Council of Europe demands release of political prisoners detained by Russia Published at 06.07.2018 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment violent protest minority groups negative court ruling labour rights protest Read more
Iranian authorities block Iran's most widely used messaging app Published at 16.07.2018 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women HRD killing excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
New cybercrime law: an assault on freedom of expression Published at 17.07.2018 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction women release of HRDs HRD detained internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained Read more
Scores of anti-war protesters prosecuted across Myanmar Published at 18.07.2018 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained youth protest disruption women minority groups HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Blatant attempts to manipulate elections and assault civic freedoms, says Pakistani civil society Published at 23.07.2018 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD intimidation torture/ill-treatment attack on journalist harassment protestor(s) detained self censorship journalist detained surveillance political interference non state actors Read more
Jailed human rights defender denied treatment Published at 23.07.2018 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained torture/ill-treatment Read more
Protests violently dispersed, while conditions for journalists sharply deteriorate Published at 22.08.2018 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment protest disruption office raid violent protest journalist detained attack on HRD attack on journalist excessive force protest killing of protestors Read more
Attacks on journalists continue, as new law threatens expression Published at 02.08.2018 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment attack on journalist criminal defamation internet restriction killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained Read more
Libya: journalist abducted, tortured and murdered Published at 21.08.2018 Country Libya Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction release of HRDs travel ban journalist detained Read more
Human rights defenders at risk as war continues in Yemen Published at 01.08.2018 Country Yemen Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment journalist detained intimidation attack on journalist Read more
Protests against human rights violations mark Duterte’s two years in power Published at 31.07.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist HRD detained torture/ill-treatment restrictive law attack on journalist protest Read more
Excessive force used by Taiwan police against eviction protesters Published at 28.08.2018 Country Taiwan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups torture/ill-treatment censorship protest land rights Read more
La Corte Penal Internacional abre una investigación por crímenes de lesa humanidad en Venezuela Published at 24.11.2021 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth women intimidation harassment positive CS development internet restriction torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship access to info. law Read more
Photojournalist Shahidul Alam still in jail and a hundred charged, a month after student protests Published at 10.09.2018 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment surveillance attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation protest enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
UN and rights group findings show systematic repression of Muslims from the Xinjiang Uighur region Published at 14.09.2018 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups intimidation journalist detained harassment HRD detained labour rights surveillance enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Kyrgyzstan: Follow up on promises Published at 18.09.2018 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment censorship criminal defamation positive CS development labour rights protest Read more
'They treat us inhumanely', said campesino leader Medardo Mairena from prison Published at 09.10.2018 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban youth women attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force killing of protestors protest torture/ill-treatment HRD acquitted HRD threatened non state actors Read more
Kabila not running for another term, but human rights concerns persist Published at 27.09.2018 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained public vilification prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment censorship release of HRDs attack on journalist negative court ruling protest restrictive law HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
Issue of 2.6 million modern day slaves should be raised as part of diplomatic talks, says NGO Published at 03.10.2018 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship torture/ill-treatment labour rights Read more
Authorities arrest HRDs, target family members and sentence journalists to lashings & imprisonment Published at 08.10.2018 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Despite commitment to reforms in Malaysia, fundamental freedoms still being restricted Published at 08.10.2018 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups women restrictive law environmental rights youth harassment access to info. law excessive force LGBTI protest disruption protestor(s) detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment land rights Read more
