Police use tear gas to disperse a protest in Abidjan district Adjamé Published at 26.10.2018 Country Côte d'Ivoire Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption excessive force land rights Read more
Protests around corruption and censorship of eviction film ahead of APEC regional meeting Published at 08.11.2018 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups intimidation environmental rights censorship excessive force private sector land rights Read more
Criminal defamation laws used to prosecute online criticism of religion and monarchy Published at 26.03.2019 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups restrictive law harassment negative court ruling criminal defamation censorship protest surveillance public vilification land rights Read more
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 Read more
Attacks on journalists increasingly connected to government corruption and criminal investigations Published at 13.11.2018 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups refugees and migrants intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist HRD killing protest killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors land rights Read more
Six years on, groups demand effective investigation into disappearance of activist Sombath Somphone Published at 17.01.2019 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment religious groups private sector land rights Read more
Land disputes undermine civic space in Honduras Published at 19.11.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants intimidation negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation protest non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
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 Read more
17 journalists killed between 2015 and 2018 Published at 22.11.2018 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment restrictive law land rights protest intimidation Read more
Civil society concerned about physical attacks and ongoing prosecution of Thai activists Published at 12.07.2019 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment criminal defamation enforced disappearance restrictive law surveillance women intimidation land rights Read more
Wave of killing of human rights defenders continues Published at 17.12.2018 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women indigenous groups intimidation HRD killing protest land rights Read more
Human rights lawyer assisting families of slain sugar farmers in Sagay gunned down Published at 22.11.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD torture/ill-treatment positive CS development HRD detained HRD killing land rights Read more
Two land activists murdered in Brazil Published at 18.12.2018 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: women extractive industries environmental rights attack on journalist HRD killing protest land rights Read more
Protesters in Myanmar face arbitrary arrest, prosecution and excessive force Published at 01.04.2019 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Government poised to decriminalise libel Published at 03.04.2019 Country Sierra Leone Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist HRD detained labour rights violent protest non state actors private sector land rights Read more
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 Read more
String of attacks against journalists while growing calls for the passage of the RTI Bill Published at 11.12.2018 Country Ghana Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption extractive industries attack on journalist protest violent protest access to info. law protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights non state actors Read more
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 Read more
Indigenous communities under severe attacks Published at 22.01.2019 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment indigenous groups non state actors protest land rights Read more
Arrest of 14 people at a pipeline protest prompts national outrage Published at 12.02.2019 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: private sector land rights time,place restrictions censorship protestor(s) detained women indigenous groups people with disabilities labour rights protest environmental rights extractive industries Read more
