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Pakistan: Authorities continue to silence dissent with crackdown on Baloch and other activists, protesters and journalists
- Published at
- 03.10.2024
- Country
- Pakistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- women
- minority groups
- attack on journalist
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
HRDs arbitrarily arrested, prosecuted; internet shutdown in Annobon province
- Published at
- 02.10.2024
- Country
- Equatorial Guinea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- HRD detained
- refusal of registration
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Benin: Activist living in exile abducted from Lomé, brought before court in Cotonou
- Published at
- 02.10.2024
- Country
- Benin
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- transnational repression
Islamophobic discrimination and protests more and more present in Sweden
- Published at
- 30.09.2024
- Country
- Sweden
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- religious groups
- protest
Violations during tense electoral period; HRDs and whistleblowers continue to be intimidated, arrested and prosecuted
- Published at
- 27.09.2024
- Country
- Madagascar
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- extractive industries
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- non state actors
Laos: Increased surveillance around ASEAN meeting, Myanmar activists deported and no progress around disappearances
- Published at
- 26.09.2024
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- surveillance
- minority groups
- transnational repression
North Korea: Laws used to crack down on access to foreign media and mobile phones with harsh punishments
- Published at
- 26.09.2024
- Country
- North Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- surveillance
Nauru: Refugees face restrictions in communicating and sharing information
- Published at
- 23.09.2024
- Country
- Nauru
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
Reports of multiple grave violations of freedom of expression and freedom of assembly
- Published at
- 20.09.2024
- Country
- Iraq
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- killing of journalist
- censorship
- positive court ruling
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- youth
Samoa: Stringent media rules imposed ahead of Commonwealth meeting raises press freedom concerns
- Published at
- 20.09.2024
- Country
- Samoa
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- bureaucratic restriction
Authorities embark on widespread crackdown ahead of SADC summit
- Published at
- 11.09.2024
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- self censorship
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted