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Pakistan: Authorities systematically target Baloch and other activists on baseless charges, block social media and criminalise journalists
Published at
28.07.2025
Country
Pakistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Philippines: Activists face red-tagging, arbitrary arrests and financing terrorism charges around mid-term elections
Published at
24.07.2025
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- women
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights
Canada’s 2025 election year marked by rising disinformation and new federal and provincial laws curbing civic freedoms
Published at
21.07.2025
Country
Canada
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- LGBTI
- indigenous groups
- women
- religious groups
- minority groups
- intimidation
- transnational repression
- positive CS development
- youth
- excessive force
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- environmental rights
Ordenan la detención del alcalde de Maracaná tras un desalojo masivo; una protesta pone de manifiesto las tensiones por el derecho a la tierra
Published at
21.07.2025
Country
Paraguay
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- censorship
- land rights
Politician’s brother threatens journalist over corruption report amid growing concerns about pressure on media
Published at
18.07.2025
Country
Uruguay
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- protest
- censorship
- access to info. law
- environmental rights
Solomon Islands: Parliamentarian forced to leave international advocacy group as politicians face trial for anti-China protests
Published at
18.07.2025
Country
Solomon Islands
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- political interference
Indonesia: Civic space regresses with targeting of activists, brutal crackdown on protests and problematic law revisions
Published at
17.07.2025
Country
Indonesia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- labour rights
- protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
Malaysia: Restrictive laws deployed by police to criminalise dissent, ban books and harass protesters
Published at
16.07.2025
Country
Malaysia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- office raid
- women
- youth
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- travel ban
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
L'espace civique continue de se détériorer sous le régime militaire
Published at
15.07.2025
Country
Niger
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- CSO closure
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- censorship
- journalist detained
Maracaná Mayor targeted after mass eviction and protest highlights tensions over land rights
Published at
14.07.2025
Country
Paraguay
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- censorship
- land rights
Workers in Barbados strike again over stalled wage talks and unfulfilled commitments
Published at
13.07.2025
Country
Barbados
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- positive CS development
- labour rights
- protest