Journalists detained by intelligence operatives, deported Published at 31.10.2026 Country Djibouti Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained Read more
Civic space under pressure as escalation of fighting threatens return to full-scale war Published at 31.10.2026 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation journalist detained office raid Read more
Unprecedented arrest of entire newsroom, transnational repression persists amidst backdrop of ‘Egypt Forum’ Published at 31.10.2026 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction enforced disappearance HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained labour rights protest refusal of registration release of HRDs transnational repression women Read more
New Cyber Crime law enacted, writer charged and sentenced Published at 30.10.2026 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD prosecuted restrictive law Read more
Activists and civil society face targeted attacks Published at 30.10.2026 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist censorship criminal defamation environmental rights harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained non state actors office raid positive court ruling protest protestor(s) detained release of HRDs Read more
Conditional releases accompany new arrests as repression of dissent continues at home and abroad Published at 26.10.2026 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained indigenous groups internet restriction intimidation political interference positive CS development release of HRDs religious groups restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment transnational repression travel ban Read more
Afghanistan: Activists, journalists and artists silenced as media outlets targeted and educational institutions closed Published at 23.10.2026 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction harassment HRD detained journalist detained minority groups office raid religious groups torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Laos: Political activist disappears in Thailand while critics of the police face harassment Published at 22.10.2026 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment minority groups religious groups transnational repression Read more
Vietnam: Transnational repression persists with abduction of activists, critics targeted and new decrees that will increase digital rights violations Published at 21.10.2026 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment HRD detained internet restriction labour rights protest restrictive law transnational repression Read more
Deepening restrictions in Tajikistan despite amnesty releases Published at 20.10.2026 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship criminal defamation CSO closure intimidation political interference positive CS development transnational repression women Read more
Anti-war party excluded from parliamentary elections; New law stripping rights from exiled critics Published at 14.10.2026 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law attack on HRD censorship funding restriction HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained LGBTI positive CS development prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law transnational repression Read more
Hong Kong: Activists organising Tiananmen vigils convicted as security laws deployed against book sellers, activists and journalists Published at 05.10.2026 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment journalist detained negative court ruling restrictive law women Read more
