Fiji: Concerns around disruption of protest, harassment of journalist and the expansion of police powers Published at 11.09.2026 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment positive court ruling protest disruption Read more
Environmental and land defenders secure hearing in long-running airport challenge; Journalist reports year-long delays in freedom of information requests Published at 10.09.2026 Country Antigua and Barbuda Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law labour rights political interference positive court ruling positive CS development protest religious groups Read more
Vanuatu: Teachers continue to mobilise for their rights as government targets LGBTQI+ community Published at 07.09.2026 Country Vanuatu Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights LGBTI protest public vilification Read more
Australia: Protesters continue to be targeted as courts push back on anti-protest laws and baseless charges Published at 03.09.2026 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force harassment indigenous groups positive court ruling protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Timor-Leste: Government halts criminalising defamation after backlash from civil society but concerns flagged on proposed cybersecurity legislation Published at 02.09.2026 Country Timor-Leste Category Latest Developments Tags: land rights protest restrictive law torture/ill-treatment Read more
Tonga: Journalist threatened as radio station faces licence revocation for defamation Published at 26.08.2026 Country Tonga Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation intimidation women Read more
Harsher penalties proposed for unlawful gatherings Published at 21.08.2026 Country Mauritius Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction labour rights LGBTI place restrictions protest protest disruption Read more
Protests met with excessive force; New Penal Code reform retains restrictions on civic freedoms Published at 19.08.2026 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist enabling law environmental rights excessive force extractive industries intimidation labour rights positive court ruling positive CS development protest protestor(s) detained restrictive law Read more
South Korea: Concerns about censorship, restrictive national security law and indictment of protesters Published at 18.08.2026 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship LGBTI protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law youth Read more
Tensions around quarry activities near Indigenous land Published at 17.08.2026 Country Dominica Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights extractive industries indigenous groups labour rights land rights private sector Read more
Solomon Islands: Government urged to ratify the ICCPR and establish a human rights institution while media faces restrictions Published at 04.08.2026 Country Solomon Islands Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship Read more
Protests face unlawful restrictions amid rising social and environmental mobilisations; Journalists face attacks despite strong regional press freedom ranking Published at 03.08.2026 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist environmental rights excessive force extractive industries intimidation labour rights LGBTI positive court ruling prevention of protest protest protest disruption violent protest Read more
