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In India the situation of activists and journalists remains precarious under the COVID-19 lockdown
- Published at
- 06.05.2020
- Country
- India
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- refugees and migrants
- restrictive law
- harassment
- HRD detained
- protestor(s) detained
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
Concern over crackdown on opposition and dissenters ahead of 2020 elections
- Published at
- 26.05.2020
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- youth
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- protest
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
Civic space concerns reinforced by COVID-19 response
- Published at
- 27.05.2020
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- LGBTI
- bureaucratic restriction
- negative court ruling
- time,place restrictions
- women
- internet restriction
- censorship
- restrictive law
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- attack on journalist
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
Clampdown on expression online persists as Laos slips further down the press freedom rankings
- Published at
- 29.05.2020
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- religious groups
- criminal defamation
- censorship
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- protest
- land rights
Progress on human rights defender’s bill in Mongolia but defamation laws put media at risk
- Published at
- 17.06.2020
- Country
- Mongolia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- positive CS development
- criminal defamation
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
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
Venezuela reprime las actividades de la sociedad civil y restringe su financiación
- Published at
- 07.06.2021
- Country
- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- protest
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- funding restriction
- office raid
- journalist detained
Civic space restrictions continue unabated in Singapore despite COVID-19 pandemic, as election looms
- Published at
- 24.06.2020
- Country
- Singapore
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- censorship
- harassment
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- criminal defamation
Concern as government punishes free expression
- Published at
- 30.06.2020
- Country
- Zambia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship
- CSO closure
- criminal defamation
- youth
Authorities intimidate protesters and silence critics using restrictive laws in Fiji
- Published at
- 24.06.2020
- Country
- Fiji
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- intimidation
- harassment
- labour rights
- protest
Le harcèlement judiciaire et les arrestations de militants se poursuivent sans relâche
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- 25.06.2020
- Country
- Niger
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
Government emergency measures increase policing powers
- Published at
- 25.06.2020
- Country
- Ireland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- protest
- labour rights
- intimidation
Court rulings against La Prensa set dangerous precedents for press freedom in Panama
- Published at
- 22.07.2020
- Country
- Panama
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
- censorship
- criminal defamation
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
Protests against impunity war crimes in eastern DRC, journalists and HRD subjected to threats
- Published at
- 30.10.2020
- Country
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- excessive force
- journalist detained
- criminal defamation
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- prevention of protest
- HRD threatened
Malaysian police ramp up persecution of Al Jazeera, journalists and activists to stifle criticism
- Published at
- 05.08.2020
- Country
- Malaysia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- office raid
- refugees and migrants
- women
- harassment
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Despite serious crimes probe, Myanmar continues to silence critics and block the internet
- Published at
- 17.01.2020
- Country
- Myanmar
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest
- criminal defamation
- internet restriction
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights
Journalists bear the brunt of repression of expression in Somalia
- Published at
- 07.08.2020
- Country
- Somalia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained
- women
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- killing of journalist
- restrictive law
- HRD prosecuted
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