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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
Nauru: UN recommendations to revise journalists’ visa fees and decriminalising defamation rejected
Published at
20.07.2026
Country
Nauru
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive CS development
Protests face restrictions
Published at
16.07.2026
Country
Lesotho
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- labour rights
- prevention of protest
- protest
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- release of HRDs
Civic space faces constraints ahead of 2026 elections
Published at
16.07.2026
Country
Zambia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- harassment
- intimidation
- political interference
- restrictive law
- transnational repression
Maldives: Journalists arrested, media outlet raided and protests met with arrests and excessive force
Published at
14.07.2026
Country
Maldives
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- excessive force
- harassment
- journalist detained
- office raid
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- travel ban
Nepal: Press freedom at risk under new government while still lack of accountability for protest violations
Published at
10.07.2026
Country
Nepal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- censorship
- criminal defamation
- harassment
- journalist detained
- place restrictions
- positive CS development
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law
- youth
Civil rights organisations continue to be targeted; Terrorism convictions over anti-ICE protest raise concerns
Published at
05.06.2026
Country
United States of America
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- access to info. law
- censorship
- enabling law
- funding restriction
- harassment
- intimidation
- labour rights
- negative court ruling
- political interference
- positive court ruling
- positive CS development
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
Papua New Guinea: Activist detained for defamation, journalist assaulted and court lifts ban on Starlink
Published at
01.06.2026
Country
Papua New Guinea
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- HRD detained
- positive court ruling
- torture/ill-treatment
- women
Le mouvement IRA continue d'être victime de répression ; la hausse des prix de l’énergie entraîne des manifestations, des arrestations et l’annulation de festivals
Published at
19.05.2026
Country
Mauritania
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- journalist detained
- prevention of protest
- protest
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
Las comunidades que se oponen a los proyectos extractivos se enfrenta a cargos penales; las reformas económicas desencadenan protestas en todo el país
Published at
09.05.2026
Country
Bolivia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- access to info. law
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- HRD prosecuted
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law
- violent protest
Authorities embark on retaliation campaign against Genz212 protesters, suppress pro-Iran protests amid US attacks
Published at
05.05.2026
Country
Morocco
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD detained
- intimidation
- prevention of protest
- protest
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law
- transnational repression
- women
- youth