Paraguay: Violent evictions affect land rights defenders Published at 21.07.2022 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups environmental rights protest positive CS development HRD detained criminal defamation land rights Read more
Undocumented migrants call on government to ensure fair regularisation procedures Published at 16.11.2021 Country Belgium Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption refugees and migrants harassment protestor(s) detained surveillance excessive force environmental rights Read more
Canada: use of emergency powers to disperse protests under scrutiny Published at 23.06.2022 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protestor(s) detained indigenous groups religious groups intimidation HRD prosecuted labour rights protest private sector environmental rights Read more
Dominican Republic: protests for Haitian migrants, women and LGBTQIA+ rights Published at 06.12.2021 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women refugees and migrants extractive industries minority groups intimidation environmental rights protest prevention of protest non state actors Read more
Foreign Agents Law would restrict fundamental freedoms in El Salvador Published at 07.12.2021 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law funding restriction environmental rights women office raid surveillance protest Read more
Comunidades afectadas por la minería y la extracción de petróleo encabezan una oleada de protestas Published at 13.12.2021 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted intimidation environmental rights HRD detained criminal defamation non state actors women indigenous groups release of HRDs attack on journalist negative court ruling protest extractive industries restrictive law HRD acquitted HRD threatened land rights Read more
Canada: Indigenous defenders and journalists arrested in raid of protest camp Published at 15.12.2021 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: youth environmental rights protest disruption indigenous groups refugees and migrants women labour rights protest extractive industries restrictive law time,place restrictions journalist detained protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Peaceful Assembly under attack: Policing bill proposes up to 51 weeks’ jail time for protesting Published at 14.12.2021 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights refugees and migrants intimidation harassment excessive force protest public vilification internet restriction political interference Read more
La Ley de Agentes Extranjeros podría restringir libertades fundamentales Published at 15.12.2021 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction women office raid restrictive law environmental rights surveillance protest Read more
Electoral law passed that will stifle charities in Australia while targeting of activists persists Published at 10.01.2022 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted environmental rights censorship bureaucratic restriction Read more
Brazil: environmental and land defenders killed, journalists attacked and pandemic data blackout Published at 18.01.2022 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction restrictive law enabling law HRD threatened environmental rights land rights youth attack on HRD harassment HRD killing criminal defamation non state actors women indigenous groups minority groups positive CS development attack on journalist protest Read more
Independence of RTV Slovenija under threat; culture and environmental CSOs face funding cuts Published at 11.01.2022 Country Slovenia Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction harassment environmental rights Read more
Guatemala: concern over killings, criminalisation and harassment of HRDs Published at 13.01.2022 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women indigenous groups extractive industries intimidation environmental rights protest Read more
Three killed in protest against insecurity; judicial harassment of HRDs; journalists assaulted Published at 19.01.2022 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD prosecuted HRD detained protest environmental rights non state actors prevention of protest killing of protestors journalist detained protestor(s) detained protest disruption Read more
Preocupación por asesinatos, criminalización y acoso de defensores de los y las DD. HH. Published at 20.01.2022 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights protest positive court ruling women indigenous groups extractive industries intimidation Read more
Concerns over wave of abusive SLAPPS against online news outlet Index.hr Published at 20.11.2021 Country Croatia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment negative court ruling protest public vilification extractive industries censorship environmental rights intimidation Read more
Honduras: Two human rights defenders, Pablo Isabel Hernández Rivera and Thalía Rodríguez, killed Published at 21.01.2022 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women indigenous groups harassment HRD killing negative court ruling labour rights protest internet restriction killing of journalist bureaucratic restriction HRD threatened environmental rights Read more
Trois morts lors d'une manifestation, harcèlement des DDH, agression contre des journalistes Published at 25.01.2022 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protest prevention of protest killing of protestors journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights protest disruption intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist non state actors Read more
USA: Press investigated by secretive Customs agency Published at 25.01.2022 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women intimidation surveillance labour rights protest excessive force restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Asesinan a los defensores de derechos humanos Pablo Isabel Hernández Rivera y Thalía Rodríguez Published at 25.01.2022 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist bureaucratic restriction HRD threatened LGBTI women indigenous groups harassment HRD killing negative court ruling labour rights protest internet restriction environmental rights Read more
Brazil: defenders vilified and criminalised, censorship and attacks against media on the rise Published at 31.10.2019 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups surveillance attack on journalist HRD killing protest public vilification killing of journalist censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights LGBTI Read more
