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TURMOIL IN TOGO OVER CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND PRESIDENT FAURE’S CONTINUED RULE
Published at
18.08.2025
Country
Togo
Tags:
- youth
- attack on HRD
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
Myanmar: Repression including torture and death of political prisoners continues as junta announces sham elections
Published at
18.08.2025
Country
Myanmar
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- HRD killing
- labour rights
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
Ethiopia: Political Bans, Media Raids as Fragile Peace faces risk
Published at
15.08.2025
Country
Ethiopia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest
- political interference
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Presidential rerun results in narrow victory for centrist candidate, concerns about censoring political speech
Published at
12.08.2025
Country
Romania
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- protest
- public vilification
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
Laos: Amid UN human rights review, exiled activist attacked, and repression of Hmong community and press highlighted
Published at
12.08.2025
Country
Laos
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- minority groups
- transnational repression
Budapest Pride sees record attendance despite ban; Law to strip citizenship from dual nationals who pose a “threat”
Published at
11.08.2025
Country
Hungary
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- funding restriction
- intimidation
- travel ban
- negative court ruling
- protest
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- restrictive law
- censorship
- surveillance
PM resigns amid corruption scandal, protesters criticise response
Published at
11.08.2025
Country
Lithuania
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest
Government proscribes non-violent direct action group Palestine Action as “terrorist”
Published at
09.08.2025
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- CSO closure
- environmental rights
- HRD detained
- intimidation
- office raid
- people with disabilities
- positive court ruling
- positive CS development
- prevention of protest
- protest
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- public vilification
- refugees and migrants
- restrictive law
- surveillance
- youth
Thailand: Ongoing judicial harassment of human rights defenders and protesters while civil society amnesty bill proposal rejected
Published at
08.08.2025
Country
Thailand
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- women
- transnational repression
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights
Teachers criminalised over protest; NTUCB denounces anti-union practices
Published at
07.08.2025
Country
Belize
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- protest
Authorities restrict internet access after Israel's airstrikes, CSOs report on execution spree
Published at
07.08.2025
Country
Iran
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- HRD killing
- labour rights
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship