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India: Critical commentary on the conflict with Pakistan censored, journalists targeted while communities face military operations
Published at
19.06.2025
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- women
- minority groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- labour rights
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained

Mali’s military government outlaws political parties and suppresses public demonstrations
Published at
17.06.2025
Country
Mali
Tags:
- protest disruption
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained

Mongolia: Anti-corruption protests lead to resignation of prime minister as crackdown on journalists persists
Published at
17.06.2025
Country
Mongolia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- harassment
- protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- surveillance

Afghanistan: Activists targeted, media restricted as women further silenced by the Taliban
Published at
13.06.2025
Country
Afghanistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- office raid
- HRD detained
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained

Controversial law on magisterial inquiry adopted; Two additional convictions for role in journalist’s murder
Published at
12.06.2025
Country
Malta
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- funding restriction
- women
- criminal defamation
- protest
- restrictive law

New Zealand: Freedoms at risk with protests arrests and suspension of indigenous Māori parliamentarians
Published at
11.06.2025
Country
New Zealand
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- women
- positive CS development
- excessive force
- protest
- extractive industries
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- land rights

Nauru: New deal to detain asylum seekers while press freedom remains curtailed
Published at
09.06.2025
Country
Nauru
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- refugees and migrants
- bureaucratic restriction

Attacks and harassment against environmental and Indigenous defenders highlight protection failure
Published at
08.06.2025
Country
Chile
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
- enforced disappearance
- censorship
- private sector
- positive court ruling
- women
- indigenous groups
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- enabling law
- journalist detained
- environmental rights

ICCPR still not ratified; Journalist arrested due to sensitive translation
Published at
06.06.2025
Country
Comoros
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- journalist detained
- protest
- transnational repression

Freedoms under threat as Uzbekistan continues to put pressure on journalists and human rights defenders
Published at
04.06.2025
Country
Uzbekistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- transnational repression
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained

Timor-Leste: Concerns around cyber crime bill, harassment of journalists and martial arts ban
Published at
04.06.2025
Country
Timor-Leste
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- women
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction