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Pakistan: Journalists and activists criminalised and abducted while government seeks more powers
- Published at
- 11.08.2023
- Country
- Pakistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Guinea: HRDs acquitted, but continue to face harassment; press freedom violations soar
- Published at
- 14.08.2023
- Country
- Guinea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- place restrictions
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
Targeting of Journalists and media outlets intensifies as conflict escalates
- Published at
- 31.05.2023
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
India: Ahead of the G20 summit, human rights defenders face raids, arrests and detention while impunity persists in Manipur
- Published at
- 17.08.2023
- Country
- India
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- internet restriction
- environmental rights
Singapore: Anti-fake news POFMA law used to block news outlet, target critics as another law to regulate online content is passed
- Published at
- 18.08.2023
- Country
- Singapore
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship
- restrictive law
- LGBTI
México: continúan las agresiones a periodistas
- Published at
- 12.09.2023
- Country
- Mexico
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD killing
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- environmental rights
Anti-Homosexuality Act signed into law, vocal government critic shot dead
- Published at
- 30.06.2023
- Country
- Uganda
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- women
- youth
- sexual assault
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- labour rights
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
WHRD Faces malicious threats and online attacks
- Published at
- 15.08.2023
- Country
- Syria
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- attack on HRD
- religious groups
- harassment
- public vilification
- HRD threatened
- non state actors
Venezuela: OSC condenan el acoso al activista Óscar Costero
- Published at
- 12.09.2023
- Country
- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- censorship
Bangladesh: Government ramps up persecution, smear campaign against activists while attacks on the opposition persist
- Published at
- 08.09.2023
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- labour rights
- enforced disappearance
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
- protestor(s) detained
Guinée : des défenseurs des droits humains acquittés, mais toujours harcelés ; explosion des violations de la liberté de la presse
- Published at
- 21.08.2023
- Country
- Guinea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- place restrictions
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
Hong Kong: Crackdown on dissent continues with warrants against activists in exile and harassment of their families
- Published at
- 13.09.2023
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Authorities use the criminal justice system to harass journalists and activists
- Published at
- 18.09.2023
- Country
- Lebanon
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Myanmar: Despite arrests, torture and failure of ASEAN, activists continue to mobilise against the junta
- Published at
- 19.09.2023
- Country
- Myanmar
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- women
- youth
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- labour rights
- enforced disappearance
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Internet activists subjected to retrial
- Published at
- 31.08.2023
- Country
- Oman
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- religious groups
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
Iran cracks down on dissent on first anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in custody
- Published at
- 26.09.2023
- Country
- Iran
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- CSO closure
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
Journalists continue to be targeted systematically
- Published at
- 28.04.2023
- Country
- Somalia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- protest
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Amendments re-criminalising defamation adopted despite protests
- Published at
- 03.08.2023
- Country
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- access to info. law
Nepal: Environmental defenders at risk, journalists targeted and concerns around the new cyber security policy
- Published at
- 29.09.2023
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- environmental rights
USA: Freedoms at risk with media raids and surveillance of protesters
- Published at
- 31.08.2023
- Country
- United States of America
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- office raid
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- protest
- restrictive law
- surveillance
- environmental rights