Despite international scrutiny, Vietnam continues to conduct surveillance, harass and jail activists Published at 25.03.2019 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban criminal defamation enforced disappearance restrictive law time,place restrictions women intimidation harassment surveillance HRD detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Activists fear Rajapaksa’s return to power Published at 05.11.2018 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance violent protest political interference restrictive law censorship protest Read more
UN experts alarmed over systematic targeting of civil society Published at 06.11.2018 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship LGBTI women release of HRDs HRD detained enforced disappearance internet restriction torture/ill-treatment Read more
Hong Kong protests met with excessive force as activists suppressed around Tiananmen anniversary Published at 11.07.2019 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment intimidation harassment protestor(s) detained sexual assault travel ban HRD detained women excessive force enforced disappearance censorship internet restriction HRD prosecuted restrictive law environmental rights land rights Read more
Diane Rwigara Acquitted of Charges as Opposition Figure "Disappears" from Prison Published at 15.01.2019 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance journalist detained positive court ruling Read more
Six years on, groups demand effective investigation into disappearance of activist Sombath Somphone Published at 17.01.2019 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment religious groups private sector land rights Read more
La crisis política socava las libertades del espacio cívico Published at 01.04.2019 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force protest enforced disappearance internet restriction killing of protestors censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened indigenous groups attack on HRD office raid harassment attack on journalist non state actors Read more
Civil society concerned about physical attacks and ongoing prosecution of Thai activists Published at 12.07.2019 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment criminal defamation enforced disappearance restrictive law surveillance women intimidation land rights Read more
Criminal defamation law repealed but those expressing critical views still at risk Published at 30.01.2019 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance religious groups intimidation harassment positive CS development criminal defamation non state actors Read more
Laos increases controls on social media news sites while anti-land grab protesters jailed Published at 05.09.2019 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship release of HRDs minority groups enforced disappearance land rights Read more
Nepali government muzzling critical voices and introducing new restrictive laws Published at 27.02.2019 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance protest disruption restrictive law censorship attack on journalist protestor(s) detained criminal defamation Read more
Civil society calls for accountability for killing of Maldives journalist and its cover-up Published at 06.09.2019 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance HRD killing HRD threatened Read more
Maduro government tightens repression despite visit of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Published at 03.07.2019 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance internet restriction protest disruption censorship excessive force protest Read more
Political crisis undermines civic space freedoms Published at 19.03.2019 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups attack on HRD office raid harassment censorship attack on journalist excessive force journalist detained protest protestor(s) detained enforced disappearance internet restriction HRD threatened non state actors killing of protestors Read more
Activists, lawyers and critics continue to face harassment and defamation charges in Thailand Published at 29.11.2019 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation positive court ruling harassment criminal defamation enforced disappearance restrictive law HRD acquitted censorship HRD threatened HRD prosecuted private sector Read more
EU signs trade deal with Vietnam despite ongoing suppression of civic freedoms Published at 15.07.2019 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment surveillance HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation protest enforced disappearance restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
UN expert reports of ‘a near-total lack of space for freedom of expression’ in Laos Published at 06.05.2019 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance censorship surveillance torture/ill-treatment Read more
Arbitrary arrests, judicial harassment and attacks on activists and critics in India persist Published at 13.05.2019 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries torture/ill-treatment youth women attack on HRD restrictive law harassment HRD detained excessive force HRD threatened criminal defamation environmental rights protest enforced disappearance land rights Read more
Civil society urges new parliament to empower commission to probe murder and disappearances Published at 20.05.2019 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance prevention of protest HRD killing HRD threatened intimidation Read more
Lack of accountability for Pashtun rights protesters killed and injured in North Waziristan Published at 04.07.2019 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women harassment surveillance excessive force enforced disappearance killing of protestors time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Ongoing use of defamation laws raises questions of Malaysia’s reform credentials Published at 25.07.2019 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance restrictive law protestor(s) detained land rights protest disruption indigenous groups positive CS development attack on journalist criminal defamation Read more
