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Samoa: Minister intimidates journalist while criminal defamation law used against government critics
- Published at
- 07.06.2023
- Country
- Samoa
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- intimidation
Local rights group concerned over restrictions on assembly rights
- Published at
- 06.02.2018
- Country
- Belgium
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
Defamation laws being used to silence criticism in Samoa
- Published at
- 27.09.2019
- Country
- Samoa
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- criminal defamation
- LGBTI
Belgium approves law creating long overdue human rights institution
- Published at
- 15.06.2019
- Country
- Belgium
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive CS development
- protestor(s) detained
- violent protest
- protest
- enabling law
UN appoints group of experts to investigate human rights violations in Yemen
- Published at
- 14.11.2017
- Country
- Yemen
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD acquitted
- positive CS development
- women
Judicial harassment of journalist and attacks against Indigenous rights defenders in Guatemala
- Published at
- 29.10.2020
- Country
- Guatemala
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- youth
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- HRD prosecuted
- public vilification
- non state actors
- women
- indigenous groups
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- protest
- land rights
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
Bhutan urged to repeal criminal defamation laws during Human Right Council review
- Published at
- 17.07.2019
- Country
- Bhutan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- LGBTI
- self censorship
- criminal defamation
- positive CS development
Women’s rights NGOs call for more funding; Rule of law & anti-corruption referendum launched
- Published at
- 15.10.2021
- Country
- Austria
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- excessive force
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
Closing space for indigenous activists to protect communities' land rights
- Published at
- 04.09.2017
- Country
- Bolivia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- women
- excessive force
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights
Tougher restrictions for CSOs and right to information amid new law and draft law
- Published at
- 30.06.2023
- Country
- Palestine
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- journalist detained
- CSO closure
- attack on journalist
- restrictive law
- access to info. law
UN Special Rapporteur on torture denounces police brutality; animal rights group campaign muted
- Published at
- 18.01.2022
- Country
- Netherlands
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- prevention of protest
- intimidation
- harassment
- environmental rights
- negative court ruling
- protest
Two indigenous and land rights activists killed in Rio Grande do Sul and Pará
- Published at
- 27.04.2017
- Country
- Brazil
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- protest
- killing of protestors
- journalist detained
- environmental rights
- land rights
Human rights groups decry deteriorating situation as peace agreement remains unimplemented
- Published at
- 05.09.2019
- Country
- South Sudan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD killing
- criminal defamation
- political interference
- censorship
- women
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
Hong Kong: Authorities continue to use national security and sedition laws to detain activists and criminalise dissent
- Published at
- 04.05.2023
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Journalists sentenced to death; rights groups call for release of prisoners amid COVID-19 breakout
- Published at
- 28.04.2020
- Country
- Yemen
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- release of HRDs
Rights groups and the UN continue to press Laos where civic space remains ‘closed’
- Published at
- 07.01.2021
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- HRD detained
- minority groups
Singapore ramping up use of ‘fake news’ law against critics ahead of elections
- Published at
- 24.02.2020
- Country
- Singapore
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- negative court ruling
- LGBTI
Reforms at risk in Malaysia while repressive laws continue to be deployed around the pandemic
- Published at
- 27.03.2020
- Country
- Malaysia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- positive CS development
- restrictive law
- criminal defamation
- protest
Afghan human rights and media workers face attacks while new NGO law threatens civil society
- Published at
- 08.07.2020
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- attack on HRD
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- restrictive law