Brörán leader Pablo Sibar and other human rights defenders threatened Published at 15.04.2021 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups HRD threatened land rights Read more
Honduras: asesinan a líder lenca y criminalizan a varios defensores Published at 20.04.2021 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force release of HRDs private sector indigenous groups HRD acquitted land rights non state actors protest minority groups intimidation HRD detained LGBTI HRD killing HRD prosecuted women environmental rights Read more
Uso da Lei de Segurança Nacional para silenciar críticos no Brasil Published at 24.05.2021 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protestor(s) detained women indigenous groups HRD prosecuted positive CS development attack on journalist protest environmental rights land rights youth office raid attack on HRD intimidation HRD detained HRD killing internet restriction killing of journalist access to info. law private sector extractive industries non state actors positive court ruling restrictive law Read more
Dictatorship-era National Security Law used to intimidate critics in Brazil Published at 11.05.2021 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women office raid attack on HRD HRD killing intimidation youth killing of journalist HRD detained access to info. law private sector non state actors positive court ruling indigenous groups positive CS development environmental rights attack on journalist protest internet restriction extractive industries restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Canada: Natural gas pipeline project on Wet’suwet’en territory sparks national protests Published at 26.03.2020 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained extractive industries time,place restrictions protest disruption indigenous groups environmental rights intimidation harassment censorship labour rights protest journalist detained land rights Read more
Protests against tax reform lead thousands to the streets in Colombia, face brutal police repression Published at 19.05.2021 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights excessive force attack on journalist criminal defamation violent protest women public vilification sexual assault killing of protestors youth protest disruption negative court ruling censorship protestor(s) detained indigenous groups environmental rights protest attack on HRD internet restriction land rights HRD killing non state actors Read more
Haiti: President Moïse assassinated, launching country into further uncertainty Published at 22.07.2021 Country Haiti Category Latest Developments Tags: protest killing of journalist youth women HRD threatened religious groups harassment attack on journalist environmental rights HRD killing excessive force non state actors land rights Read more
Death of Fr Swamy and increasing online restrictions highlights risk facing activists in India Published at 09.07.2021 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction women torture/ill-treatment restrictive law HRD killing land rights Read more
Civil society alarmed by rise of lese majeste cases and proposed NGO law in Thailand Published at 16.07.2021 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: protest access to info. law positive court ruling journalist detained HRD detained HRD killing criminal defamation land rights Read more
L'assassinat du président Moïse enfonce le pays dans l'incertitude Published at 26.07.2021 Country Haiti Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women religious groups harassment excessive force attack on journalist protest HRD killing killing of journalist non state actors HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Communities impacted by mining and oil extraction lead wave of protests in Peru Published at 02.12.2021 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protest extractive industries restrictive law HRD acquitted HRD threatened intimidation HRD detained criminal defamation non state actors women HRD prosecuted indigenous groups release of HRDs attack on journalist negative court ruling environmental rights land rights Read more
Police excesses during protests a worrying trend, company in spotlight for using SLAPP Published at 29.10.2021 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption youth attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD killing censorship killing of protestors LGBTI attack on journalist labour rights protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Ecuador: state of emergency amid rising crime Published at 31.10.2021 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: protest environmental rights internet restriction youth protest disruption intimidation HRD detained private sector extractive industries women indigenous groups minority groups restrictive law positive CS development attack on journalist protestor(s) detained negative court ruling labour rights HRD threatened HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Colombia: four months since the beginning of National Strike Published at 01.10.2021 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest LGBTI sexual assault protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights youth killing of protestors attack on journalist attack on HRD women intimidation censorship HRD killing excessive force labour rights indigenous groups surveillance public vilification enforced disappearance non state actors killing of journalist minority groups protest Read more
Colombia: se cumplen cuatro meses desde el inicio del paro nacional Published at 12.10.2021 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth attack on HRD censorship intimidation women HRD killing labour rights LGBTI protestor(s) detained land rights excessive force surveillance public vilification HRD threatened enforced disappearance indigenous groups non state actors killing of journalist sexual assault attack on journalist prevention of protest protest killing of protestors minority groups Read more
Peru: serious decline in freedom of expression and the press Published at 20.06.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained women land rights violent protest intimidation indigenous groups harassment HRD killing HRD threatened excessive force criminal defamation attack on journalist political interference public vilification surveillance labour rights private sector non state actors environmental rights extractive industries Read more
Prominent union leader convicted, as activists and journalists continue to be silenced in Cambodia Published at 09.09.2021 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: women harassment HRD detained negative court ruling restrictive law journalist detained surveillance HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Closure of 45 civil society organisations within one month in Nicaragua Published at 09.09.2021 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women indigenous groups non state actors office raid torture/ill-treatment CSO closure HRD detained censorship HRD killing HRD prosecuted enforced disappearance sexual assault journalist detained land rights Read more
Fiji government continues to silence dissent as impunity for torture persists Published at 15.09.2021 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained land rights Read more
Nicaragua: cierran cuarenta y cinco organizaciones de la sociedad civil en un mes Published at 20.09.2021 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship youth women indigenous groups office raid journalist detained CSO closure HRD detained non state actors HRD killing enforced disappearance HRD prosecuted sexual assault torture/ill-treatment land rights Read more
Guatemalan civic space continues to shrink during Giammattei’s government Published at 29.09.2021 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest political interference restrictive law LGBTI women HRD acquitted indigenous groups release of HRDs harassment protestor(s) detained HRD killing excessive force protest public vilification land rights Read more
