Heavy-handed policing as hundreds arrested at Extinction Rebellion protests Published at 03.09.2021 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups intimidation surveillance excessive force protest restrictive law access to info. law women office raid refugees and migrants protestor(s) detained Read more
Protests against construction of hydropower plants Published at 30.06.2021 Country Bosnia & Herzegovina Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law intimidation environmental rights access to info. law labour rights protest Read more
Consultation on freedom of information policy in PNG, protests against mandatory vaccinations Published at 29.09.2021 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development access to info. law labour rights protest Read more
In jail for a joke: Stifling of independent voices continues Published at 29.07.2021 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained refusal of registration internet restriction harassment bureaucratic restriction censorship access to info. law HRD prosecuted Read more
International Criminal Court opens investigation on crimes against humanity in Venezuela Published at 17.11.2021 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
Peru: polarised elections lead to protests and attacks on journalists Published at 05.08.2021 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups intimidation environmental rights harassment positive CS development attack on journalist HRD killing protest public vilification political interference enabling law access to info. law HRD threatened non state actors Read more
Ecuador: another crackdown on Indigenous-led protests Published at 29.06.2022 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist labour rights protest violent protest protestor(s) detained youth protest disruption attack on HRD harassment HRD detained excessive force public vilification killing of protestors access to info. law indigenous groups HRD prosecuted Read more
Ongoing violations on civic freedoms at Poland/Belarus border; further threats to LGBTQI+ rights Published at 21.01.2022 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI bureaucratic restriction censorship access to info. law surveillance youth protest disruption office raid non state actors women intimidation harassment criminal defamation positive court ruling refugees and migrants positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling protest political interference restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Nieustające naruszenia wolności obywatelskich na granicy polsko-białoruskiej Published at 08.02.2022 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid access to info. law intimidation bureaucratic restriction harassment youth protest disruption criminal defamation surveillance censorship non state actors positive court ruling women LGBTI refugees and migrants positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling protest political interference restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Jair Bolsonaro’s first 100 days in office demonstrate Brazilian president’s disregard for pluralism Published at 13.05.2019 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups restrictive law intimidation positive CS development access to info. law protest Read more
Brazil: shocking violence on HRDs and journalists continues Published at 26.04.2022 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: youth attack on HRD intimidation enabling law harassment HRD killing killing of journalist censorship environmental rights access to info. law private sector non state actors women indigenous groups refugees and migrants attack on journalist protest extractive industries restrictive law land rights Read more
Ecuador: las manifestaciones indígenas son reprimidas una vez más Published at 05.07.2022 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: public vilification protestor(s) detained killing of protestors access to info. law indigenous groups youth protest disruption attack on journalist attack on HRD labour rights harassment HRD detained excessive force protest violent protest HRD prosecuted Read more
Costa Rica: partial veto of new Access to Information Law Published at 11.05.2022 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: protest enabling law access to info. law youth women indigenous groups HRD threatened attack on HRD harassment positive CS development HRD detained non state actors land rights Read more
Costa Rica: veto parcial a la nueva ley de acceso a la información Published at 17.05.2022 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development HRD detained HRD threatened non state actors youth women protest indigenous groups enabling law attack on HRD harassment access to info. law land rights Read more
Brazil: Anger at government inaction after Indigenous advocate and international correspondent are killed in the Amazon Published at 13.07.2022 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law public vilification LGBTI intimidation harassment killing of journalist women positive court ruling HRD killing non state actors criminal defamation censorship indigenous groups minority groups attack on journalist negative court ruling protest extractive industries political interference journalist detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Colombia: human rights defenders and local leaders impacted by violence in rural areas Published at 10.08.2022 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups protestor(s) detained attack on journalist environmental rights youth intimidation labour rights HRD killing censorship access to info. law protest non state actors LGBTI internet restriction women indigenous groups journalist detained land rights Read more
Colombia: personas defensoras y líderes locales afectados por la violencia en las zonas rurales Published at 18.08.2022 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: women non state actors HRD killing minority groups attack on journalist youth intimidation indigenous groups labour rights protest LGBTI censorship access to info. law internet restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Costa Rica: concerns over stigmatisation of media and government actions to limit access to information Published at 14.09.2022 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling access to info. law bureaucratic restriction Read more
University protests against riot police deployment continue, Predator-gate scandal raises further concerns about surveillance Published at 30.09.2022 Country Greece Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment surveillance excessive force protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction positive court ruling youth access to info. law protestor(s) detained women intimidation Read more
Youth climate protesters detained; massive cyber security attack on media outlets Published at 28.11.2022 Country Portugal Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference harassment protest internet restriction access to info. law censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
LGBTIQ+ organisation suspended as protests rise over inflation Published at 31.10.2022 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women journalist detained refugees and migrants release of HRDs refusal of registration protest prevention of protest restrictive law access to info. law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
