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India: Modi government targets civil society groups and activists, suppresses protests and censors reporting as election draws near
- Published at
- 22.02.2024
- Country
- India
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- protest disruption
- office raid
- youth
- minority groups
- harassment
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
At least three killed in protests, other civic space violations as President Macky Sall delays presidential elections
- Published at
- 26.02.2024
- Country
- Senegal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- political interference
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Cambodia: Ahead of upcoming UN review, Hun Manet’s government continues targeting activists and critics
- Published at
- 29.02.2024
- Country
- Cambodia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
China: Activists and journalists face arrests and convictions despite UN human rights review
- Published at
- 01.03.2024
- Country
- China
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Sri Lanka: Authorities continue to stifle protests, harass activists and push repressive laws
- Published at
- 07.03.2024
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
Papua New Guinea: Cybercrime law used to criminalise expression while concerns remain around proposed media law
- Published at
- 12.03.2024
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- harassment
- excessive force
- protest
- criminal defamation
Mongolia: Editor arrested for her criticism of the courts and activists criminalised
- Published at
- 13.03.2024
- Country
- Mongolia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- office raid
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
Philippines: Harassment and criminalisation of activists persist despite concerns raised by UN rights experts
- Published at
- 14.03.2024
- Country
- Philippines
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- killing of journalist
- HRD prosecuted
Thailand: Activists criminalised including in the Deep South while Move Forward party faces disbandment
- Published at
- 20.03.2024
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- women
- minority groups
- transnational repression
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Pakistan: New government continues blocking the internet and persecuting journalists and activists
- Published at
- 25.03.2024
- Country
- Pakistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- people with disabilities
Two land and environmental defenders killed in less than a month
- Published at
- 28.12.2023
- Country
- Peru
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- non state actors
- environmental rights
- land rights
South Korea: Press freedom under attack, doctors strike targeted as UN committee calls for reforms
- Published at
- 28.03.2024
- Country
- South Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- harassment
- protest
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
Malaysia: Restrictions on freedoms escalating despite international scrutiny at the Human Rights Council
- Published at
- 28.03.2024
- Country
- Malaysia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
Singapore: Harassment of pro-Palestinian, anti-death penalty activism and misuse of POFMA law to silence dissent
- Published at
- 05.04.2024
- Country
- Singapore
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- restrictive law
- women
- protest
Dos personas defensoras del medioambiente y del derecho a la tierra asesinadas en menos de un mes
- Published at
- 04.01.2024
- Country
- Peru
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- non state actors
- environmental rights
- land rights
Qatari authorities continue to target prominent HRD Abdullah Al-Maliki
- Published at
- 15.03.2024
- Country
- Qatar
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- intimidation
Myanmar: Political prisoners tortured and killed with impunity while journalists and social media activists remain at risk
- Published at
- 20.04.2024
- Country
- Myanmar
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- transnational repression
- harassment
- HRD killing
- killing of journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Laos: Social media critic arrested for exposing bribery while land rights protesters detained
- Published at
- 07.05.2024
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- minority groups
- harassment
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights
North Korea: Thousands held in prison camps while authorities maintain control over speech and clothing
- Published at
- 07.05.2024
- Country
- North Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- harassment
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- surveillance
Tanzania's opposition holds country's first major protests in seven years
- Published at
- 29.03.2024
- Country
- Tanzania
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- internet restriction
- censorship
- youth
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained