Hundreds of CSOs dissolved or suspended; journalists and NGOs continue to face restrictions Published at 06.05.2026 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist CSO closure enforced disappearance funding restriction hrd HRD prosecuted journalist detained negative court ruling protest release of HRDs restrictive law Read more
Le régime militaire du Burkina Faso étouffe les voix de l’opposition et limite l’activisme de la société civile ainsi que la liberté d’expression Published at 02.10.2025 Country Burkina Faso Tags: attack on journalist censorship enabling law enforced disappearance HRD detained journalist detained LGBTI transnational repression violent protest Read more
Burkina Faso’s military regime stifles opposition voices, curtails civil society activism, and freedom of expression Published at 30.09.2025 Country Burkina Faso Tags: attack on journalist censorship enabling law enforced disappearance HRD detained journalist detained LGBTI transnational repression violent protest Read more
Des DDH, des journalistes et des magistrats enrôlés de force ; une douzaine de médias et de programmes suspendus Published at 15.11.2024 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force protest enforced disappearance prevention of protest time,place restrictions censorship Read more
Forced conscription of HRDs, journalists and magistrates; a dozen media outlets or programmes suspended Published at 11.11.2024 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force protest enforced disappearance prevention of protest time,place restrictions censorship Read more
Burkina Faso : les violations de la liberté de la presse augmentent de façon alarmante Published at 08.08.2023 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained censorship HRD threatened non state actors Read more
Alarming escalation of press freedom violations in Burkina Faso Published at 25.07.2023 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained censorship HRD threatened non state actors Read more
L'espace civique encore plus restreint après un second coup d'État militaire Published at 21.12.2022 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest intimidation harassment censorship HRD prosecuted protest Read more
Civic space further restricted after a second military coup Published at 14.12.2022 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest intimidation harassment censorship HRD prosecuted protest Read more
Menaces et attaques contre des journalistes, détention d'un DDH et interdiction d'une manifestation Published at 12.09.2022 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption HRD detained prevention of protest intimidation time,place restrictions attack on journalist non state actors Read more
Journalists threatened and attacked; HRD detained; protest banned Published at 07.09.2022 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption HRD detained prevention of protest intimidation time,place restrictions attack on journalist non state actors Read more
Military coup: Clashes at protests and press freedom violations Published at 30.04.2022 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on journalist internet restriction violent protest time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
