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Maldives: Media continue to face restrictions, opposition activists detained, while still no justice for Rilwan
Published at
20.10.2026
Country
Maldives
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- bureaucratic restriction
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
Nepal: Still no justice for protesters one year on as journalists and critics continue to be targeted
Published at
19.10.2026
Country
Nepal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- bureaucratic restriction
- harassment
- journalist detained
- office raid
- protestor(s) detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- youth
Mongolia: Activist targeted for advocacy against the Tuul highway while fuel shortage sparks protest
Published at
15.10.2026
Country
Mongolia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- environmental rights
- HRD prosecuted
- protest
- women
Journalists face defamation and security-related harassment, online critics summoned
Published at
30.09.2026
Country
Lebanon
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- intimidation
- protest
Papua New Guinea: Concerns about online expression and union suppression as national human rights policy launched
Published at
24.09.2026
Country
Papua New Guinea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- labour rights
- restrictive law
Malaysia: Activists and critics face baseless investigations, travel bans and freezing of accounts as restrictive laws are passed
Published at
18.09.2026
Country
Malaysia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- environmental rights
- funding restriction
- harassment
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights
- non state actors
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- travel ban
Bhutan: Concerns over proposal to control foreign funding of CSOs, long term political prisoners and cancellation of media outlet licence
Published at
09.09.2026
Country
Bhutan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- bureaucratic restriction
Indonesia: Authorities target and vilify activists, block film screenings, crackdown on protests while impunity for violations continues
Published at
28.08.2026
Country
Indonesia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- censorship
- environmental rights
- excessive force
- harassment
- HRD prosecuted
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- labour rights
- LGBTI
- minority groups
- negative court ruling
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- surveillance
- torture/ill-treatment
- youth
Mongolia: Concerns about parliamentarian facing charges, risks to LGBTQI+ defenders and recriminalisation of defamation
Published at
17.08.2026
Country
Mongolia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- extractive industries
- harassment
- intimidation
- LGBTI
- protest
- surveillance
Les hausses du prix des carburants déclenchent des grèves et des manifestations meurtrières
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
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