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Latvia tightens border controls; Refugee aid worker’s criminal case continues; Activist expelled based on tip-off from state security informant
Published at
31.07.2025
Country
Latvia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- travel ban
- protest
- political interference
- censorship
Diplomatic Rift with Belgium sparks NGO Funding Restrictions
Published at
31.07.2025
Country
Rwanda
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
CSOs denounce proposed cyber law, lack of Access to Information law
Published at
31.07.2025
Country
Lesotho
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- access to info. law
- restrictive law
North Korea: Escalation in targeting of families of defectors by regime and mobile surveillance as the UN General Assembly convenes
Published at
31.07.2025
Country
North Korea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship
- restrictive law
Association & Peaceful Assembly under pressure as authorities raid meetings, disrupt protests
Published at
31.07.2025
Country
Eswatini
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- protest
- political interference
Electoral period characterised by deeply repressive political environment
Published at
31.07.2025
Country
Burundi
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- travel ban
- attack on journalist
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- political interference
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
HRDs & LGBTQI+ persons face brutal killings
Published at
31.07.2025
Country
South Africa
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- youth
- HRD killing
- protest
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
CSO observers highlight growing number of political prisoners; Two young researchers receive harsh sentences on treason charges
Published at
29.07.2025
Country
Azerbaijan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- minority groups
- intimidation
- transnational repression
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- protest
- journalist detained
Anti-euro protests continue; Arrest of Varna mayor sparks protests, condemnation
Published at
28.07.2025
Country
Bulgaria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
Observers raise alarm about freedom of religion following archbishop's arrest
Published at
28.07.2025
Country
Armenia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- refugees and migrants
- religious groups
- protest
More political prisoners, including Sergei Tsikhanousky, released; Over one thousand remain imprisoned
Published at
28.07.2025
Country
Belarus
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- CSO closure
- release of HRDs