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Pakistan: Authorities systematically target Baloch and other activists on baseless charges, block social media and criminalise journalists
Published at
28.07.2025
Country
Pakistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Philippines: Activists face red-tagging, arbitrary arrests and financing terrorism charges around mid-term elections
Published at
24.07.2025
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- women
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights
L'espace civique continue de se détériorer sous le régime militaire
Published at
15.07.2025
Country
Niger
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- CSO closure
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- censorship
- journalist detained
Renewed attacks on foreign-funded NGOs, protest restrictions despite protective court ruling, and ongoing prosecution of critics
Published at
11.07.2025
Country
Kazakhstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- women
- transnational repression
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- refusal of registration
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- non state actors
Cambodia: Activists, journalists and opposition leaders detained, denied bail while dissidents may face citizenship revocation
Published at
10.07.2025
Country
Cambodia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- attack on HRD
- transnational repression
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- environmental rights
- land rights
Protesters mark 100 days since İmamoğlu’s arrest; Istanbul Pride and Trans Pride violently repressed
Published at
02.07.2025
Country
Turkey
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- office raid
- women
- youth
- intimidation
- labour rights
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Civic space continues to deteriorate under the military regime
Published at
01.07.2025
Country
Niger
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- CSO closure
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- censorship
- journalist detained
Crackdown on press freedom, political dissent, and peaceful assembly
Published at
30.06.2025
Country
Nigeria
Tags:
- censorship
- excessive force
- HRD prosecuted
- indigenous groups
- journalist detained
- protest
- protest disruption
- violent protest
Le gouvernement militaire du Mali interdit les partis politiques et réprime les manifestations publiques
Published at
30.06.2025
Country
Mali
Tags:
- protest disruption
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
Sri Lanka: New government silences dissent and disrupts protests while impunity for past crimes persists
Published at
30.06.2025
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
India: Critical commentary on the conflict with Pakistan censored, journalists targeted while communities face military operations
Published at
19.06.2025
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- women
- minority groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- labour rights
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained