One year of Trump 2.0: Civic freedoms under pressure Published at 26.01.2026 Country United States of America Tags: access to info. law attack on journalist censorship CSO closure enabling law environmental rights excessive force funding restriction indigenous groups internet restriction intimidation journalist detained labour rights political interference positive CS development protest protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment travel ban youth Read more
Papua New Guinea: Concerns around use of cybercrime law to criminalise expression, new social media policy and Starlink internet disruption Published at 22.01.2026 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment internet restriction restrictive law Read more
Comoros: Right of journalists to keep sources secret is upheld after pressure; arrests of protesters Published at 12.01.2026 Country Comoros Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law journalist detained protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained Read more
Attacks on journalists reveal hostile environment around Bolivia's elections Published at 24.11.2025 Country Bolivia Tags: attack on HRD attack on journalist enabling law excessive force extractive industries HRD threatened indigenous groups intimidation labour rights protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained violent protest Read more
Malaysia: Protests restricted, activists harassed and critics silenced as courts push back Published at 18.11.2025 Country Malaysia Tags: censorship criminal defamation enforced disappearance HRD detained land rights positive court ruling positive CS development protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law women Read more
Comoros: Students arrested during protest; Unaccredited journalist forbidden to practise Published at 10.11.2025 Country Comoros Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained youth Read more
Gabon: Coup leader wins elections; free press still in the making Published at 03.11.2025 Country Gabon Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption prevention of protest time,place restrictions journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
National human rights institution warns that civic space in France is under threat Published at 01.11.2025 Country France Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD attack on journalist censorship criminal defamation CSO closure environmental rights excessive force funding restriction intimidation journalist detained LGBTI office raid positive court ruling prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification refugees and migrants religious groups self censorship surveillance women Read more
Security of journalists at stake in several cases of assault Published at 31.10.2025 Country Ghana Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption hrd intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest prevention of protest violent protest protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Presidential elections in Côte d’Ivoire: hundreds of protesters arrested in banned opposition protests Published at 31.10.2025 Country Côte d'Ivoire Tags: excessive force killing of protestors prevention of protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained time,place restrictions Read more
Migrants & HRDs remain at risk, service delivery a key protest theme Published at 31.10.2025 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship criminal defamation harassment HRD killing HRD threatened positive court ruling protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification refugees and migrants violent protest Read more
Journalists and media outlets face restrictions to their work Published at 31.10.2025 Country Zambia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist censorship criminal defamation journalist detained positive court ruling Read more
