Myanmar authorities prosecuting activists and critics despite the COVID-19 pandemic Published at 28.04.2020 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted environmental rights youth HRD detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment non state actors women minority groups attack on journalist protest internet restriction restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Aumentan las amenazas y el acoso contra activistas indígenas Published at 20.05.2020 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups attack on HRD HRD threatened harassment land rights Read more
Clampdown on expression online persists as Laos slips further down the press freedom rankings Published at 29.05.2020 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups criminal defamation censorship HRD detained labour rights protest land rights Read more
Indigenous defender killed and others threatened and attacked in Guatemala Published at 07.07.2020 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment attack on journalist HRD killing non state actors extractive industries journalist detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
Campesinos and Indigenous peoples mobilise in Paraguay Published at 25.01.2021 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: youth indigenous groups attack on HRD HRD detained protest torture/ill-treatment surveillance land rights environmental rights non state actors Read more
Journalists under assault in Brazil with judicial harassment, smear campaigns and vilification Published at 28.03.2020 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption political interference women intimidation harassment journalist detained attack on journalist excessive force protestor(s) detained land rights protest public vilification killing of journalist positive court ruling Read more
Despite serious crimes probe, Myanmar continues to silence critics and block the internet Published at 17.01.2020 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest criminal defamation internet restriction censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Papuan activists prosecuted while critics face judicial harassment and digital attacks Published at 10.08.2020 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women minority groups intimidation harassment surveillance negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
New PNG pandemic law puts rights at risk while groups protest against mine and domestic violence Published at 25.08.2020 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: protest restrictive law women environmental rights land rights Read more
Protests against increase in electricity prices: several activists arrested Published at 12.03.2020 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest HRD detained HRD prosecuted protest criminal defamation protest disruption release of HRDs protestor(s) detained time,place restrictions land rights Read more
Ataques violentos contra tres comunidades indígenas Published at 26.08.2020 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling indigenous groups attack on HRD intimidation harassment non state actors HRD threatened land rights Read more
Upheaval in Peru as president removed Published at 19.11.2020 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling environmental rights indigenous groups HRD acquitted labour rights HRD threatened land rights youth protest disruption attack on HRD extractive industries positive CS development HRD killing excessive force protest killing of protestors attack on journalist torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained sexual assault Read more
Lao activist Muay in jail for nearly a year while still no justice for 2018 dam collapse Published at 02.09.2020 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment environmental rights land rights Read more
Judicial harassment of journalist and attacks against Indigenous rights defenders in Guatemala Published at 29.10.2020 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened youth office raid attack on HRD HRD detained HRD killing HRD prosecuted public vilification non state actors women indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling protest land rights Read more
Civil society in the Philippines decry restrictive laws, smear campaigns and judicial harassment Published at 01.04.2020 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: women office raid harassment HRD detained labour rights protest public vilification restrictive law censorship journalist detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
Activists, journalists continue to face reprisals as COVID-19 law exacerbates violations in Cambodia Published at 24.06.2021 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained excessive force protest internet restriction HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights protest disruption HRD detained Read more
Solomons government lacking transparency while groups concerned about mining and logging Published at 23.09.2020 Country Solomon Islands Category Latest Developments Tags: protest private sector HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Costa Rica: suspect in killing of Indigenous leader Jehry Rivera Rivera faces trial Published at 25.11.2021 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling indigenous groups refugees and migrants positive CS development negative court ruling protest censorship land rights Read more
Colombia en alerta: aumentan las masacres, el asesinato de líderes sociales y la represión Published at 30.09.2020 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors attack on journalist torture/ill-treatment violent protest environmental rights non state actors labour rights women self censorship journalist detained youth intimidation protest indigenous groups HRD killing excessive force killing of journalist minority groups extractive industries protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Ongoing persecution of unionists, media and opposition ahead of commune elections in Cambodia Published at 20.05.2022 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation negative court ruling labour rights restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Protests against insecurity in eastern DRC: at least 10 killed Published at 31.01.2020 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD killing HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation killing of journalist killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment violent protest protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
