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North Korea cracks down on anti-socialist behaviour, detains critics of its COVID-19 policies
- Published at
- 12.07.2022
- Country
- North Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- surveillance
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
News website wins appeal in defamation case
- Published at
- 02.11.2023
- Country
- St Vincent and the Grenadines
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- intimidation
Unrelenting harassment of activists and critics by police to stifle all forms of dissent in Malaysia
- Published at
- 28.07.2021
- Country
- Malaysia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- harassment
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD detained
- restrictive law
- protest
- negative court ruling
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
- prevention of protest
- criminal defamation
Lao authorities ruthlessly suppress criticism and dissent
- Published at
- 07.04.2017
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- censorship
- HRD detained
- surveillance
Students protesters attacked as ruling party cracks down on dissent
- Published at
- 19.04.2018
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- excessive force
- funding restriction
- women
- youth
- torture/ill-treatment
- intimidation
- restrictive law
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
Turkmenistan’s government targets critics at home and abroad in its relentless crackdown on dissent
- Published at
- 09.09.2021
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
- prevention of protest
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- internet restriction
Authorities continue to crack down on protests and detain online critics in Sri Lanka, despite UN human rights review
- Published at
- 17.02.2023
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- minority groups
- restrictive law
- HRD detained
- protestor(s) detained
- criminal defamation
Sri Lanka authorities crack down on protests, stifle critics and accused of torturing detainees
- Published at
- 05.10.2021
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- harassment
- labour rights
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Measures to combat "fake news" used to silence journalists
- Published at
- 18.02.2020
- Country
- Montenegro
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- religious groups
- minority groups
- political interference
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
Brazen threats against critics of the government signals a closing of spaces for dissent
- Published at
- 16.08.2019
- Country
- Serbia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- public vilification
- HRD threatened
- protest disruption
- women
- political interference
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- protest
- surveillance
- environmental rights
- non state actors
Attacks on Aurat March, minorities and critics highlight shrinking space for dissent in Pakistan
- Published at
- 02.04.2021
- Country
- Pakistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- intimidation
- harassment
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- HRD detained
- LGBTI
- women
- prevention of protest
- minority groups
- protest
An ever-closing space for dissent: India cracks down on human rights defenders
- Published at
- 31.08.2018
- Country
- India
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- women
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
Sri Lanka: Despite UN calls to protect civic freedoms, government targets activists and critics and stifles dissent
- Published at
- 07.07.2023
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- labour rights
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
Critics silenced before and after elections
- Published at
- 14.09.2016
- Country
- Zambia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- prevention of protest
- protest disruption
- excessive force
- public vilification
Opposition under assault and news websites blocked ahead of Bangladeshi elections
- Published at
- 20.12.2018
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship
- non state actors
- intimidation
Cuba cracking down on dissent using internet regulation and COVID-19 pretence
- Published at
- 10.06.2020
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- HRD threatened
- harassment
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- HRD prosecuted
Civil society alarmed over blocking of critical websites
- Published at
- 08.02.2018
- Country
- Belarus
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- labour rights
- protest
- internet restriction
- political interference
- restrictive law
- censorship
- environmental rights
Increasing use of judicial system in Singapore to silence critics
- Published at
- 04.02.2019
- Country
- Singapore
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
- criminal defamation
Fake news law proposal, another tool to crackdown on critics
- Published at
- 24.09.2018
- Country
- Singapore
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- restrictive law
- LGBTI
News site blocked while critics and journalists arrested or attacked with impunity in Bangladesh
- Published at
- 19.02.2020
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- non state actors