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Delayed elections and political crisis: at least eight killed in opposition protests and clashes
Published at
06.04.2021
Country
Somalia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- journalist detained
- non state actors
Persecution of activists and journalists continues following rubber stamp elections in Vietnam
Published at
14.07.2021
Country
Vietnam
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- indigenous groups
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
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
Georgian civil society concerned over threats to democracy in election law changes
Published at
23.08.2017
Country
Georgia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- refugees and migrants
- violent protest
- political interference
- journalist detained
- protest
Sri Lanka: Authorities continue to target activists, stifle protests and silence journalists, as elections draw near
Published at
31.07.2024
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- place restrictions
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- excessive force
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- surveillance
Ousted President Bashir charged over killings of protesters, while protests met with new violence
Published at
17.05.2019
Country
Sudan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- prevention of protest
- time,place restrictions
- positive CS development
- excessive force
- protest
Journalists and activists remain at risk in the Philippines as election looms
Published at
03.02.2022
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- killing of journalist
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- criminal defamation
- positive CS development
Media censored, activists silenced and opposition weakened ahead of Thai elections
Published at
21.03.2019
Country
Thailand
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- protest disruption
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- land rights
Blatant attempts to manipulate elections and assault civic freedoms, says Pakistani civil society
Published at
23.07.2018
Country
Pakistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- women
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
Civil society highlights torture and ill-treatment of activists at UN review
Published at
20.11.2018
Country
Vietnam
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- travel ban
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights
Nicaragua: persecution of civil society leaders continues unabated two months ahead of elections
Published at
13.10.2021
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- surveillance
- non state actors
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights
Opposition party members, activists and CSOs intimidated ahead of the general elections
Published at
19.09.2018
Country
Malawi
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- political interference
- intimidation
NGOs highlight suppression around virus outbreak in China while persecution of activists continue
Published at
07.02.2020
Country
China
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- minority groups
- harassment
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
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
At least 11 people killed in anti-government protests following legislative elections
Published at
23.07.2020
Country
Mali
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
Elections in Bahrain condemned as sham by civil society
Published at
06.12.2018
Country
Bahrain
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- women
- political interference
- HRD prosecuted
- intimidation