India: Student protests met with arrests, excessive force, surveillance and harassment amid civic space clampdown Published at 18.08.2026 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship criminal defamation excessive force harassment HRD detained indigenous groups internet restriction negative court ruling positive court ruling protest disruption protestor(s) detained release of HRDs restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women youth Read more
South Korea: Concerns about censorship, restrictive national security law and indictment of protesters Published at 18.08.2026 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship LGBTI protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law youth Read more
Tensions around quarry activities near Indigenous land Published at 17.08.2026 Country Dominica Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights extractive industries indigenous groups labour rights land rights private sector Read more
Mongolia: Concerns about parliamentarian facing charges, risks to LGBTQI+ defenders and recriminalisation of defamation Published at 17.08.2026 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries harassment intimidation LGBTI protest surveillance Read more
Fuel price increases trigger strikes and deadly protests Published at 12.08.2026 Country Comoros Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force journalist detained killing of protestors labour rights protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained Read more
Civic space continues to deteriorate as repressive new laws enforced Published at 04.08.2026 Country Georgia Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law attack on journalist censorship criminal defamation CSO closure excessive force funding restriction intimidation journalist detained non state actors political interference positive CS development prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification self censorship torture/ill-treatment transnational repression travel ban Read more
Solomon Islands: Government urged to ratify the ICCPR and establish a human rights institution while media faces restrictions Published at 04.08.2026 Country Solomon Islands Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship Read more
Andorra: Labor Relations Act amended to increase union representation Published at 03.08.2026 Country Andorra Tags: enabling law labour rights LGBTI protest women Read more
Various bills related to freedom of expression await adoption Published at 27.07.2026 Country Monaco Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Philippines: Civil society demands accountability for the Negros 19 killings as targeting of activists and journalists persist Published at 24.07.2026 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist environmental rights harassment HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted indigenous groups killing of journalist positive court ruling protest disruption public vilification restrictive law women youth Read more
Constitutional reform accompanied by escalating crackdown on critics, media and online expression Published at 23.07.2026 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law attack on HRD attack on journalist funding restriction HRD detained HRD prosecuted internet restriction intimidation journalist detained LGBTI negative court ruling office raid positive CS development prevention of protest private sector protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained refusal of registration religious groups torture/ill-treatment transnational repression Read more
Court upholds conviction of Wet’suwet’en land defender; New legislation raises concerns over civic freedoms Published at 21.07.2026 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law CSO closure environmental rights indigenous groups intimidation labour rights negative court ruling positive CS development protest protestor(s) detained religious groups restrictive law time,place restrictions women Read more
