Tightening digital controls and domestic and transnational repression Published at 01.06.2026 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained internet restriction intimidation killing of journalist positive CS development surveillance transnational repression travel ban women youth Read more
Authorities continue to impose tight restrictions on civic freedoms Published at 15.05.2026 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist censorship harassment HRD prosecuted political interference protest public vilification torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Constitutional reforms entrench civic space violations Published at 14.05.2026 Country Djibouti Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained political interference protest protestor(s) detained youth Read more
North Korea: Severe punishment for watching foreign films or material related to foreign culture and religion Published at 14.05.2026 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship restrictive law youth Read more
Satirical cartoonist released after 15 years, but more journalists remain disappeared 25 years after detention Published at 07.05.2026 Country Eritrea Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs Read more
Student activist remains in arbitrary detention more than 2 years after arrest Published at 17.04.2026 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment intimidation LGBTI public vilification Read more
Protests held over arbitrary detentions and prison abuses by Israeli forces Published at 17.04.2026 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship harassment killing of journalist positive court ruling protest restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Journalists, aid workers continue to face grave risk Published at 16.04.2026 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship CSO closure enforced disappearance harassment HRD killing HRD threatened internet restriction journalist detained protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained sexual assault women Read more
Belarus releases Viasna human rights defenders in largest prisoner release to date Published at 31.03.2026 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure protestor(s) detained release of HRDs Read more
Regulatory actions target media following restrictive law Published at 31.03.2026 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship criminal defamation CSO closure HRD prosecuted journalist detained Read more
Vietnam: Persecution of activists and critics continued in the lead up to the sham National Assembly elections Published at 30.03.2026 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained land rights negative court ruling public vilification religious groups restrictive law surveillance transnational repression women Read more
Afghanistan: New Criminal Procedure Code will intensify repression as activists and journalists continue to be targeted Published at 24.03.2026 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained journalist detained protest restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women Read more
