Honduran defenders at high risk: two defenders killed and five Garifuna leaders missing Published at 24.08.2020 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD threatened harassment attack on journalist HRD killing HRD prosecuted environmental rights negative court ruling protest LGBTI women indigenous groups attack on HRD minority groups censorship Read more
Pandemic in Brazil aggravates democratic backslide Published at 25.08.2020 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship protest disruption intimidation positive court ruling surveillance restrictive law harassment protest HRD killing women political interference excessive force killing of journalist labour rights prevention of protest internet restriction LGBTI minority groups protestor(s) detained non state actors attack on journalist criminal defamation extractive industries indigenous groups public vilification Read more
Upheaval in Peru as president removed Published at 19.11.2020 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling environmental rights indigenous groups HRD acquitted labour rights HRD threatened land rights youth protest disruption attack on HRD extractive industries positive CS development HRD killing excessive force protest killing of protestors attack on journalist torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained sexual assault Read more
Judicial harassment of journalist and attacks against Indigenous rights defenders in Guatemala Published at 29.10.2020 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened youth office raid attack on HRD HRD detained HRD killing HRD prosecuted public vilification non state actors women indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling protest land rights Read more
El Salvador’s Congress creates group to investigate harassment of the press using state funds Published at 14.09.2020 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: women office raid harassment intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist HRD killing labour rights protest Read more
Honduras: land rights defender Arnold Joaquín Morazán Erazo and journalist Luis Almendares killed Published at 30.10.2020 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist extractive industries minority groups intimidation HRD killing environmental rights non state actors Read more
El Congreso crea un grupo para investigar el acoso a la prensa financiado con fondos estatales Published at 17.09.2020 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD killing labour rights women office raid intimidation harassment positive CS development protest Read more
Activists protest to demand investigations into death of HRD Published at 18.09.2020 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing labour rights protest women intimidation censorship Read more
Mass protests against reduced budget for social policies in Guatemala Published at 17.12.2020 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups killing of journalist attack on journalist violent protest protest protestor(s) detained HRD killing positive court ruling excessive force women Read more
Colombia en alerta: aumentan las masacres, el asesinato de líderes sociales y la represión Published at 30.09.2020 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors attack on journalist torture/ill-treatment violent protest environmental rights non state actors labour rights women self censorship journalist detained youth intimidation protest indigenous groups HRD killing excessive force killing of journalist minority groups extractive industries protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Government critic pardoned, journalists assaulted, detained Published at 29.01.2020 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD killing political interference censorship journalist detained Read more
Tension in Haiti: protests, attacks against defenders and journalists Published at 31.10.2020 Country Haiti Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors youth protest disruption attack on HRD violent protest intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force labour rights protest non state actors Read more
Rwandan government continues to target opposition in exile. Published at 16.10.2020 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD killing HRD prosecuted Read more
Chilean police forces repress protests with COVID-19 regulations Published at 29.06.2020 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation public vilification harassment protest disruption attack on HRD HRD killing censorship non state actors women indigenous groups protest sexual assault violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
Continued violence and harassment of HRDs and journalists as UN extends arms embargo Published at 21.10.2020 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling killing of journalist censorship journalist detained HRD killing HRD threatened Read more
Protests against insecurity in eastern DRC: at least 10 killed Published at 31.01.2020 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD killing HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation killing of journalist killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment violent protest protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Activists and journalists subjected to threats, offices independent weekly set on fire Published at 31.10.2020 Country Mozambique Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation HRD killing excessive force enforced disappearance prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment non state actors women positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened protest disruption Read more
Closing civic space in Brazil: censorship, harassment and attacks on journalists and activists Published at 18.12.2020 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: protest violent protest intimidation harassment HRD detained political interference HRD killing excessive force enforced disappearance censorship HRD prosecuted non state actors women environmental rights indigenous groups minority groups positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling land rights Read more
Free speech under siege as government launches new unit to tackle ‘misinformation’ Published at 09.11.2020 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction killing of journalist censorship journalist detained positive court ruling LGBTI intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force labour rights protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Revueltas en Perú tras la destitución del presidente Published at 02.12.2020 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: youth killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment attack on HRD indigenous groups protest disruption HRD killing excessive force positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest sexual assault extractive industries HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Two environmental defenders killed in Honduras Published at 14.01.2021 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights youth protest disruption indigenous groups attack on HRD women HRD killing protest journalist detained land rights Read more
