At least five killed as student protests turn violent Published at 13.04.2017 Country Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest killing of protestors harassment protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist excessive force labour rights violent protest Read more
Protest turns violent and political party leader killed in police raid Published at 05.04.2017 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors violent protest office raid women Read more
Three protesters killed in clashes as court upholds President Park's impeachment Published at 03.04.2017 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors positive court ruling violent protest HRD detained surveillance protest Read more
Security forces fire on protesters in Baghdad and journalist killed in Mosul Published at 30.03.2017 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest internet restriction prevention of protest killing of protestors killing of journalist time,place restrictions access to info. law Read more
One killed as protests erupt over fuel costs and closure of media outlets Published at 12.04.2017 Country Togo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption prevention of protest killing of protestors access to info. law excessive force protest Read more
Despite the severe crackdown, protests endure, marking 100 days on the streets Published at 11.07.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation harassment killing of protestors attack on journalist censorship excessive force protest internet restriction protestor(s) detained Read more
Repression and criminalisation of protests continue in Venezuela Published at 19.05.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation excessive force harassment public vilification attack on journalist protest disruption internet restriction killing of protestors journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Ongoing armed conflict puts activists at even greater risk Published at 12.06.2017 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups killing of protestors attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest Read more
Lethal force used against farmers as drought drives protest Published at 23.05.2017 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest enabling law censorship women harassment excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors protestor(s) detained Read more
Undaunted by severe state suppression of peaceful assembly, Venezuelans protest Published at 09.06.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment protest disruption office raid censorship women intimidation harassment surveillance attack on journalist excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest protestor(s) detained Read more
HRDs at risk protecting environmental, indigenous and women's rights Published at 15.06.2017 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD acquitted excessive force environmental rights sexual assault positive court ruling women indigenous groups intimidation harassment killing of protestors land rights Read more
Police use excessive force to quell protest in Duraz - 5 killed, hundreds arrested Published at 16.06.2017 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment women sexual assault harassment HRD detained HRD threatened killing of protestors negative court ruling protestor(s) detained excessive force protest disruption censorship bureaucratic restriction attack on HRD environmental rights Read more
Rights violations intensify ahead of August elections Published at 06.07.2017 Country Angola Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation prevention of protest killing of protestors censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
CIVICUS Monitor speaks to Kenyan activist in aftermath of election Published at 14.08.2017 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption killing of protestors violent protest political interference protest Read more
Harassment and intimidation of rights defenders and journalists on the rise in Guatemala Published at 09.08.2017 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups attack on HRD intimidation harassment excessive force labour rights killing of protestors protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
Crisis escalates in Venezuela as human rights violations increase Published at 04.08.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest killing of protestors time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Two young opposition protesters killed by security forces Published at 11.10.2017 Country Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors violent protest excessive force protest Read more
UN interviews find widespread use of excessive force by security forces to quell protests Published at 23.08.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship intimidation harassment excessive force protest sexual assault killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Activist and political leader allegedly shot by police during anti-corruption strike Published at 24.08.2017 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors protest Read more
Prior police permission needed for joggers on Sierra Leone's streets Published at 30.08.2017 Country Sierra Leone Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment excessive force protest killing of protestors political interference restrictive law time,place restrictions protestor(s) detained Read more
Use of live ammunition by security officers during protests Published at 20.09.2017 Country Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest killing of protestors violent protest attack on journalist protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
