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Journalist, activist arrested; mass burial plans for 103 #EndSARS protest victims
- Published at
- 21.08.2023
- Country
- Nigeria
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- protest
- journalist detained
49 arrested during cost of living protest while the security of journalists remains a concern
- Published at
- 03.11.2023
- Country
- Ghana
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
President Suluhu acts on promise to expand media freedoms, arbitrary arrests of journalists continue
- Published at
- 17.05.2022
- Country
- Tanzania
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- indigenous groups
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- positive CS development
- protest
- enabling law
- journalist detained
- land rights
Prominent HRD’s lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh sentenced to 38 years imprisonment
- Published at
- 13.03.2019
- Country
- Iran
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- HRD prosecuted
- release of HRDs
- censorship
- journalist detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
The Taliban continues to target activists, journalists and stifle protests by women with impunity
- Published at
- 16.06.2022
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- harassment
- women
- attack on journalist
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- public vilification
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Activists, journalists in exile sentenced to life in prison in a trial clouded by secrecy
- Published at
- 12.03.2021
- Country
- Burundi
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive CS development
- HRD prosecuted
Concerns about freedom of expression in Nigeria: journalists arrested, protests repressed
- Published at
- 19.11.2019
- Country
- Nigeria
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- office raid
- intimidation
- protest
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- violent protest
- killing of journalist
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- killing of protestors
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- private sector
- non state actors
- protestor(s) detained
- women
- religious groups
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD prosecuted
USA: Assaults, harassment and arrests of journalists covering protests
- Published at
- 09.06.2021
- Country
- United States of America
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enabling law
- labour rights
- excessive force
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
- violent protest
- protest disruption
- women
- restrictive law
- minority groups
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
Calls for justice after journalist Shireen Abu-Akleh killed in ‘targeted attack’ by Israeli forces
- Published at
- 17.06.2022
- Country
- Palestine
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- killing of journalist
- prevention of protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
HRDs targeted for work on migrants; women protest over medical abortion access
- Published at
- 23.03.2021
- Country
- Italy
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- bureaucratic restriction
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- women
- office raid
- HRD prosecuted
Journalists under siege as authorities escalate assaults, raids and arrests
- Published at
- 31.05.2022
- Country
- Uganda
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- office raid
- journalist detained
Philippines: A year into the Marcos Jr presidency, arbitrary arrests, surveillance, attacks on journalists and enforced disappearances persist
- Published at
- 13.07.2023
- Country
- Philippines
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- public vilification
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- surveillance
- private sector
- non state actors
- women
- indigenous groups
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- youth
Harsh sentences for opposition protesters; journalists and TV programme suspended
- Published at
- 15.04.2022
- Country
- Cameroon
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- attack on journalist
- intimidation
- harassment
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- prevention of protest
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
13 journalists arrested during peaceful protest against censorship; people killed in protest to demand a return to civilian rule
- Published at
- 01.11.2023
- Country
- Guinea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Human rights defender and journalist arrested and charged, later released
- Published at
- 20.01.2020
- Country
- Chad
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- release of HRDs
Pakistan: Activists and journalists targeted, increased controls on online expression and crackdown on protests
- Published at
- 14.05.2024
- Country
- Pakistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
Opposition protests: hundreds arrested, journalists assaulted and detained
- Published at
- 09.11.2020
- Country
- Cameroon
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- protest
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
Journalists face attacks, arrests and murder in line of duty
- Published at
- 30.09.2019
- Country
- Somalia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- office raid
- attack on journalist
- protest
- killing of journalist
- internet restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained
Journalist arrested; UN experts denounce abuses by private military contractors
- Published at
- 06.01.2022
- Country
- Central African Republic
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- non state actors
- intimidation
- harassment
- censorship
- journalist detained
Human rights defenders arrested and journalists injured
- Published at
- 03.12.2018
- Country
- Syria
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
- intimidation
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- non state actors