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Civic space violations reported ahead of 2025 elections
Published at
27.10.2025
Country
Malawi
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- protest
- violent protest
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
Indonesia: Brutal crackdown on protests, arrests of activists and suppression of dissent in Papua as President marks one year in power
Published at
24.10.2025
Country
Indonesia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- positive court ruling
- women
- indigenous groups
- minority groups
- attack on journalist
- protest
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights
- youth
New criminal law and Draft Cybercrime Bill in The Gambia threatens press freedom, freedom of expression and digital rights
Published at
23.10.2025
Country
Gambia
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Madagascar: Military seizes power following sustained, deadly youth-led protests
Published at
17.10.2025
Country
Madagascar
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- extractive industries
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- time,place restrictions
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Mongolia: Rights group calls for repeal of restrictive provision while NGOs and human rights defenders face challenges
Published at
13.10.2025
Country
Mongolia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- protest
Vilipendio contra miembros de la Corte Constitucional; nuevas leyes constriñen la sociedad civil; uso excesivo de la fuerza y criminalización de PDDHM en Las Naves
Published at
30.09.2025
Country
Ecuador
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- internet restriction
- extractive industries
- political interference
- restrictive law
- censorship
Nepal: Anti-corruption protests force political change despite violent crackdown
Published at
23.09.2025
Country
Nepal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- protest
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
Constitutional Court judges vilified; Civil society curbed by new laws; Excessive force and criminalisation of EHRDs in Las Naves
Published at
22.09.2025
Country
Ecuador
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- internet restriction
- extractive industries
- political interference
- restrictive law
- censorship
Criminalizan a personas defensoras del medioambiente en Paso Yobái; agreden y amenazan a profesionales del periodismo
Published at
19.09.2025
Country
Paraguay
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- indigenous groups
- religious groups
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- restrictive law
- HRD prosecuted
New “shameful” restrictions on asylum introduced; Government said to plan crackdown on refugee aid NGOs
Published at
11.09.2025
Country
Greece
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- labour rights
- excessive force
- protest
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
Environmental defenders face criminalisation in Paso Yobái; Journalists assaulted and threatened
Published at
10.09.2025
Country
Paraguay
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- indigenous groups
- religious groups
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- restrictive law
- HRD prosecuted