2026 polls characterised by systematic crackdown on opposition and civic space Published at 09.04.2026 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship criminal defamation CSO closure environmental rights funding restriction harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted internet restriction negative court ruling political interference positive court ruling positive CS development protest restrictive law torture/ill-treatment Read more
Authorities tighten Media and Online Restrictions Published at 31.03.2026 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship restrictive law Read more
Definition of “foreign grants” radically expanded, press freedom continues to deteriorate Published at 31.03.2026 Country Georgia Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights funding restriction intimidation labour rights political interference protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law Read more
Amid persisting repression, power rift prompts guarded hopes for a thaw Published at 30.03.2026 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship funding restriction HRD acquitted intimidation journalist detained LGBTI negative court ruling place restrictions prevention of protest protestor(s) detained public vilification release of HRDs restrictive law self censorship torture/ill-treatment transnational repression travel ban women Read more
Sri Lanka: Concerns around crackdown on the media, harassment and criminalisation of activists, and new anti-terrorism bill Published at 27.03.2026 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD threatened journalist detained positive CS development protest protestor(s) detained restrictive law women youth Read more
Zimbabwean activist killed in South Africa in suspected assassination Published at 19.03.2026 Country Zimbabwe Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation HRD killing HRD prosecuted journalist detained transnational repression Read more
Migrant support, women and LGBTQI+ rights organisations face suspension Published at 17.03.2026 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship CSO closure harassment HRD prosecuted LGBTI protest refugees and migrants release of HRDs women Read more
Philippines: Protesters increasingly criminalised while activists continue to face baseless charges, harassment and red-tagging Published at 11.03.2026 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD censorship extractive industries HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation labour rights land rights positive court ruling protestor(s) detained restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women youth Read more
Youtube-based political commentator sentenced Published at 27.02.2026 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted negative court ruling Read more
Le chef de la junte est élu président sur fond de disparitions forcées et de suspensions des partis d’opposition et des médias Published at 13.02.2026 Country Guinea Tags: attack on journalist censorship enforced disappearance excessive force journalist detained prevention of protest protest protest disruption violent protest youth Read more
Military junta leader elected president amid enforced disappearances, suspension of opposition parties and media outlets Published at 10.02.2026 Country Guinea Tags: attack on journalist censorship enforced disappearance excessive force journalist detained prevention of protest protest protest disruption violent protest youth Read more
Media freedom targeted, protesters demand elections & political reform Published at 05.02.2026 Country Libya Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation protest Read more
