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Criminal defamation law repealed but those expressing critical views still at risk
Published at
30.01.2019
Country
Maldives
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- religious groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- criminal defamation
- non state actors
Journalist killed amid deteriorating climate for the safety of journalists
Published at
07.02.2019
Country
Ghana
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- killing of journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- private sector
- non state actors
HRD and media activist killed, government found culpable for killing of foreign correspondent
Published at
18.02.2019
Country
Syria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- killing of journalist
- journalist detained
- HRD killing
- non state actors
Two leaders of Nicaraguan protests sentenced to more than 200 years in prison
Published at
22.02.2019
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- prevention of protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
Indictments against news site Rappler an attempt to intimidate and control the pubic narrative
Published at
26.02.2019
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- protest
- enabling law
- journalist detained
- non state actors
De jeunes milices ciblent des partis d'opposition émergents
Published at
07.09.2019
Country
Burundi
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- positive court ruling
- religious groups
- youth
- women
- intimidation
- CSO closure
- political interference
- time,place restrictions
- negative court ruling
- censorship
- non state actors
L’usage excessif de la force contre les gilets jaunes menace la liberte de reunion
Published at
28.02.2019
Country
France
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- attack on journalist
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive court ruling
- violent protest
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
Two people killed during clashes, several journalists attacked during pre-electoral campaign rally
Published at
01.03.2019
Country
Senegal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- non state actors
Deux personnes tuées lors d'affrontements et plusieurs journalistes attaqués lors d'un meeting
Published at
05.03.2019
Country
Senegal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- non state actors
Ongoing attacks against environmental activists and journalists in India while critics harassed
Published at
10.09.2019
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- environmental rights
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD detained
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- extractive industries
- time,place restrictions
- non state actors
- HRD threatened
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- restrictive law
- minority groups
- land rights
Weekly "1 of 5 million" protests continue across Serbia
Published at
08.03.2019
Country
Serbia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- protest
- political interference
- non state actors
Civic freedoms in Cuba becoming increasingly restrained
Published at
04.07.2019
Country
Cuba
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- LGBTI
- women
- minority groups
- intimidation
- protest
- censorship
- non state actors
Political crisis undermines civic space freedoms
Published at
19.03.2019
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- office raid
- harassment
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- journalist detained
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- HRD threatened
- non state actors
- killing of protestors
Human rights defenders in Nicaragua subjected to criminalisation, defamation and harassment
Published at
28.11.2019
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- protest disruption
- harassment
- protest
- attack on journalist
- women
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
Sociopolitical crisis triggers attacks against HRDs
Published at
23.04.2019
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- non state actors
Smears against journalists labelled as "traitors" increase
Published at
26.04.2019
Country
Serbia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- public vilification
- self censorship
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD threatened
- non state actors
Two journalists killed in Mexico and several facing attacks and harassment
Published at
20.05.2019
Country
Mexico
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- environmental rights
- intimidation
- killing of journalist
- non state actors
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- journalist detained
- criminal defamation
- protest
Two journalists attacked by far-right extremists in Rome
Published at
28.03.2019
Country
Italy
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- non state actors
Civic space in Gaza under severe restriction by both external and internal security forces
Published at
22.05.2019
Country
Palestine
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
- excessive force
- killing of journalist
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- surveillance
- non state actors
- attack on journalist
- protest disruption
- office raid
- negative court ruling
- restrictive law
- HRD threatened
UK anti-terror legislative and judicial steps threaten civil rights and freedom
Published at
16.05.2019
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- censorship
- refugees and migrants
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- journalist detained
- criminal defamation
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
- environmental rights
- restrictive law
- non state actors