Attacks on activists, journalists persist as Taliban offensive escalates in Afghanistan Published at 04.08.2021 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing non state actors killing of journalist women attack on HRD journalist detained attack on journalist Read more
More than a thousand killed in Myanmar as repression of activists continues unabated Published at 26.08.2021 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force criminal defamation protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained women HRD detained HRD killing HRD threatened Read more
Colombia: four months since the beginning of National Strike Published at 01.10.2021 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest LGBTI sexual assault protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights youth killing of protestors attack on journalist attack on HRD women intimidation censorship HRD killing excessive force labour rights indigenous groups surveillance public vilification enforced disappearance non state actors killing of journalist minority groups protest Read more
Colombia: se cumplen cuatro meses desde el inicio del paro nacional Published at 12.10.2021 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth attack on HRD censorship intimidation women HRD killing labour rights LGBTI protestor(s) detained land rights excessive force surveillance public vilification HRD threatened enforced disappearance indigenous groups non state actors killing of journalist sexual assault attack on journalist prevention of protest protest killing of protestors minority groups Read more
México: oleada de asesinatos de periodistas y de defensores de derechos medioambientales e indígenas Published at 03.09.2021 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups women attack on journalist HRD killing protest public vilification killing of journalist violent protest protestor(s) detained HRD threatened environmental rights non state actors Read more
Peru: serious decline in freedom of expression and the press Published at 20.06.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained women land rights violent protest intimidation indigenous groups harassment HRD killing HRD threatened excessive force criminal defamation attack on journalist political interference public vilification surveillance labour rights private sector non state actors environmental rights extractive industries Read more
Assault on civic freedoms persist in the Philippines despite UN joint human rights programme Published at 06.09.2021 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling internet restriction women indigenous groups harassment HRD detained HRD killing Read more
Activists and journalists targeted as draconian anti-terror law challenged in the Philippines Published at 22.02.2021 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups public vilification attack on journalist journalist detained HRD killing killing of journalist HRD detained restrictive law HRD prosecuted non state actors youth indigenous groups Read more
Violations continue: CSOs Offices raided, HRDs arrested, women reporters attacked Published at 09.09.2021 Country Palestine Category Latest Developments Tags: women office raid harassment attack on journalist HRD killing HRD detained excessive force protest protestor(s) detained Read more
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
Highest number of protests recorded, whistle blower and trade unionist killed Published at 17.09.2021 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women HRD killing labour rights protest violent protest enabling law censorship 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
Guatemalan civic space continues to shrink during Giammattei’s government Published at 29.09.2021 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest political interference restrictive law LGBTI women HRD acquitted indigenous groups release of HRDs harassment protestor(s) detained HRD killing excessive force protest public vilification land rights Read more
Ongoing threats and attacks against civil society, media in Afghanistan while protests restricted Published at 21.10.2021 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights harassment killing of journalist HRD detained journalist detained protest protest disruption HRD killing women attack on HRD CSO closure excessive force intimidation Read more
Colombia: attacks on HRDs and journalists amid increasing violence Published at 17.05.2022 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups minority groups HRD threatened positive CS development attack on journalist environmental rights land rights protest extractive industries youth attack on HRD intimidation HRD killing excessive force journalist detained public vilification non state actors women protestor(s) detained Read more
El espacio cívico guatemalteco ha seguido reduciéndose bajo el Gobierno de Giammattei Published at 06.10.2021 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women restrictive law indigenous groups release of HRDs harassment HRD acquitted HRD killing excessive force protest protestor(s) detained public vilification prevention of protest political interference land rights Read more
Agresiones a periodistas y defensores de los derechos humanos en el marco de una violencia creciente Published at 07.06.2022 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing youth attack on HRD public vilification intimidation excessive force women non state actors indigenous groups minority groups positive CS development attack on journalist protest extractive industries journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Peru: polarised elections lead to protests and attacks on journalists Published at 05.08.2021 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups intimidation environmental rights harassment positive CS development attack on journalist HRD killing protest public vilification political interference enabling law access to info. law HRD threatened non state actors Read more
Threats and attacks against activists and journalists as Afghanistan faces a humanitarian crisis Published at 11.12.2021 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on journalist HRD killing protest disruption excessive force killing of journalist journalist detained HRD threatened 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
Arrests and attacks on activists persist in Myanmar as civil society slams Hun Sen’s rogue diplomacy Published at 17.01.2022 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling protest killing of journalist killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protest disruption attack on HRD HRD detained HRD killing HRD prosecuted Read more
