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Repressive laws and tactics used to silence critics as Bangladesh elected to UN Human Rights body
Published at
26.10.2018
Country
Bangladesh
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Civic space under pressure in France - a roundup of the latest developments
Published at
11.01.2018
Country
France
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- public vilification
- refugees and migrants
- CSO closure
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- criminal defamation
- political interference
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
Press freedom violations surge: journalists assaulted, detained, prosecuted
Published at
22.04.2022
Country
Ghana
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
「六四」29周年:万人在港悼念多名异见者在中国面临检控
Published at
05.07.2018
Country
China
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- women
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
Judicial harassment against the members of Open Russia movement
Published at
27.03.2019
Country
Russia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- harassment
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
Hong Kong protests met with excessive force as activists suppressed around Tiananmen anniversary
Published at
11.07.2019
Country
China
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- intimidation
- harassment
- protestor(s) detained
- sexual assault
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- women
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- censorship
- internet restriction
- HRD prosecuted
- restrictive law
- environmental rights
- land rights
Assault and harassment of HRD highlight severe repression of civic space in Equatorial Guinea
Published at
29.03.2019
Country
Equatorial Guinea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- travel ban
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD detained
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
Government bans NGOs for 3 months amid continued crackdown on civil society
Published at
10.01.2019
Country
Burundi
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
- intimidation
- CSO closure
- bureaucratic restriction
Critics of military junta continue to be criminalised
Published at
07.09.2018
Country
Thailand
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- protest
- positive court ruling
- restrictive law
- refugees and migrants
- positive CS development
- attack on HRD
- HRD acquitted
- intimidation
- travel ban
- negative court ruling
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- prevention of protest
- labour rights
- HRD prosecuted
Civil society calls for all restrictions to be lifted ahead of elections as persecution continues
Published at
13.11.2018
Country
Thailand
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- internet restriction
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- criminal defamation
- environmental rights
Civil society highlights torture and ill-treatment of activists at UN review
Published at
20.11.2018
Country
Vietnam
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- travel ban
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights
Nine Hong Kong “Umbrella movement” activists facing trial while pro-independence party banned
Published at
17.11.2018
Country
China
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- HRD detained
- protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
Private security company hired by authorities to research anti-base protesters in Okinawa
Published at
02.04.2019
Country
Japan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- minority groups
- surveillance
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
- protest
Moratorium on use of repressive laws lifted despite promises at the UN human rights council
Published at
04.12.2018
Country
Malaysia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- travel ban
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights
Elections in Bahrain condemned as sham by civil society
Published at
06.12.2018
Country
Bahrain
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- women
- political interference
- HRD prosecuted
- intimidation
Four environmental defenders criminalised in Paraguay
Published at
05.06.2019
Country
Paraguay
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- attack on HRD
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights
Millions Rally in Support of Catalonian Independence
Published at
05.10.2018
Country
Spain
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- attack on HRD
- religious groups
- criminal defamation
- attack on journalist
- HRD prosecuted
- protest
Concerns about freedom of expression in Nigeria: journalists arrested, protests repressed
Published at
19.11.2019
Country
Nigeria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- office raid
- intimidation
- protest
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- violent protest
- killing of journalist
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- killing of protestors
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- private sector
- non state actors
- protestor(s) detained
- women
- religious groups
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD prosecuted
Increasing use of judicial system in Singapore to silence critics
Published at
04.02.2019
Country
Singapore
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
- criminal defamation
Heavy prison sentences for HRDs
Published at
11.02.2019
Country
Togo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- protest