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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
Répression de la liberté des médias et de la liberté d′expression : des journalistes arrêtés et des médias suspendus
Published at
05.09.2025
Country
Senegal
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- censorship
- journalist detained
- negative court ruling
Crackdown on media freedom and free speech in Senegal: Journalists detained, and media outlets suspended
Published at
31.08.2025
Country
Senegal
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- censorship
- journalist detained
- negative court ruling
Attempt to place anti-corruption bodies under political control sparks protests
Published at
28.08.2025
Country
Ukraine
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- enabling law
- HRD detained
- intimidation
- journalist detained
- office raid
- political interference
- protest
- public vilification
- youth
Maldives: Civic freedoms at risk with new media bill, targeting of protesters and attacks on judicial independence
Published at
22.08.2025
Country
Maldives
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- excessive force
- protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
Budapest Pride sees record attendance despite ban; Law to strip citizenship from dual nationals who pose a “threat”
Published at
11.08.2025
Country
Hungary
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- funding restriction
- intimidation
- travel ban
- negative court ruling
- protest
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- restrictive law
- censorship
- surveillance
Government proscribes non-violent direct action group Palestine Action as “terrorist”
Published at
09.08.2025
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- CSO closure
- environmental rights
- HRD detained
- intimidation
- office raid
- people with disabilities
- positive court ruling
- positive CS development
- prevention of protest
- protest
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- public vilification
- refugees and migrants
- restrictive law
- surveillance
- youth