Targeting of LGBT+ people, anti-Chinese racism and privacy concerns in South Korea amid COVID-19 Published at 03.06.2020 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI surveillance minority groups Read more
Further attempts to curtail freedom of expression during COVID-19 Published at 05.06.2020 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: time,place restrictions censorship positive court ruling LGBTI protest disruption women journalist detained surveillance excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Judicial harassment and arrests of activists continues unabated Published at 19.06.2020 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship surveillance HRD prosecuted women HRD detained criminal defamation journalist detained Read more
Journalists in Bangladesh face criminalisation amid the pandemic while critics are silenced Published at 19.06.2020 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment enforced disappearance attack on journalist criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment internet restriction restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance Read more
Government responds to COVID-19 and hurricane with denial, cover-ups and intimidation tactics Published at 08.06.2020 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction intimidation surveillance censorship protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Government uses the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to curtail civic freedoms Published at 19.06.2020 Country Slovenia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment funding restriction intimidation protest political interference censorship surveillance environmental 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
Le harcèlement judiciaire et les arrestations de militants se poursuivent sans relâche Published at 25.06.2020 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD detained criminal defamation restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Critics detained for COVID-19 related remarks Published at 07.07.2020 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption journalist detained CSO closure release of HRDs surveillance HRD detained attack on journalist excessive force protest torture/ill-treatment political interference censorship access to info. law protestor(s) detained Read more
Militarised police continue to use excessive force against protesters Published at 13.07.2020 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protest disruption protestor(s) detained minority groups surveillance positive CS development attack on journalist excessive force protest killing of protestors violent protest non state actors Read more
Ahead of Sri Lanka elections, lawyers, journalists and activists arrested, threatened and harassed Published at 17.07.2020 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force protest disruption protest torture/ill-treatment women harassment surveillance journalist detained HRD detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Crackdown on feminist rallies and harassment of former political prisoners in Nicaragua Published at 08.04.2020 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment attack on journalist HRD detained protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment surveillance HRD threatened protest disruption Read more
Ongoing use of repressive laws, Thai activist abducted, increased surveillance in the South Published at 22.07.2020 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted positive court ruling youth protest disruption surveillance labour rights criminal defamation Read more
Regional ECOWAS Court of Justice rules that 2017 internet shutdowns violated freedom of expression Published at 11.08.2020 Country Togo Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling surveillance 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
Cour de justice de la CEDEAO : les coupures d'Internet en 2017 ont violé la liberté d'expression Published at 13.08.2020 Country Togo Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling surveillance Read more
Catalan independence leaders targeted by spyware; calls to revise ‘Gag Law’ on five-year anniversary Published at 18.08.2020 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law protest censorship positive court ruling prevention of protest harassment attack on journalist surveillance non state actors Read more
Hundreds dead after protests, fears over COVID-19 restrictions’ impact on free speech Published at 20.08.2020 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest censorship journalist detained protest disruption release of HRDs surveillance HRD detained excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors protestor(s) detained Read more
Líderes independentistas catalanes bajo vigilancia y llamamientos para revisar la ley de mordaza Published at 21.08.2020 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling harassment attack on journalist protest prevention of protest restrictive law censorship surveillance non state actors Read more
Pandemic in Brazil aggravates democratic backslide Published at 25.08.2020 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship protest disruption intimidation positive court ruling surveillance restrictive law harassment protest HRD killing women political interference excessive force killing of journalist labour rights prevention of protest internet restriction LGBTI minority groups protestor(s) detained non state actors attack on journalist criminal defamation extractive industries indigenous groups public vilification Read more
Independent Fact-Finding Mission a welcome step, but violations against HRDs, journalists continue Published at 21.08.2020 Country Libya Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained office raid surveillance harassment attack on journalist HRD detained torture/ill-treatment HRD threatened Read more
