Houthi authorities continue 2-year campaign targeting UN and civil society staff Published at 01.10.2026 Country Yemen Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD threatened journalist detained killing of journalist Read more
Abuse of pre-trial detention under cyber-law continues despite newly announced limitations Published at 01.10.2026 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance HRD detained protest release of HRDs youth Read more
China: Activists and critics continue to be criminalised as censors block reporting and social media posts on the Tibet flash floods Published at 01.10.2026 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained minority groups restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment Read more
Imprisoned Poet Released on Pardon, Authorities Ban Circulation of War Related Content Published at 30.09.2026 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship release of HRDs Read more
Myanmar: Human rights defenders and journalists remain at risk while torture and ill-treatment of political prisoners persists Published at 17.09.2026 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship environmental rights HRD prosecuted negative court ruling protest restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment youth Read more
North Korea: Students executed for watching foreign videos as surveillance and restrictions intensify Published at 15.09.2026 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship harassment surveillance time,place restrictions youth Read more
CSOS FACE INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT OPERATING ENVIRONMENT Published at 01.09.2026 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship CSO closure killing of journalist Read more
Egypt jails HRD, filmmaker and lawyers, all while freeing 90 others Published at 31.08.2026 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation release of HRDs Read more
Afghanistan: Five years after Taliban takeover, the attack on civic freedoms persists Published at 26.08.2026 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship enforced disappearance harassment HRD detained intimidation journalist detained office raid protest surveillance torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Vietnam: Activists, religious actors, book publishers and journalists criminalised as new retaliatory decree on lawyers comes into effect Published at 21.08.2026 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment HRD prosecuted minority groups negative court ruling religious groups restrictive law transnational repression women Read more
Pro-democracy activists, trade unions, face escalating clamp down Published at 01.08.2026 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction intimidation labour rights prevention of protest protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Authorities intensify media crackdown ahead of national elections Published at 31.07.2026 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure journalist detained office raid release of HRDs Read more
