Authorities rein in sustained pro-democracy and cost of living protests Published at 23.10.2019 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest labour rights protest protest disruption land rights Read more
Philippines human rights body launches national inquiry as attacks against activists persist Published at 01.11.2019 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women indigenous groups attack on HRD intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD killing criminal defamation public vilification killing of journalist surveillance non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
New law protects minority languages and expands their spheres of use Published at 06.11.2017 Country Albania Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women minority groups positive CS development labour rights protest protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
More concerning cases of criminalisation of student protesters and activists Published at 15.08.2017 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted LGBTI indigenous groups attack on HRD HRD killing excessive force protest killing of journalist killing of protestors censorship land rights Read more
Hostilities toward social activists grow, leading to at least three recent deaths Published at 08.08.2017 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights journalist detained women attack on HRD attack on journalist HRD killing negative court ruling land rights Read more
Civil society to UN: "HRDs are victims of murder, stigmatization, assault, impunity" Published at 01.06.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: women harassment attack on journalist HRD detained labour rights excessive force protest public vilification protestor(s) detained non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
Authorities harass and intimidate land rights activists Published at 12.05.2017 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment religious groups land rights minority groups intimidation Read more
Despite international scrutiny and criticism, Turkmen authorities restrict civic freedoms Published at 15.05.2017 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law religious groups political interference minority groups land rights Read more
Two indigenous and land rights activists killed in Rio Grande do Sul and Pará Published at 27.04.2017 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups HRD detained HRD killing protest killing of protestors journalist detained environmental rights land rights Read more
No improvement on civic space: Myanmar shuns international scrutiny Published at 05.05.2017 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption religious groups travel ban excessive force protest prevention of protest extractive industries violent protest protestor(s) detained land rights private sector non state actors Read more
Closing space for indigenous activists to protect communities' land rights Published at 04.09.2017 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups women excessive force prevention of protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Court upholds sentencing of 11 campesinos for defending their land rights Published at 24.07.2017 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: land rights indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force LGBTI public vilification Read more
Environmental and land rights defenders threatened and sued Published at 01.08.2017 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: women excessive force protest environmental rights censorship HRD prosecuted private sector land rights Read more
Pipeline protestors met with force by Italian police Published at 24.07.2017 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: protest surveillance protest disruption intimidation censorship attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation access to info. law non state actors environmental rights land rights 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
Activists attacked and arrested while impunity prevails Published at 20.06.2017 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted attack on HRD intimidation harassment travel ban HRD detained excessive force private sector women release of HRDs attack on journalist labour rights protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
Police fire tear gas at peaceful demonstrators, including persons with disabilities Published at 29.06.2017 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained protest disruption indigenous groups environmental rights land rights excessive force protest extractive industries enabling law 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
People take a stand against corruption, protesting criminal code reform Published at 11.10.2017 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling violent protest labour rights positive court ruling protest disruption attack on journalist excessive force censorship protestor(s) detained political interference HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
NGO bill under consideration poses "grave danger to democracy" Published at 14.09.2017 Country Nigeria Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest protestor(s) detained indigenous groups office raid religious groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest torture/ill-treatment land rights Read more
Closure of Cambodia Daily signals an escalating crackdown on dissent Published at 06.09.2017 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: women CSO closure release of HRDs harassment protest disruption travel ban protest political interference bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD threatened land rights Read more
