threats

September 24, 2019

Criminal networks target rainforest defenders in Brazil

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is driven largely by criminal networks that use violence and intimidation against those who try to stop them, and the government is failing to protect both the defenders and the rainforest itself, Human Rights Watch says in a new report.
September 7, 2019

Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Director killed by Taliban

Abdul Samad Amiri was kidnapped and then shot by the Taliban while traveling back from Kabul.
July 5, 2019

Courts to take account of total impact of crime in new arson sentencing guidelines

New sentencing guidelines that will see the courts in England and Wales take full account of the harm caused by arson attacks on historic buildings or criminal damage leading to severe disruption of public services have been published by the Sentencing Council.
May 29, 2019

Call for urgent reform of electoral law relating to threats

Currently, the law does not disqualify candidates with a track record of issuing threats from standing for elected office.
January 11, 2019

Protest, debate and thuggery: examining our own responses

We are right to be concerned at the ugly behaviour seen around Westminster in recent days.
November 6, 2018

Journalist beaten to death in eastern India after receiving threats

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Indian authorities to shed all possible light on the murder of Chandan Tiwari, a journalist who was beaten to death after receiving threats in connection with his reporting.
September 24, 2018

RSF condemns arrest of two investigative journalists in Bulgaria

Bulgarian police have detained two journalists investigating allegations of fraud involving European Union funds in Romania and Bulgaria.
August 12, 2018

Online harassment presents global threat to journalists, says RSF

The mass harassment of journalists online represents a new threat to press freedom, warns Reporters Without Borders.
July 25, 2018

2017 was 'deadliest year on record for land and environmental defenders'

At least 207 people were murdered trying to protect their homes and communities from mining, agribusiness and other destructive industries in 2017, says Global Witness.
June 14, 2018

Bangladeshi blogger 'killed for urging religious tolerance'

Shahjahan Bachchu, a freethinking journalist and blogger who had been threatened by radical Islamists for years has been killed.