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Nepal: Restrictive social media legislation, targeting of journalists and excessive force at protests put freedoms at risk
Published at
22.05.2025
Country
Nepal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained

President enacts controversial law restricting civil society; Land rights protesters face threats
Published at
21.05.2025
Country
Paraguay
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- censorship

Hong Kong: Government targets activists in exile, their families at home while last major opposition party disbands
Published at
21.05.2025
Country
Hong Kong
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- transnational repression
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- restrictive law
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted

Continued call for climate efforts and fairer climate finance system
Published at
20.05.2025
Country
Tuvalu
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive CS development
- women
- refugees and migrants
- environmental rights

Six months of unrest in Serbia: Calls for a snap election as protests enter “new phase”
Published at
16.05.2025
Country
Serbia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- office raid
- intimidation
- surveillance
- travel ban
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors

Local government in the Kurdistan Region continues to commit serious human rights violations
Published at
15.05.2025
Country
Iraq
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
- prevention of protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted

Civic space at risk: Donald Trump’s first 100 days and the growing crackdown on dissent
Published at
14.05.2025
Country
United States of America
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- office raid
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- harassment
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- access to info. law
- surveillance
- private sector
- non state actors
- positive court ruling
- religious groups
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- protest
- political interference
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- transnational repression

Silencing Dissent: Arrests, Censorship and Deadly Protests
Published at
13.05.2025
Country
South Sudan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- release of HRDs
- intimidation
- protest
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- journalist detained

Burundi Under Scrutiny: UN Condemns Killings, Disappearances, and Crackdown on Freedoms
Published at
13.05.2025
Country
Burundi
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- political interference
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors

La criminalización y la vigilancia ilegal de las PDDH hacen saltar las alarmas
Published at
13.05.2025
Country
El Salvador
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- office raid
- women
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- refusal of registration
- labour rights
- protest
- restrictive law
- surveillance
- environmental rights
- land rights

Samoa: Journalists face abuse and threats amid political turmoil
Published at
12.05.2025
Country
Samoa
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- intimidation