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: intimidation HRD detained HRD killing excessive force private sector non state actors LGBTI women indigenous groups minority groups release of HRDs protest HRD acquitted HRD prosecuted environmental rights land 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: youth office raid attack on HRD intimidation HRD detained HRD killing killing of journalist access to info. law private sector non state actors positive court ruling LGBTI women indigenous groups positive CS development attack on journalist protest internet restriction extractive industries restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Dictatorship-era National Security Law used to intimidate critics in Brazil Published at 11.05.2021 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: youth office raid attack on HRD intimidation HRD detained HRD killing killing of journalist access to info. law private sector non state actors positive court ruling LGBTI women indigenous groups positive CS development attack on journalist protest internet restriction extractive industries restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights 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: protest disruption indigenous groups intimidation harassment labour rights protest extractive industries time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights 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: youth protest disruption attack on HRD HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation public vilification killing of protestors censorship non state actors women indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest internet restriction sexual assault violent protest protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Haiti: President Moïse assassinated, launching country into further uncertainty Published at 22.07.2021 Country Haiti Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women religious groups harassment attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force non state actors protest killing of journalist HRD threatened environmental rights 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: positive court ruling journalist detained HRD detained HRD killing criminal defamation protest access to info. law 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 attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force non state actors protest killing of journalist 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: intimidation HRD detained criminal defamation non state actors women indigenous groups release of HRDs attack on journalist negative court ruling protest extractive industries restrictive law HRD acquitted HRD threatened HRD prosecuted 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: youth protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD killing killing of protestors censorship 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: youth protest disruption intimidation HRD detained private sector women indigenous groups minority groups positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest internet restriction extractive industries restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Colombia: four months since the beginning of National Strike Published at 01.10.2021 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: sexual assault protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights youth attack on HRD intimidation HRD killing excessive force public vilification enforced disappearance killing of journalist prevention of protest killing of protestors censorship surveillance non state actors LGBTI women indigenous groups minority groups attack on journalist labour rights 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 intimidation HRD killing excessive force public vilification enforced disappearance killing of journalist prevention of protest killing of protestors censorship surveillance non state actors LGBTI women indigenous groups minority groups attack on journalist labour rights protest sexual assault protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
Peru: serious decline in freedom of expression and the press Published at 20.06.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation public vilification surveillance private sector non state actors women indigenous groups attack on journalist labour rights extractive industries violent protest political interference protestor(s) detained HRD threatened environmental rights land rights 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 office raid CSO closure HRD detained HRD killing enforced disappearance sexual assault torture/ill-treatment censorship journalist detained non state actors HRD prosecuted 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: youth women indigenous groups office raid CSO closure HRD detained HRD killing enforced disappearance sexual assault torture/ill-treatment censorship journalist detained non state actors HRD prosecuted 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: LGBTI women indigenous groups release of HRDs harassment HRD killing excessive force protest public vilification prevention of protest political interference restrictive law HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
