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Repression of Liberal Publishing House, journalists and online critics escalates in Vietnam
Published at
30.07.2020
Country
Vietnam
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- women
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted

Protesters arrested, temporary internet restrictions imposed
Published at
02.12.2020
Country
Azerbaijan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- protest

COVID-19, a pretext to further suppress freedom of expression and association
Published at
22.06.2020
Country
Egypt
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- harassment
- protest
- internet restriction
- restrictive law

Protests against impunity war crimes in eastern DRC, journalists and HRD subjected to threats
Published at
30.10.2020
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- excessive force
- journalist detained
- criminal defamation
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- prevention of protest
- HRD threatened

Judicial harassment of FNDC activists; 6 people killed in protest against COVID-19 police roadblocks
Published at
12.08.2020
Country
Guinea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- non state actors

Journalists bear the brunt of repression of expression in Somalia
Published at
07.08.2020
Country
Somalia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained
- women
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- killing of journalist
- restrictive law
- HRD prosecuted

Popular Protests: Demonstrators, journalists and human rights defenders killed, attacked & silenced
Published at
07.08.2020
Country
Iraq
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD killing
- HRD detained
- protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- protest disruption
- violent protest
- attack on HRD
- attack on journalist

Journalist assaulted, detained
Published at
01.03.2020
Country
Sierra Leone
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- attack on journalist
- prevention of protest
- journalist detained

Expression under threat: New law to censor social media
Published at
23.07.2020
Country
Turkey
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- intimidation
- labour rights
- excessive force
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained

Papuan activists prosecuted while critics face judicial harassment and digital attacks
Published at
10.08.2020
Country
Indonesia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- women
- minority groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- surveillance
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- land rights

Opposition candidates and supporters persecuted, detained ahead of elections
Published at
11.08.2020
Country
Belarus
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- protest
- political interference
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- release of HRDs
- HRD prosecuted

Journalist Samira Sabou acquitted, one HRD released while three others linger in prison
Published at
08.08.2020
Country
Niger
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD acquitted
- journalist detained
- positive court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
- release of HRDs

Venezuela stifles dissent with political interference in opposition parties and detentions
Published at
12.08.2020
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- public vilification
- enforced disappearance
- sexual assault
- torture/ill-treatment
- women
- intimidation
- negative court ruling
- political interference
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained

Myanmar activists protesting internet ban criminalised while attacks against Rohingya continue
Published at
13.08.2020
Country
Myanmar
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- minority groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- non state actors

Activists, journalists face smear campaigns, harassment and censorship during COVID-19
Published at
23.07.2020
Country
Serbia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- harassment
- women
- attack on journalist
- intimidation
- youth
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- public vilification
- censorship
- journalist detained

Massive restrictions on expression during COVID-19; sudden banning of peaceful opposition
Published at
24.08.2020
Country
Kazakhstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- people with disabilities
- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted

Locaux des Échos vandalisés suite à un article sur la COVID-19
Published at
26.08.2020
Country
Senegal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- violent protest
- time,place restrictions
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors

Libération de la journaliste Samira Sabou et d'un militant. Trois autres restent en prison
Published at
13.08.2020
Country
Niger
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- positive court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
- release of HRDs
- HRD acquitted

Harcèlement judiciaire du FNDC ; six morts lors de manifestations contre les barrages de police
Published at
17.08.2020
Country
Guinea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- HRD prosecuted
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- journalist detained
- non state actors

Protests over government plans to withdraw from Istanbul Convention
Published at
18.08.2020
Country
Turkey
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- positive court ruling
- harassment
- protest
- excessive force
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights