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Sentencing of a prominent opposition figure; disruption of peaceful gatherings; prosecution and detention of journalists
Published at
31.10.2025
Country
Chad
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- bureaucratic restriction
- enforced disappearance
- journalist detained
- political interference
- protest disruption
DRC Government cracks down on political parties; press freedom under threat
Published at
31.10.2025
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- attack on journalist
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- enforced disappearance
- excessive force
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- HRD threatened
- journalist detained
- killing of journalist
- non state actors
- prevention of protest
- protest
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- release of HRDs
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- youth
L'espace civique en RCA sous pression à l'approche des élections de décembre 2025 ; Loi sur la protection des défenseurs des droits de l'homme adoptée
Published at
31.10.2025
Country
Central African Republic
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- excessive force
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
- labour rights
- non state actors
- political interference
- prevention of protest
- protest
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law
- youth
Détention de l’avocat Bob Kaben Massouka ; la journaliste Rosie Pioth menacée de mort ; un préfet interdit une marche pacifique
Published at
31.10.2025
Country
Republic of the Congo
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- bureaucratic restriction
- enforced disappearance
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- protest
Angola: Protests against fuel price increase: 30 killed, 277 injured and over 1,500 arrested
Published at
30.10.2025
Country
Angola
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Multiple arrests, attacks on journalists
Published at
30.10.2025
Country
Nigeria
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- excessive force
- intimidation
- journalist detained
- political interference
- time,place restrictions
Journalists face wave of arrests & judicial harassment amid crackdown on media freedom
Published at
29.10.2025
Country
Somaliland
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- internet restriction
- HRD acquitted
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Journalists face pattern of unlawful arrests and intimidation by security forces
Published at
29.10.2025
Country
Somalia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- office raid
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD threatened
Opposition and civic space blatantly restricted ahead and after presidential election
Published at
29.10.2025
Country
Cameroon
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- office raid
- intimidation
- harassment
- excessive force
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- positive court ruling
- indigenous groups
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- protest
- internet restriction
- violent protest
- political interference
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- youth
- place restrictions
Lawyer Bob Kaben Massouka detained; Journalist Rosie Pioth faces death threats; Prefect bans peaceful march
Published at
29.10.2025
Country
Republic of the Congo
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- bureaucratic restriction
- HRD prosecuted
Authorities increasingly using judicial harassment to silence opposition
Published at
28.10.2025
Country
Uganda
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- transnational repression
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- violent protest
- political interference