Concerns were also expressed about the detention of environmental defenders, the use of violence against families of detained activists, and the case of a Buddhist monk who was defrocked for his human rights activities.
The complete freezing of Amnesty International India’s bank accounts by the Enforcement Directorate, an investigative agency of the Government, brings all the work being done by the organisation in India to a halt.
Guyana could lose billions of US dollars from a 2016 Exxon oil deal, according to a report by the fiscal analyst firm OpenOil, commissioned by Global Witness.
A UN human rights expert has welcomed reconciliation initiatives launched in central Mali by traditional and religious leaders, civil society members and the local authorities.
Seventeen judges were dismissed on accusations of corruption just a month after two UN Special Rapporteurs recommended that the government stop politically interfering in the judicial system.