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Expansion of law enforcement and continued suppression of critical voices
Published at
11.10.2025
Country
United States of America
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- censorship
- excessive force
- intimidation
- political interference
- positive court ruling
- positive CS development
- protest
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- travel ban
Fiji: Concerns around denial of protest permit, lack of protection for women human rights defenders, and online laws
Published at
09.10.2025
Country
Fiji
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- hrd
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- HRD threatened
Bahamas: Intimidation of media, tensions around proposed Junkanoo Authority bill
Published at
08.10.2025
Country
Bahamas
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- protest
- public vilification
Timor-Leste: Parliament scraps plans on cars and lifetime pensions after student protests mobilised
Published at
07.10.2025
Country
Timor-Leste
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
South Korea: Student protesters arrested, anti-China protests restricted and concerns about privacy raised by UN expert
Published at
06.10.2025
Country
South Korea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
- surveillance
Despite “open” civic space, challenges remain; Right-wing media and politicians target CSO funding, security services harass pro-Palestinian activist
Published at
02.10.2025
Country
Slovenia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- protest
- public vilification
- political interference
- protestor(s) detained
Public sector workers targeted and vilified by Prime Minister’s son
Published at
01.10.2025
Country
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive CS development
- public vilification
- intimidation
Australia: Authorities attempt to restrict protests, criminalise protesters and use excessive force despite UN review
Published at
01.10.2025
Country
Australia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- surveillance
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- torture/ill-treatment
- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
Burkina Faso’s military regime stifles opposition voices, curtails civil society activism, and freedom of expression
Published at
30.09.2025
Country
Burkina Faso
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- censorship
- enabling law
- enforced disappearance
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
- LGBTI
- transnational repression
- violent protest
Pro-palestinian protests, anti-whaling activists charged
Published at
30.09.2025
Country
Iceland
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- attack on journalist
- environmental rights