Regional Overview – Asia 24 September 2019
Last week, key trends in South and Southeast Asia included: electoral violence in Afghanistan; increasing reports of violence targeting civilians and children in India’s Jammu & Kashmir; renewed separatist violence in Thailand’s deep south; the end of the unilateral ceasefire declared by the military in Myanmar; and region-wide demonstrations against climate change.… Details
Partner Spotlight: Front Line Defenders
The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) is pleased to announce the incorporation of new partner data collected by Front Line Defenders, an international non-governmental organization committed to protecting human rights defenders at risk.… Details
Protect Defenders: New Partner Data on Attacks against HRDs
The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) is pleased to announce the incorporation of new partner data collected by ProtectDefenders.eu, the European Union Human Rights Defenders mechanism. ProtectDefenders.eu data improve ACLED’s coverage of attacks on human rights defenders around the world.… Details
Regional Overview – Europe 18 September 2019
Last week, there were few significant developments in the Balkans and Southeastern and Eastern Europe with protests and riots on predominantly local issues reported, similar to past weeks. In Serbia, opposition parties announced a boycott of the upcoming elections.… Details
Regional Overview – Middle East 17 September 2019
Key developments that took place over the past week include Houthi drone attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia and Israeli airstrikes in Syria. Hezbollah also shot down an Israeli drone in southern Lebanon at the beginning of the week.… Details
Regional Overview – Africa 17 September 2019
During the past week, Africa’s notable violence occurred in several typical hotspots: Al Shabaab attacks targeted government officials in Somalia; intensified battles between Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) and the Government of National Accord (GNA) continued in Libya; violence targeting civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burkina Faso was significant, and many violent demonstrations occurred in Nigeria around Ashura.… Details
Regional Overview – Asia 17 September 2019
The key trends in South and Southeast Asia last week include: significant Taliban incursions in northern Afghanistan; the ongoing security crackdown in Kashmir; border tensions between India and China; and continued clashes in Shan and Rakhine states in Myanmar.… Details
Regional Overview – Europe 11 September 2019
Last week, key developments in Eastern and Southeastern Europe and the Balkans were the peaceful protests for free and fair elections in the run-up to Russia’s local elections and the prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine, which did not affect the ongoing fighting in Donbass.… Details