Laos activist Od Sayavong still missing six months on, while critics continue to be silenced Published at 21.02.2020 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance women restrictive law negative court ruling HRD prosecuted criminal defamation land rights Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
