Indonesia: Activists and critics criminalised, events disrupted and protests suppressed as country holds elections Published at 20.02.2024 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption intimidation harassment negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation killing of protestors restrictive law time,place restrictions journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
Qatari authorities continue to target prominent HRD Abdullah Al-Maliki Published at 15.03.2024 Country Qatar Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment intimidation Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
