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Singapore ramping up use of ‘fake news’ law against critics ahead of elections
- Published at
- 24.02.2020
- Country
- Singapore
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- negative court ruling
- LGBTI
Continued attacks on HRDs, journalists and activists through prosecutions
- Published at
- 19.03.2020
- Country
- Egypt
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- journalist detained
- restrictive law
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
Human rights defenders, journalists and Papuan protesters targeted in Indonesia despite UN human rights review
- Published at
- 14.02.2023
- Country
- Indonesia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights
Tanzania: Dissidents and critics bear heavy brunt of increasing restrictions on expression
- Published at
- 22.04.2020
- Country
- Tanzania
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
HRD sentenced to five years in prison, six journalists handed down hefty fines
- Published at
- 14.04.2020
- Country
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD threatened
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- extractive industries
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
HRDs, journalists face a sustained campaign of interrogation and detention
- Published at
- 11.05.2020
- Country
- Kuwait
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
- release of HRDs
- minority groups
- intimidation
- censorship
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
China silences reporting on COVID-19, expands surveillance and arrests Hong Kong protest leaders
- Published at
- 20.05.2020
- Country
- China
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- minority groups
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- travel ban
- negative court ruling
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Systematic persecution of CSO activists; attacks on freedom of expression and assembly continue
- Published at
- 20.05.2020
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- excessive force
- protestor(s) detained
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- women
- restrictive law
- protest disruption
- office raid
- intimidation
- minority groups
- journalist detained
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
Civic space concerns reinforced by COVID-19 response
- Published at
- 27.05.2020
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- LGBTI
- bureaucratic restriction
- negative court ruling
- time,place restrictions
- women
- internet restriction
- censorship
- restrictive law
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- attack on journalist
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
Police brutality a continuing crisis in Kenya
- Published at
- 04.06.2020
- Country
- Kenya
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- killing of protestors
- restrictive law
- censorship
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
Venezuela reprime las actividades de la sociedad civil y restringe su financiación
- Published at
- 07.06.2021
- Country
- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- protest
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- funding restriction
- office raid
- journalist detained
Funding cuts and no economic assistance for CSOs during COVID-19
- Published at
- 15.06.2020
- Country
- North Macedonia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- LGBTI
- women
- censorship
- positive CS development
- negative court ruling
- protest
Denialism of COVID-19 pandemic and continuous threats to freedom of expression
- Published at
- 09.06.2020
- Country
- Tajikistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- political interference
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- funding restriction
- intimidation
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- internet restriction
- non state actors
Cuba cracking down on dissent using internet regulation and COVID-19 pretence
- Published at
- 10.06.2020
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- HRD threatened
- harassment
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- HRD prosecuted
Election period sees clampdown on freedoms; Outgoing president Nkurunziza dies suddenly
- Published at
- 15.06.2020
- Country
- Burundi
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
- internet restriction
- political interference
- censorship
- journalist detained
- harassment
- HRD killing
- HRD prosecuted
Declining health of convicted HRD concerns family members and human rights organisations
- Published at
- 29.05.2020
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- negative court ruling
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- women
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
Forte répression des libertés pendant la période électorale et décès soudain du président sortant
- Published at
- 19.06.2020
- Country
- Burundi
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- internet restriction
- political interference
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Court rulings against La Prensa set dangerous precedents for press freedom in Panama
- Published at
- 22.07.2020
- Country
- Panama
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
- censorship
- criminal defamation
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
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