Proposed election law sparks protests, CSOs denounce new framework to monitor online content Published at 20.04.2023 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD CSO closure HRD detained HRD killing protest internet restriction torture/ill-treatment censorship HRD threatened HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
En Ecuador, el peligro acecha a las personas defensoras del medioambiente Published at 24.04.2023 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women indigenous groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD killing protest public vilification killing of journalist extractive industries private sector bureaucratic restriction HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Plight of activists continues to raise concerns as more are killed, attacked Published at 17.05.2023 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth women minority groups intimidation harassment HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation public vilification protest extractive industries protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
68 human rights defenders killed in the first four months of 2023 Published at 12.06.2023 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women indigenous groups intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing labour rights protest killing of journalist environmental rights non state actors Read more
CSO expressed concern over the increasing number of threats against journalists and media. Published at 12.06.2023 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing intimidation protest land rights Read more
OSC EXPRESÓ SU PREOCUPACIÓN POR LAS CRECIENTES AMENAZAS CONTRA PERIODISTAS Y MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN Published at 03.07.2023 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing intimidation protest land rights Read more
ASESINAN A 68 DEFENSORES DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS EN LOS PRIMEROS CUATRO MESES DE 2023 Published at 03.07.2023 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women indigenous groups intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing labour rights protest killing of journalist environmental rights non state actors Read more
Philippines: A year into the Marcos Jr presidency, arbitrary arrests, surveillance, attacks on journalists and enforced disappearances persist Published at 13.07.2023 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained HRD killing excessive force public vilification enforced disappearance killing of journalist surveillance private sector non state actors women indigenous groups attack on journalist labour rights extractive industries restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights youth Read more
Journalist’s sentence upheld, HRDs acquitted Published at 31.05.2023 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling HRD killing negative court ruling political interference HRD acquitted HRD prosecuted Read more
Attacks against journalists continue unabated in Mexico Published at 08.08.2023 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment HRD killing protest enforced disappearance killing of journalist environmental rights Read more
Thailand: Relentless prosecutions for lese-majesté as National Assembly blocks winning party from forming government Published at 11.08.2023 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth women surveillance HRD killing negative court ruling labour rights criminal defamation protest censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Targeting of Journalists and media outlets intensifies as conflict escalates Published at 31.05.2023 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD killing negative court ruling protest torture/ill-treatment journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
India: Ahead of the G20 summit, human rights defenders face raids, arrests and detention while impunity persists in Manipur Published at 17.08.2023 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption women minority groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD detained HRD killing excessive force internet restriction environmental rights Read more
México: continúan las agresiones a periodistas Published at 12.09.2023 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD killing protest enforced disappearance killing of journalist environmental rights Read more
Anti-Homosexuality Act signed into law, vocal government critic shot dead Published at 30.06.2023 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women youth sexual assault harassment attack on journalist HRD killing labour rights protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Bangladesh: Government ramps up persecution, smear campaign against activists while attacks on the opposition persist Published at 08.09.2023 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women refugees and migrants intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD killing negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation labour rights enforced disappearance public vilification torture/ill-treatment restrictive law time,place restrictions protestor(s) detained Read more
Arrests, abductions and violent attacks against critics and opposition surround election period Published at 27.09.2023 Country Zimbabwe Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation HRD detained HRD killing negative court ruling torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law HRD prosecuted Read more
Attacks and targeting of pro-democracy activists continue Published at 30.06.2023 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI attack on HRD intimidation HRD killing negative court ruling labour rights protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment political interference Read more
Philippines: Activists face judicial harassment, abductions and being designated as terrorists Published at 11.10.2023 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth women intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD killing labour rights protest public vilification enforced disappearance restrictive law HRD acquitted HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
HRD killed, CSOs villified, protests documented Published at 20.10.2023 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption refugees and migrants intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest public vilification killing of protestors censorship environmental rights land rights Read more
Military operations continue to threaten civil society, as watchdog reports one killing and three injuries of NGO workers in Ukraine in 2023 Published at 11.05.2023 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship attack on journalist HRD killing killing of journalist Read more
