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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
Mali’s military government outlaws political parties and suppresses public demonstrations
Published at
17.06.2025
Country
Mali
Tags:
- protest disruption
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
Blogger, activists released from prison; protests dispersed and protesters detained
Published at
30.05.2025
Country
Angola
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- release of HRDs
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Political Repression escalates ahead of elections, apparent coordinated cross-border repression of HRDs a cause for concern
Published at
30.05.2025
Country
Tanzania
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- transnational repression
- HRD detained
- sexual assault
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
From Hope to Censorship: Journalists Face Renewed Persecution in Somaliland
Published at
30.05.2025
Country
Somaliland
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- release of HRDs
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
State Cracks down on Journalists Reporting on Insecurity in Somalia
Published at
30.05.2025
Country
Somalia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- office raid
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- protest
- killing of journalist
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- surveillance
- HRD threatened
- non state actors
Controversial PVO Amendment Bill enacted, pressure on journalists continues
Published at
30.05.2025
Country
Zimbabwe
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- negative court ruling
- protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Politically motivated prosecutions amid declining media and civic space
Published at
27.05.2025
Country
Kyrgyzstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- place restrictions
- office raid
- religious groups
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- transnational repression
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- journalist detained
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted