Honduran defenders at high risk: two defenders killed and five Garifuna leaders missing Published at 24.08.2020 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women indigenous groups attack on HRD minority groups harassment attack on journalist HRD killing negative court ruling protest censorship HRD threatened HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Pandemic in Brazil aggravates democratic backslide Published at 25.08.2020 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation public vilification killing of journalist prevention of protest surveillance non state actors positive court ruling LGBTI women indigenous groups minority groups attack on journalist labour rights protest internet restriction extractive industries political interference restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Upheaval in Peru as president removed Published at 19.11.2020 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption attack on HRD HRD killing excessive force killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment indigenous groups positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest sexual assault extractive industries HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained HRD threatened 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: youth office raid attack on HRD HRD detained HRD killing public vilification non state actors women indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
El Salvador’s Congress creates group to investigate harassment of the press using state funds Published at 14.09.2020 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: women office raid intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist HRD killing labour rights protest Read more
Honduras: land rights defender Arnold Joaquín Morazán Erazo and journalist Luis Almendares killed Published at 30.10.2020 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist extractive industries minority groups intimidation HRD killing environmental rights non state actors Read more
El Congreso crea un grupo para investigar el acoso a la prensa financiado con fondos estatales Published at 17.09.2020 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: women office raid intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist HRD killing labour rights protest Read more
Activists protest to demand investigations into death of HRD Published at 18.09.2020 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation censorship HRD killing labour rights protest Read more
Mass protests against reduced budget for social policies in Guatemala Published at 17.12.2020 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women indigenous groups attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest killing of journalist violent protest protestor(s) detained 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: self censorship youth intimidation HRD killing excessive force killing of journalist killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment non state actors women indigenous groups minority groups attack on journalist labour rights protest extractive industries violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Government critic pardoned, journalists assaulted, detained Published at 29.01.2020 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD killing political interference censorship journalist detained Read more
Tension in Haiti: protests, attacks against defenders and journalists Published at 31.10.2020 Country Haiti Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force labour rights protest killing of protestors violent protest non state actors Read more
Rwandan government continues to target opposition in exile. Published at 16.10.2020 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD killing HRD prosecuted Read more
Chilean police forces repress protests with COVID-19 regulations Published at 29.06.2020 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD killing public vilification censorship non state actors women indigenous groups protest sexual assault violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
Continued violence and harassment of HRDs and journalists as UN extends arms embargo Published at 21.10.2020 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling killing of journalist censorship journalist detained HRD killing HRD threatened 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
Activists and journalists subjected to threats, offices independent weekly set on fire Published at 31.10.2020 Country Mozambique Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation HRD killing excessive force enforced disappearance prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment non state actors women positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
Closing civic space in Brazil: censorship, harassment and attacks on journalists and activists Published at 18.12.2020 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment HRD detained HRD killing excessive force enforced disappearance censorship non state actors women indigenous groups minority groups positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling protest violent protest political interference HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Free speech under siege as government launches new unit to tackle ‘misinformation’ Published at 09.11.2020 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force labour rights protest internet restriction killing of journalist censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Revueltas en Perú tras la destitución del presidente Published at 02.12.2020 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption attack on HRD HRD killing excessive force killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment indigenous groups positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest sexual assault extractive industries HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Two environmental defenders killed in Honduras Published at 14.01.2021 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption indigenous groups attack on HRD women HRD killing protest journalist detained environmental rights land rights Read more
