Lawyer defending environmental rights activist killed in Honduras Published at 26.04.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women intimidation attack on journalist excessive force harassment HRD detained release of HRDs HRD killing protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Thai junta continues repression nearly four years after coup Published at 17.05.2018 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship environmental rights private sector protest positive CS development HRD detained criminal defamation Read more
Thousands of tear gas canisters fired as police clear anti-capitalist community Published at 01.05.2018 Country France Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force criminal defamation violent protest political interference restrictive law private sector censorship environmental rights attack on journalist negative court ruling land rights Read more
Calls for legislation to protect human rights defenders as attacks against them persist Published at 04.06.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: youth attack on journalist women restrictive law HRD killing attack on HRD minority groups environmental rights intimidation extractive industries protest land rights Read more
Indigenous rights defenders in Peru at grave risk due to interests in community lands Published at 05.06.2018 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained youth HRD killing excessive force environmental rights protest disruption indigenous groups women attack on journalist Read more
Opposition figure detained at airport and forcibly deported again Published at 14.06.2018 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI indigenous groups harassment attack on journalist excessive force prevention of protest censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
CSOs and UN Special Rapporteurs concerned over draft Law on Associations Published at 21.06.2018 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained non state actors violent protest protest disruption intimidation restrictive law attack on journalist prevention of protest extractive industries private sector environmental rights Read more
Amendments to media law could 'further restrict press in Belarus", according to the OSCE Published at 07.08.2018 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law environmental rights protest Read more
Environmental activism targeted by illegal poachers Published at 09.08.2018 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law intimidation environmental rights labour rights protestor(s) detained HRD threatened protest Read more
2018: a lethal year for land and environmental defenders in Guatemala Published at 16.08.2018 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling indigenous groups positive CS development attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest extractive industries restrictive law non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
Ecuador officially joins the Open Government Partnership Published at 23.08.2018 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups extractive industries environmental rights positive CS development Read more
Environmental protests continue as fracking companies seek court injunction Published at 02.07.2018 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling intimidation harassment positive CS development negative court ruling public vilification extractive industries private sector surveillance environmental rights non state actors Read more
Government immigration policies drive people to the streets Published at 04.07.2018 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI youth refugees and migrants intimidation attack on journalist labour rights protest private sector protestor(s) detained positive court ruling environmental rights Read more
Despite several protests opposing the project, Canada to buy Kinder Morgan pipeline Published at 13.07.2018 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI indigenous groups positive CS development attack on journalist protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Protests in Argentina in support of legal abortion Published at 16.07.2018 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption attack on journalist labour rights protest excessive force journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
UN Special Rapporteur: anti-terror bill "falls short" of UK's rights obligations Published at 09.08.2018 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: youth surveillance protest extractive industries restrictive law bureaucratic restriction access to info. law protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Hun Sen increases restrictions on media and online expression in Cambodia ahead of elections Published at 20.07.2018 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest restrictive law HRD prosecuted bureaucratic restriction positive court ruling HRD killing HRD acquitted negative court ruling environmental rights criminal defamation internet restriction censorship journalist detained land rights Read more
Civil society in Solomon Islands concerned about limitations in Anti-Corruption Bill Published at 25.07.2018 Country Solomon Islands Category Latest Developments Tags: land rights environmental rights women protestor(s) detained enabling law Read more
Government Ends Plans to Build Pulp Mill Following Protest Published at 13.08.2018 Country Estonia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law environmental rights protest Read more
India: anti-corruption activists under attack Published at 31.07.2018 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups HRD detained HRD killing protest killing of journalist violent protest access to info. law environmental rights non state actors Read more
Largely peaceful protests prove effective for activists on environmental and social justice issues Published at 29.08.2018 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: protest time,place restrictions censorship LGBTI protest disruption women attack on journalist protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
