Human Rights Watch

Articles 6 and 7 of the new law expand the reach of existing prohibitions on print publications to virtually all dissemination of information through the Internet, including online journalism and private use of social media and blogs.

Thirteen people who were detained in the course of an unprecedented nationwide attack on human rights lawyers remain in police custody incommunicado, leaving them vulnerable to torture and other abuses.

People facing jail terms in Ecuador for participating in anti-government protests can appeal under a new law, but the courts have repeatedly stalled on hearing their cases. The convictions are based on overly broad definitions of crimes that are no longer applicable.

“Labeling speech ‘terrorism’ merely for criticizing other countries doesn’t hide the reality that Jordan is punishing citizens who speak freely,” said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East and North Africa director.

A new report by Human Rights Watch documents physical attacks and threats, punitive lawsuits, and smear campaigns targeting journalists in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia.

Former self-proclaimed President Captain Moussa Dadis Camara has been charged in relation to the 2009 stadium massacre, when security forces opened fire on tens of thousands of opposition supporters peacefully gathered at a stadium in Conakry.

The new Non-Governmental Organisations bill would grant Uganda’s internal affairs minister and the National Board for Non-governmental Organisations broad powers to supervise, approve, inspect, and dissolve all nongovernmental, community-based, and faith-based organizations.

The 2014 ban on women spectators led to the arrest of several men and women protesting the ban including Ghoncheh Ghavami, an Iranian-British dual national who was arrested on June 30 after she and others attempted to enter a stadium.