Philippines: Activists face judicial harassment, abductions and being designated as terrorists Published at 11.10.2023 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth women intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD killing labour rights protest public vilification enforced disappearance restrictive law HRD acquitted HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Cambodia: Criminalisation of activists and the opposition continues following sham elections and transfer of political power Published at 23.10.2023 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protest disruption women attack on HRD harassment travel ban negative court ruling internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Afghanistan: Continued raids on and detention of activists, journalists, and crackdown on peaceful protests Published at 25.10.2023 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling self censorship protest disruption women surveillance HRD detained excessive force protest prevention of protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
German courts rule against criminalisation of solidarity with Palestine in two rulings, pressure on journalists persists Published at 28.03.2023 Country Germany Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling internet restriction attack on journalist journalist detained Read more
Pro-EU and Pro-Choice Protests Sweep Poland Published at 07.08.2023 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women attack on journalist protest political interference journalist detained environmental rights Read more
Investigative journalist’s controversial conviction for drug trafficking overturned Published at 08.02.2023 Country Montenegro Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women attack on journalist labour rights protest Read more
Anti-Government protests erupt over new Finance Act Published at 20.10.2023 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI protest disruption release of HRDs excessive force protest public vilification killing of protestors censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Assault on journalists outside court continues Published at 17.07.2023 Country St Vincent and the Grenadines Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling positive CS development attack on journalist Read more
Costa Rica: Activists call for end to police abuse; steps towards the first national anti-hate strategy Published at 27.10.2023 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption positive CS development excessive force protestor(s) detained Read more
SLAPP lawsuits contribute to growing trend of pressure on critical voices Published at 23.03.2023 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD detained criminal defamation protest political interference HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Thailand: New government continues to criminalise activists for royal defamation and prosecute protesters Published at 31.10.2023 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth women negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Increase in threats to journalists Published at 27.10.2023 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling self censorship women indigenous groups intimidation harassment HRD killing protest censorship non state actors Read more
Security guard at leading Albanian TV station shot dead in mysterious attack Published at 19.04.2023 Country Albania Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women attack on journalist people with disabilities access to info. law environmental rights Read more
Indigenous communities in Brazil under attack Published at 21.08.2023 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women indigenous groups sexual assault hrd intimidation harassment attack on journalist labour rights protest killing of journalist extractive industries censorship environmental rights land rights Read more
Paraguayan journalists defend press freedom; new president takes office amid protests Published at 15.09.2023 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling intimidation attack on journalist labour rights protest censorship environmental rights Read more
Journalist, activist arrested; mass burial plans for 103 #EndSARS protest victims Published at 21.08.2023 Country Nigeria Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained labour rights criminal defamation protest journalist detained Read more
Concerns about rule of law in France as protests met with brutality Published at 28.10.2023 Country France Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption CSO closure minority groups intimidation religious groups surveillance attack on journalist excessive force labour rights protest public vilification prevention of protest violent protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Election results challenged; civil society reacts with protests Published at 24.05.2023 Country Nigeria Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist protest censorship Read more
Civic freedoms curtailed in the electoral context, while protesters demanded electoral process integrity Published at 29.09.2023 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling self censorship office raid attack on HRD intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling protest political interference HRD prosecuted Read more
South Korea: News organisations being targeted while court strikes down law banning anti-North Korea leafleting Published at 15.11.2023 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI harassment positive CS development negative court ruling labour rights protest Read more
Aumentan las amenazas a periodistas Published at 03.11.2023 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling self censorship women indigenous groups intimidation harassment HRD killing protest censorship non state actors Read more
