CSOs, activists, lawyers, opposition, critics & media houses face severe retaliation Published at 01.10.2026 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure environmental rights HRD detained HRD prosecuted release of HRDs self censorship torture/ill-treatment transnational repression Read more
Judge & journalist sentenced, protests held despite increasing restrictions Published at 01.10.2026 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted negative court ruling protest Read more
Use of detention as a retaliatory tactic against online expression a continuing cause for concern Published at 30.09.2026 Country Jordan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD prosecuted prevention of protest transnational repression Read more
Thailand: Activists face threats and criminalisation for their activism while reports of transnational repression persists Published at 30.09.2026 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation enforced disappearance environmental rights harassment HRD prosecuted intimidation negative court ruling protest disruption restrictive law transnational repression women Read more
Bangladesh: Worrying cybersecurity law amendments, journalists and critics targeted as weak human rights body established Published at 22.09.2026 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist harassment HRD detained indigenous groups internet restriction intimidation journalist detained minority groups protest disruption restrictive law women youth Read more
Pakistan: Activists targeted, Baloch human rights defenders convicted and repression of protest movement and reporting on Azad Jammu and Kashmir Published at 11.09.2026 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship criminal defamation enforced disappearance excessive force harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted internet restriction journalist detained killing of protestors minority groups protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law women Read more
Algeria: Record-low elections turnout, detentions of activists and journalists under terrorism charges, dissolution of teachers’ union Published at 04.09.2026 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained labour rights negative court ruling political interference Read more
Hopes for a thaw recede amid renewed persecution of critical voices Published at 01.09.2026 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted HRD threatened intimidation negative court ruling political interference positive court ruling prevention of protest protest protestor(s) detained public vilification release of HRDs restrictive law torture/ill-treatment travel ban Read more
Sri Lanka: Rapper, writer and journalists targeted amid proposal of a restrictive NGO law and ongoing impunity for past crimes Published at 24.08.2026 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist censorship enforced disappearance environmental rights harassment intimidation protest protest disruption restrictive law surveillance women Read more
India: Student protests met with arrests, excessive force, surveillance and harassment amid civic space clampdown Published at 18.08.2026 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship criminal defamation excessive force harassment HRD detained indigenous groups internet restriction negative court ruling positive court ruling protest disruption protestor(s) detained release of HRDs restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women youth Read more
Civic space continues to deteriorate as repressive new laws enforced Published at 04.08.2026 Country Georgia Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law attack on journalist censorship criminal defamation CSO closure excessive force funding restriction intimidation journalist detained non state actors political interference positive CS development prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification self censorship torture/ill-treatment transnational repression travel ban Read more
New media restrictions further clamp down on civic space Published at 31.07.2026 Country Somaliland Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained office raid restrictive law Read more
