Crackdown on journalists and protests in the run-up to and after Somaliland election Published at 21.12.2017 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation protest killing of journalist internet restriction killing of protestors political interference censorship journalist detained non state actors Read more
Fundamental freedoms restricted in Honduras as socio-political crisis escalates Published at 21.12.2017 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid harassment attack on journalist excessive force killing of protestors censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
State reportedly kept independent candidates off the ballot in municipal elections Published at 04.01.2018 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women prevention of protest journalist detained censorship attack on journalist protestor(s) detained Read more
Tajikistan: LGBT CSO forced to close and state restricts online communications Published at 09.01.2018 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI censorship internet restriction torture/ill-treatment CSO closure journalist detained Read more
Deadly crackdown on anti-government protests on New Years eve Published at 10.01.2018 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest public vilification violent protest protest disruption attack on journalist restrictive law protestor(s) detained killing of protestors excessive force journalist detained Read more
Arbitrary arrest of journalist on bogus charge of "pretending to be a journalist" Published at 11.01.2018 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest journalist detained political interference excessive force protest Read more
Fears of further crackdown in deepening Anglophone crisis Published at 31.01.2018 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction prevention of protest political interference harassment journalist detained criminal defamation non state actors Read more
New penal code could threaten civic space in Oman Published at 02.02.2018 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted journalist detained protestor(s) detained negative court ruling restrictive law Read more
Thousands protest over social ills in Iraqi Kurdistan, facing tear gas and live ammunition Published at 02.02.2018 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Journalists killed, injured and arrested as the Syrian conflict continues Published at 24.01.2018 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist attack on journalist HRD detained journalist detained non state actors Read more
Banned anti-austerity protests met with arrests and police violence Published at 05.02.2018 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference censorship protest disruption attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force labour rights violent protest protest internet restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Protesters killed, WHRDs and journalists arrested as protests rock Sudan Published at 06.03.2018 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained women release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Women's rights - focal point of recent protest actions resulting in arrests Published at 12.03.2018 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups attack on journalist excessive force protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Local Mexicali Resiste movement against a construction project continues Published at 06.02.2018 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights indigenous groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist labour rights protest non state actors Read more
Deadly anti-Kabila protests followed by wave of arrests of social movement activists Published at 11.05.2018 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD acquitted killing of protestors non state actors journalist detained women protestor(s) detained release of HRDs youth protest disruption attack on HRD HRD detained protest HRD killing excessive force internet restriction criminal defamation enforced disappearance prevention of protest sexual assault HRD prosecuted Read more
Authorities fail to investigate break-ins targeting human rights organisations Published at 08.03.2018 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance attack on HRD torture/ill-treatment journalist detained positive court ruling non state actors Read more
Human rights groups deem trial unfair as Nabeel Rajab's appeal is rejected Published at 18.06.2018 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained torture/ill-treatment journalist detained HRD prosecuted restrictive law Read more
Worrying new law could threaten social media users' free expression Published at 09.02.2018 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained restrictive law internet restriction Read more
Public official insults female journalists on social media Published at 05.03.2018 Country Bosnia & Herzegovina Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women intimidation harassment labour rights protest violent protest political interference journalist detained Read more
Journalists, human rights defenders and artists persecuted and harassed in Cuba Published at 16.02.2018 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation journalist detained harassment travel ban attack on journalist excessive force protest enforced disappearance prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained Read more
Protesters and journalists arrested and ill-treated under state of emergency Published at 19.02.2018 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption sexual assault torture/ill-treatment journalist detained attack on journalist excessive force Read more
