Uruguay: repression of labour protests based on Law of Urgent Consideration Published at 22.03.2022 Country Uruguay Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid women intimidation labour rights excessive force protest internet restriction Read more
Government critics face continued harassment, journalists face restrictions, assault and arrest Published at 18.02.2022 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment office raid intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained labour rights protest torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Ahead of the elections, journalists and media outlets face brutal repression Published at 13.05.2022 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist killing of journalist censorship journalist detained Read more
Amid UN scrutiny, documentary on Modi censored, activists remain in detention and repression in Kashmir continues Published at 24.02.2023 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling office raid harassment criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Argentina: Journalists harassed and threatened Published at 29.07.2022 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid intimidation sexual assault harassment HRD detained excessive force extractive industries non state actors women protestor(s) detained indigenous groups attack on journalist labour rights protest land rights Read more
Nicaragua: closure of CSOs, community radio stations, and television cable channel Published at 23.08.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure office raid censorship religious groups journalist detained environmental rights restrictive law harassment women labour rights travel ban HRD prosecuted indigenous groups prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment self censorship youth protest protest disruption Read more
Nicaragua: cierre de OSC, radios comunitarias y un canal de televisión por cable Published at 02.09.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban HRD prosecuted prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment censorship women indigenous groups religious groups labour rights protest self censorship youth protest disruption office raid restrictive law CSO closure harassment journalist detained environmental rights Read more
Guatemala: concerns about democratic backsliding grow as elPeriódico’s president and financial manager arrested Published at 06.09.2022 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction women office raid indigenous groups restrictive law journalist detained protest Read more
Guatemala: crece la preocupación por el retroceso democrático tras la detención del presidente y del director financiero de elPeriódico Published at 13.09.2022 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid indigenous groups restrictive law journalist detained internet restriction women protest Read more
Ethiopia: Journalists bear the brunt of declining expression Published at 15.04.2022 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained office raid release of HRDs Read more
Journalists under siege as authorities escalate assaults, raids and arrests Published at 31.05.2022 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship attack on journalist office raid journalist detained Read more
Haiti: Escalating protests over multiple crises, with people calling for Prime Minister’s resignation Published at 01.10.2022 Country Haiti Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid killing of protestors protest violent protest attack on journalist killing of journalist excessive force self censorship Read more
Protests demand release of activists detained over bank heist, journalists face rape threats and death threats Published at 10.11.2022 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: protest censorship women office raid intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protestor(s) detained Read more
Concerns about free expression in South Korea with security law, restrictions on press freedom and anti-North activism Published at 01.12.2022 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship office raid religious groups protest Read more
Peru: attacks on journalists as political polarisation remains prominent Published at 27.10.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: non state actors attack on HRD intimidation protest harassment women HRD detained HRD threatened HRD killing extractive industries indigenous groups journalist detained criminal defamation attack on journalist environmental rights restrictive law land rights protest disruption office raid Read more
Government agencies used to silence dissent in India as its rights record is scrutinised at the UN Published at 22.11.2022 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing prevention of protest protest disruption office raid excessive force harassment negative court ruling bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Spate of arrests spirals, as journalists bear the brunt of war-related reporting Published at 15.11.2022 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained HRD detained bureaucratic restriction negative court ruling public vilification harassment office raid Read more
Break-in at the offices of two human rights organisations; broadcaster suspended for airing statement of government opponent Published at 27.12.2022 Country Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship office raid political interference intimidation Read more
Haitian journalists faced with spiralling violence Published at 29.12.2022 Country Haiti Category Latest Developments Tags: protest killing of journalist protest disruption office raid killing of protestors violent protest women attack on journalist excessive force journalist detained Read more
International community decry injustice as HRD Osman Kavala sentenced to life in prison Published at 03.06.2022 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women office raid intimidation harassment attack on journalist negative court ruling protest internet restriction restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Escalating attacks on women journalists, the new bill criminalises misinformation further stifling free speech Published at 02.08.2022 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: protest internet restriction youth office raid intimidation restrictive law harassment HRD detained excessive force prevention of protest journalist detained censorship positive court ruling protestor(s) detained LGBTI women refugees and migrants attack on journalist labour rights HRD prosecuted Read more
