Vietnam: Regime criminalises activists on trumped up charges and labels aid group as ‘terrorists’ Published at 01.07.2025 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted land rights minority groups negative court ruling public vilification religious groups restrictive law Read more
Forced loyalty, fear, and censorship: Turkmenistan’s relentless assault on civic freedoms Published at 23.06.2025 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation transnational repression travel ban HRD detained labour rights internet restriction prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment political interference censorship journalist detained Read more
Prominent HRDs detained and disappeared as authorities escalate repression; New sweeping laws raise concerns about civic freedoms Published at 14.06.2025 Country Venezuela Tags: censorship enforced disappearance excessive force HRD detained internet restriction intimidation journalist detained labour rights office raid protest protest disruption public vilification restrictive law Read more
Afghanistan: Activists targeted, media restricted as women further silenced by the Taliban Published at 13.06.2025 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women office raid HRD detained protest torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained Read more
Viasna Human Rights Centre volunteer released after completing sentence Published at 10.06.2025 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid CSO closure religious groups intimidation release of HRDs transnational repression HRD killing public vilification torture/ill-treatment censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained people with disabilities Read more
Indigenous defenders killed amid ongoing land disputes; Civic freedoms crippled by Nicaragua’s new constitutional amendments Published at 08.06.2025 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship indigenous groups CSO closure intimidation transnational repression travel ban HRD detained HRD killing public vilification internet restriction restrictive law enabling law journalist detained land rights Read more
Freedoms under threat as Uzbekistan continues to put pressure on journalists and human rights defenders Published at 04.06.2025 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation transnational repression travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation public vilification torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law censorship journalist detained Read more
Eritrea Tightens Grip Amid Regional Tensions Published at 30.05.2025 Country Eritrea Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained Read more
China: Regime continues to jail activists and target critical artists, film makers and musicians Published at 29.05.2025 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force labour rights protest restrictive law journalist detained surveillance HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Crackdown on journalists and critics continues; Report finds 25 journalists detained in 18 months Published at 27.05.2025 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained torture/ill-treatment transnational repression intimidation Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
