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Hong Kong: Repression persists with Jimmy Lai conviction, silencing of commentary on deadly fire and criminalisation of activist’s father
Published at
26.02.2026
Country
Hong Kong
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- negative court ruling
- refusal of registration
- restrictive law
- youth
ONU y organizaciones de DD.HH. expresan su preocupación tras la intervención militar ilegal de EE.UU. y la declaración del estado de emergencia
Published at
18.02.2026
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- enforced disappearance
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- internet restriction
- intimidation
- journalist detained
- labour rights
- office raid
- political interference
- protest
- public vilification
- release of HRDs
- travel ban
China: Xi regime targets activists, journalists, ethnic minorities, foreign critics and underground churches
Published at
16.02.2026
Country
China
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- extractive industries
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- journalist detained
- minority groups
- negative court ruling
- protestor(s) detained
- religious groups
- restrictive law
- torture/ill-treatment
- women
- youth
Myanmar: Election law and other forms of repression used to target dissent against sham elections, five years on from coup
Published at
06.02.2026
Country
Myanmar
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- intimidation
- journalist detained
- minority groups
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- transnational repression
- travel ban
- women
Human rights organisations express concerns about the escalated repression of civil society in Yemen
Published at
29.01.2026
Country
Yemen
Tags:
- bureaucratic restriction
- HRD acquitted
- journalist detained
Laos: Government queried on lack of protection for human rights defenders, trade union restrictions and transnational repression
Published at
29.01.2026
Country
Laos
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- harassment
- intimidation
- labour rights
- minority groups
- transnational repression
UN experts and human rights organisations express concern over Venezuela after unlawful US military intervention and emergency declaration
Published at
23.01.2026
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- enforced disappearance
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- internet restriction
- intimidation
- journalist detained
- labour rights
- office raid
- political interference
- protest
- public vilification
- release of HRDs
- travel ban
Nationwide protests met with deadly crackdown, mass killings
Published at
21.01.2026
Country
Iran
Tags:
- censorship
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- protest
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
North Korea: New UN report highlights a decade of repression as new resolution passed at the UN General Assembly
Published at
14.01.2026
Country
North Korea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- surveillance
Narges Mohammadi arrested and detained once again
Published at
01.01.2026
Country
Iran
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- hrd
- HRD detained
- religious groups
- women
Prominent HRD Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja ends hunger strike
Published at
31.12.2025
Country
Bahrain
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained