Laos: UN raises concerns on civic space restrictions for ethnic cultural groups and women activists Published at 03.03.2025 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: women surveillance minority groups bureaucratic restriction Read more
New legislative amendments to further simplify designating NGOs as extremist, arrests of protesters commemorating anniversary of Navalny’s death Published at 01.03.2025 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction HRD detained HRD prosecuted protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law Read more
Afghanistan: The Taliban threatens to shutdown NGOs employing women and continues to criminalise activists and journalists Published at 21.02.2025 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained HRD killing HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained negative court ruling restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Myanmar: Four years after coup, junta increases legal restrictions and continues its persecution of political prisoners Published at 19.02.2025 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI HRD detained protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law Read more
Tajikistan's Crackdown on Dissent: Erosion of Rights and Civic Space Published at 17.02.2025 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women religious groups transnational repression HRD detained refusal of registration internet restriction restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Arbitrary detention of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja for 5,000 days, and prisoners dying due to medical negligence Published at 10.02.2025 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption excessive force protest torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted Read more
Human rights organisation welcomes the fall of the Al-Assad Government Published at 06.02.2025 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs positive CS development HRD killing enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment Read more
North Korea: Regime maintains its control of society through bans on foreign media and cross-border communications, surveillance and repressive laws Published at 31.01.2025 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship surveillance restrictive law intimidation Read more
Presidential election “a formality”, fundamental freedoms remain severely repressed Published at 27.01.2025 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship transnational repression release of HRDs Read more
Pressure on human rights defenders and journalists intensifies after COP29 Published at 27.01.2025 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained journalist detained Read more
Suspension of human rights NGOs indicates further crackdown on critical voices Published at 31.12.2024 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption CSO closure intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force protest public vilification killing of protestors journalist detained Read more
Civil society actors continue to be targeted whilst Saudi Arabia is confirmed as host of the 2034 FIFA men’s World Cup Published at 31.12.2024 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained torture/ill-treatment release of HRDs Read more
