Repressive laws and tactics used to silence critics as Bangladesh elected to UN Human Rights body Published at 26.10.2018 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: youth surveillance HRD detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Dos miembros del cuerpo de bomberos detenidos por un video satírico Published at 30.10.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction torture/ill-treatment censorship journalist detained labour rights protest Read more
「六四」29周年：万人在港悼念多名异见者在中国面临检控 Published at 05.07.2018 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling protest internet restriction torture/ill-treatment censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
UN experts alarmed over systematic targeting of civil society Published at 06.11.2018 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship LGBTI women release of HRDs HRD detained enforced disappearance internet restriction torture/ill-treatment Read more
Hong Kong protests met with excessive force as activists suppressed around Tiananmen anniversary Published at 11.07.2019 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment intimidation harassment protestor(s) detained sexual assault travel ban HRD detained women excessive force enforced disappearance censorship internet restriction HRD prosecuted restrictive law environmental rights land rights Read more
Assault and harassment of HRD highlight severe repression of civic space in Equatorial Guinea Published at 29.03.2019 Country Equatorial Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation harassment criminal defamation travel ban torture/ill-treatment HRD detained censorship HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Attacks on journalists increasingly connected to government corruption and criminal investigations Published at 13.11.2018 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups refugees and migrants intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist HRD killing protest killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors land rights Read more
Six years on, groups demand effective investigation into disappearance of activist Sombath Somphone Published at 17.01.2019 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment religious groups private sector land rights Read more
Critics of military junta continue to be criminalised Published at 07.09.2018 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment protest positive court ruling restrictive law refugees and migrants positive CS development attack on HRD HRD acquitted intimidation travel ban negative court ruling HRD detained criminal defamation prevention of protest labour rights HRD prosecuted Read more
European Parliament condemns detention of Ahmed Mansoor & other HRDs Published at 15.11.2018 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment Read more
Civil society highlights torture and ill-treatment of activists at UN review Published at 20.11.2018 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: women positive CS development attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling travel ban criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Human rights lawyer assisting families of slain sugar farmers in Sagay gunned down Published at 22.11.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD torture/ill-treatment positive CS development HRD detained HRD killing land rights Read more
Concern after brutal attack on women HRDs in prison Published at 27.11.2018 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: protest youth protest disruption women torture/ill-treatment attack on HRD censorship intimidation harassment attack on journalist journalist detained non state actors Read more
After 62 days in hunger strike, Tomas Nuñez was released Published at 13.12.2018 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: women torture/ill-treatment release of HRDs travel ban journalist detained protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Arbitrary arrests of pro-democracy activists ahead of 23rd December elections Published at 19.12.2018 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption HRD detained protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Brunei citizens fear speaking out on new cruel and inhuman punishments Published at 04.04.2019 Country Brunei Darussalam Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship LGBTI women torture/ill-treatment restrictive law Read more
Authorities' growing intolerance of critical online voices Published at 11.02.2019 Country Côte d'Ivoire Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained torture/ill-treatment labour rights protest Read more
Groups strike, protest, amid deteriorating economic conditions Published at 21.11.2019 Country Zimbabwe Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation negative court ruling protest disruption labour rights protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment HRD threatened Read more
Intolérance croissante des autorités face aux voix critiques en ligne Published at 15.02.2019 Country Côte d'Ivoire Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights HRD detained torture/ill-treatment protest Read more
Prominent WHRD Israa Al-Ghomgham spared death penalty sentence Published at 27.02.2019 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship women torture/ill-treatment positive CS development Read more
Fiji commits to free speech at UN while boy allegedly tortured for criticising the PM Published at 25.11.2019 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: youth prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment labour rights Read more
