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Brunei: Strict controls of the media, internet freedom and the right to peacefully assemble
- Published at
- 15.05.2024
- Country
- Brunei Darussalam
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- surveillance
- restrictive law
Pakistan: Activists and journalists targeted, increased controls on online expression and crackdown on protests
- Published at
- 14.05.2024
- Country
- Pakistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
North Korea: Thousands held in prison camps while authorities maintain control over speech and clothing
- Published at
- 07.05.2024
- Country
- North Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- harassment
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- surveillance
Laos: Social media critic arrested for exposing bribery while land rights protesters detained
- Published at
- 07.05.2024
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- minority groups
- harassment
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights
Eritrea ranked worst jailer of journalists in Africa
- Published at
- 30.04.2024
- Country
- Eritrea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- journalist detained
Civic space deteriorates further as “foreign agent”-style NGO law is adopted and media crackdown widens
- Published at
- 25.04.2024
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- place restrictions
- office raid
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Myanmar: Political prisoners tortured and killed with impunity while journalists and social media activists remain at risk
- Published at
- 20.04.2024
- Country
- Myanmar
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- transnational repression
- harassment
- HRD killing
- killing of journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Protests and meetings over controversial constitutional reform banned; journalist arrested
- Published at
- 19.04.2024
- Country
- Togo
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- surveillance
- censorship
- journalist detained
- prevention of protest
Prominent Bedoon Rights Defender Mohammed Al-Barghash sentenced to three years in prison with hard labour
- Published at
- 16.04.2024
- Country
- Kuwait
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- minority groups
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
Japan: Local governments restrict journalists while union members sacked following strike
- Published at
- 16.04.2024
- Country
- Japan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- labour rights
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
Woman human rights defender, blogger and Wikipedian targeted in Saudi Arabia
- Published at
- 15.04.2024
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance