refugees and migrants religious groups minority groups travel ban sexual assault torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction HRD acquitted Read more
Civil society: new law restricts freedoms of association and expression Published at 30.11.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment restrictive law attack on journalist public vilification Read more
New Year starts with criminalisation of protests and continued repression Published at 24.01.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: women release of HRDs positive court ruling travel ban protest disruption killing of protestors excessive force torture/ill-treatment violent protest censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Human rights lawyers bare the brunt of clampdown Published at 05.01.2018 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment censorship surveillance attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained Read more
Uzbekistan: Some positive developments but critics and journalists still face reprisals Published at 20.12.2017 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction HRD acquitted censorship journalist detained intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained internet restriction torture/ill-treatment political interference protestor(s) detained Read more
Student activists ill-treated by security forces during protests Published at 31.01.2018 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights excessive force criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment private sector protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights attack on HRD Read more
