COVID-19, a pretext to muzzle the media? Published at 21.05.2020 Country Jordan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained restrictive law Read more
Ongoing suppression of journalists' and protesters' rights; criminal libel law repealed Published at 01.10.2020 Country Sierra Leone Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women positive CS development attack on journalist HRD detained protest killing of protestors violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Civil society in the Philippines decry restrictive laws, smear campaigns and judicial harassment Published at 01.04.2020 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: women office raid harassment HRD detained labour rights protest public vilification restrictive law censorship journalist detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
Violations of freedom of expression continue unabated during COVID-19 pandemic Published at 21.05.2020 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship women harassment positive CS development protest criminal defamation restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance Read more
Peru legislation enables disproportionate use of force by police Published at 22.07.2020 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation positive CS development labour rights excessive force protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Journalists attacked while covering protests Published at 03.10.2020 Country Nigeria Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment political interference journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Activists, journalists continue to face reprisals as COVID-19 law exacerbates violations in Cambodia Published at 24.06.2021 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption HRD detained excessive force protest internet restriction journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Protest against police killing suppressed in Cuba and Sunflower Uprising proceeds despite repression Published at 17.09.2020 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women attack on HRD intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained protest internet restriction prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Attacks on journalists and freedom of expression persist, #SayNoToSocialMediaBill campaign Published at 01.04.2020 Country Nigeria Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force killing of journalist non state actors positive court ruling LGBTI women religious groups release of HRDs attack on journalist protest restrictive law journalist detained HRD threatened Read more
Covering COVID-19, December 2020 elections: journalists assaulted, intimidated and harassed Published at 18.09.2020 Country Ghana Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Reprimen manifestación por asesinato a manos de la policía y continua la revolución de los girasoles Published at 23.09.2020 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women attack on HRD intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained protest internet restriction prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Protests across political spectrum in Canada: demonstrations for liberty, defunding police Published at 23.09.2020 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling indigenous groups refugees and migrants minority groups intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest journalist detained Read more
Protesters arrested, journalists beaten and detained Published at 24.09.2020 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI journalist detained censorship attack on journalist protestor(s) detained protest 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: self censorship youth intimidation HRD killing excessive force killing of journalist killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment non state actors women indigenous groups minority groups attack on journalist labour rights protest extractive industries violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
China deploys security law against Hong Kong activists as persecution of critics and Uighurs persist Published at 06.10.2020 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: youth office raid minority groups harassment HRD detained protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Government continues unrelenting onslaught on expression Published at 30.10.2020 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid intimidation restrictive law release of HRDs censorship journalist detained 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
Feminist occupation of National Human Rights Commission in Mexico Published at 07.10.2020 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist excessive force protest internet restriction killing of journalist killing of protestors prevention of protest violent protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Manifestants et journalistes réprimés par la police à la suite de manifestations inhabituelles Published at 19.10.2020 Country Djibouti Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption HRD detained excessive force protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
After disputed elections, a resilient civil society powers through relentlessly Published at 30.10.2020 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force protest political interference censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Vulneran los derechos de grupos indígenas que perdieron sus tierras y medios de sustento Published at 23.11.2020 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption indigenous groups intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force labour rights protest extractive industries journalist detained Read more
