Closure of 45 civil society organisations within one month in Nicaragua Published at 09.09.2021 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women indigenous groups non state actors office raid torture/ill-treatment CSO closure HRD detained censorship HRD killing HRD prosecuted enforced disappearance sexual assault journalist detained land rights Read more
Nicaragua: cierran cuarenta y cinco organizaciones de la sociedad civil en un mes Published at 20.09.2021 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship youth women indigenous groups office raid journalist detained CSO closure HRD detained non state actors HRD killing enforced disappearance HRD prosecuted sexual assault torture/ill-treatment land rights Read more
Civil society slams harassment of journalists, proposed media law, stifling of protests in Pakistan Published at 28.09.2021 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest journalist detained protest disruption women HRD detained labour rights excessive force protest enforced disappearance Read more
Nicaragua anuncia su decisión de retirarse de la OEA mientras continúan las detenciones arbitrarias Published at 13.12.2021 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance youth women harassment travel ban HRD detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Malaysia starts its UN Human Rights Council term by harassing activists, protesters and critics Published at 07.02.2022 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest enforced disappearance protest disruption office raid restrictive law harassment criminal defamation Read more
Afghan women activists abducted by the Taliban while journalists arrested and beaten Published at 11.02.2022 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained excessive force protest enforced disappearance protest disruption women attack on journalist torture/ill-treatment journalist detained Read more
On the Watchlist: Widespread violations reported during ‘’Bloody January’’ Published at 10.03.2022 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained attack on HRD intimidation harassment travel ban protestor(s) detained HRD detained HRD killing excessive force public vilification enforced disappearance killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment attack on journalist protest internet restriction violent protest HRD prosecuted Read more
Activists and journalists in China face persecution during and after Winter Olympics Published at 11.04.2022 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained criminal defamation enforced disappearance restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance women HRD prosecuted Read more
El Salvador: human rights defenders arbitrarily detained during state of emergency Published at 04.05.2022 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance extractive industries self censorship LGBTI women harassment torture/ill-treatment HRD detained surveillance protest public vilification environmental rights Read more
Venezuela: censorship of independent media online and detention of elderly woman for satirical video Published at 28.04.2022 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation self censorship internet restriction private sector youth protest women indigenous groups intimidation enforced disappearance negative court ruling labour rights censorship Read more
Detienen de forma arbitraria a defensores de los derechos humanos durante el estado de excepción Published at 16.05.2022 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries torture/ill-treatment surveillance environmental rights self censorship LGBTI women harassment HRD detained protest public vilification enforced disappearance Read more
Censuran en Internet a medios independientes y detienen a una mujer mayor por un video satírico Published at 17.05.2022 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling protest private sector self censorship censorship labour rights youth enforced disappearance women indigenous groups criminal defamation intimidation internet restriction Read more
Fears mount for Qatari woman human rights defender Noof Al-Maadeed whose fate and whereabouts remain Published at 21.12.2021 Country Qatar Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance women HRD prosecuted refugees and migrants HRD detained labour rights Read more
The Taliban continues to target activists, journalists and stifle protests by women with impunity Published at 16.06.2022 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment women attack on journalist intimidation HRD detained excessive force public vilification enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
‘Closed’ civic space shows Laos not taking annual human rights dialogues seriously Published at 18.07.2022 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance protest disruption religious groups minority groups censorship protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Journalists and critics continue to be targeted despite political transition in Pakistan Published at 16.08.2022 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained protest disruption harassment attack on journalist excessive force enforced disappearance restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
The Qatari Authorities Target Peaceful Human Rights Defenders at Home and Abroad Published at 23.09.2022 Country Qatar Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption refugees and migrants travel ban labour rights protest enforced disappearance HRD prosecuted Read more
Mexico: attacks on environmental defenders on the rise Published at 02.11.2022 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development protest violent protest enabling law protestor(s) detained environmental rights youth protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD killing enforced disappearance women indigenous groups refugees and migrants land rights Read more
Calls for accountability for disappeared activist Sombath Somphone, release of political prisoners as repression of civic space persists in Laos Published at 20.12.2022 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance censorship land rights harassment intimidation Read more
Bangladeshi government brutally cracks down on opposition rallies as well as journalists and dissidents Published at 22.12.2022 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation harassment excessive force public vilification enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
One year after the coup, civic space violations continue unabated Published at 29.12.2022 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained HRD detained women refusal of registration excessive force attack on journalist sexual assault enforced disappearance killing of protestors protest torture/ill-treatment office raid intimidation harassment restrictive law bureaucratic restriction internet restriction protestor(s) detained Read more
