Bahraini videographer and journalist Ahmed Ismail Hassan was fatally shot by Bahraini government authorities. Five years after his murder, his case remains classified as “pending investigation”.
Cambodian activist Kem Ley was gunned down just two days after publicly criticizing the powerful Hun Sen family. Although his killer was sentenced to life in prison, the main question remains: Who ordered Kem Ley's murder?
Gambian journalists Musa Saidykhan and Ebrima Manneh were separately arrested and detained by state agents in Gambia. Saidykhan was subjected to brutal torture, while Manneh disappeared with little trace.
On 1 January 2014, Pakistani journalist Shan Dahar was shot by armed men and taken to a local hospital where he remained unattended until he succumbed to his injuries. More than two years later, none of the perpetrators have been brought to justice.
In the aftermath of the 2011 uprisings in Bahrain, the country has seen harsher punishments and retaliations against human rights defenders while countries such as the UK and USA have become less inclined to condemn the abuses.
With a general election looming in 2018, the Cambodian government has become increasingly hostile to dissent. Our No impunity country backgrounder looks at the escalating crackdown on activism and independent media in the country.
Over the past few decades, freedom of expression has been one of the many victims of Colombia's civil war. Our No Impunity profile details the long road to justice and new hopes under the peace agreement.
After years of despotic rule, former president of the Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, was ousted from power following a general election in December 2016. Our No Impunity profile examines the new environment for media and civil society and hopes for an end to impunity for past abuses.
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