Authorities continue to crack down on protests and detain online critics in Sri Lanka, despite UN human rights review Published at 17.02.2023 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption minority groups restrictive law HRD detained protestor(s) detained criminal defamation Read more
Opposition protests come to an end ahead of elections Published at 07.07.2017 Country Albania Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment LGBTI criminal defamation protest Read more
Journalist and trade unionist charged with defamation for criticising an arbitrary arrest Published at 25.07.2017 Country Gabon Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights criminal defamation protest prevention of protest censorship journalist detained Read more
Serious concerns over threats against minority rights activists and WHRDs in Thailand Published at 17.07.2017 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: women minority groups intimidation harassment censorship HRD threatened criminal defamation Read more
Pipeline protestors met with force by Italian police Published at 24.07.2017 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation protest censorship access to info. law surveillance non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
Justice advocates and government critics continue to feel the heat in Kazakhstan Published at 12.06.2017 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights criminal defamation prevention of protest time,place restrictions journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Two months after mass protests, activists remain in custody and journalists harrassed Published at 15.06.2017 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment HRD detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Protesters mobilise against proposed constitutional revisions Published at 17.07.2017 Country Mali Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest protest disruption criminal defamation Read more
Rights violations intensify ahead of August elections Published at 06.07.2017 Country Angola Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation prevention of protest killing of protestors censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Journalist acquitted of defamation charges Published at 11.08.2017 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling attack on journalist criminal defamation Read more
Pressure on critical voices mounts ahead of October presidential election Published at 24.08.2017 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment surveillance negative court ruling criminal defamation prevention of protest political interference restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
UN decisions set important precedents in view of unrelenting rights violations Published at 19.09.2017 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women protest criminal defamation internet restriction restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Intimidation, prosecution and detention: closing spaces for dissent in Thailand Published at 29.09.2017 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained labour rights criminal defamation protest enforced disappearance extractive industries private sector censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights non state actors Read more
Critical voices silenced in the Solomon Islands amid the pandemic Published at 09.06.2020 Country Solomon Islands Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship political interference criminal defamation Read more
Criminalisation of speech on the rise in Uruguay in recent months Published at 20.09.2017 Country Uruguay Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation Read more
Lèse-majesté laws used to silence dissidents Published at 31.10.2017 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship HRD prosecuted criminal defamation restrictive law Read more
Freedom of expression restrictions cast a cloud over presidential election Published at 27.10.2017 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling religious groups minority groups attack on journalist criminal defamation protest prevention of protest political interference bureaucratic restriction time,place restrictions censorship surveillance Read more
Madagascar: "Almost if not all environmentalists are under threat" Published at 13.10.2017 Country Madagascar Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption release of HRDs harassment HRD detained criminal defamation prevention of protest extractive industries political interference HRD acquitted time,place restrictions HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Opposing voices and views on presidential age limit removal not tolerated Published at 07.11.2017 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation extractive industries killing of protestors private sector journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights non state actors Read more
Museveni signs controversial bill as crackdown on civic space continues Published at 23.01.2018 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid women excessive force criminal defamation prevention of protest killing of protestors journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Student activists ill-treated by security forces during protests Published at 31.01.2018 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD labour rights excessive force criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment private sector protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
