Human rights defenders at risk as war continues in Yemen Published at 01.08.2018 Country Yemen Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment journalist detained intimidation attack on journalist Read more
UN report finds 'Urgent action is needed to address the human rights crisis in Nicaragua' Published at 03.09.2018 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist enforced disappearance HRD detained protest journalist detained killing of protestors non state actors youth women excessive force attack on HRD harassment Read more
Abducted Turkish educator released after pressure from activists Published at 03.09.2018 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance LGBTI protest Read more
Photojournalist Shahidul Alam still in jail and a hundred charged, a month after student protests Published at 10.09.2018 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment surveillance attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation protest enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
new hope for democracy and rule of law yet to be felt by activists Published at 11.09.2018 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance HRD detained office raid violent protest Read more
UN and rights group findings show systematic repression of Muslims from the Xinjiang Uighur region Published at 14.09.2018 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups intimidation journalist detained harassment HRD detained labour rights surveillance enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Conviction of former General involved in disappearances of activists important step for justice Published at 21.09.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption HRD killing labour rights criminal defamation protest enforced disappearance restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Turkmenistan: The state restricts fundamental rights to cover up crisis Published at 01.10.2018 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance internet restriction censorship intimidation travel ban protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Intensification of conflict in Anglophone Cameroon: citizens targeted Published at 04.10.2018 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance journalist detained prevention of protest HRD threatened Read more
Activists disappeared or arrested in Pakistan while media faces restrictions and threats Published at 08.01.2020 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women bureaucratic restriction intimidation HRD detained excessive force censorship enforced disappearance protestor(s) detained torture/ill-treatment restrictive law HRD prosecuted Read more
Laos activist Od Sayavong still missing six months on, while critics continue to be silenced Published at 21.02.2020 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance women restrictive law negative court ruling HRD prosecuted criminal defamation land rights Read more
Protesters, activists, journalists & aid workers attacked, kidnapped, killed, as protests escalate Published at 25.02.2020 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: youth HRD detained protest disruption intimidation office raid killing of journalist excessive force enforced disappearance attack on HRD CSO closure harassment HRD killing killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment censorship non state actors women attack on journalist protest internet restriction violent protest protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
UN Special Rapporteur raises concerns about shut down of Maldives human rights group Published at 10.03.2020 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance killing of journalist HRD threatened CSO closure Read more
Continued attacks on HRDs, journalists and activists through prosecutions Published at 19.03.2020 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance journalist detained restrictive law travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
Enforced disappearance during Guadalajara protest and two journalists at severe risk Published at 30.07.2020 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force labour rights protest enforced disappearance killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Journalists, opposition activists and unionists targeted during pandemic in Cambodia Published at 23.07.2020 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD labour rights protest enforced disappearance restrictive law journalist detained environmental rights Read more
Desaparición forzada durante una manifestación en Guadalajara; dos periodistas en grave peligro Published at 11.08.2020 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment release of HRDs torture/ill-treatment attack on journalist HRD detained violent protest protestor(s) detained excessive force labour rights protest enforced disappearance youth killing of journalist women Read more
Venezuela stifles dissent with political interference in opposition parties and detentions Published at 12.08.2020 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: public vilification enforced disappearance sexual assault torture/ill-treatment women intimidation negative court ruling political interference protest bureaucratic restriction journalist detained Read more
Activists and journalists facing harassment, being forcibly disappeared or killed in Pakistan Published at 21.08.2020 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained criminal defamation enforced disappearance killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment women attack on journalist journalist detained Read more
