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Journalists receives new sentence ahead of planned release from prison
Published at
26.10.2025
Country
Iraq
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD prosecuted
- restrictive law
WHRDs at risk of execution with targeted death sentences for peaceful activism
Published at
26.10.2025
Country
Iran
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
CAR’s civic space under pressure as December 2025 elections loom; Law on the protection of HRDs adopted
Published at
26.10.2025
Country
Central African Republic
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- protest
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
Relentless assault on dissent and opposition a cause for serious concern
Published at
26.10.2025
Country
Burundi
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- journalist detained
Government intensifies crackdown on opposition & online spaces ahead of 2025 elections
Published at
26.10.2025
Country
Tanzania
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- attack on HRD
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- political interference
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
Mauritania: Journalists and human rights defenders face arrests and convictions
Published at
24.10.2025
Country
Mauritania
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- CSO closure
- excessive force
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
- positive CS development
- protest
- refugees and migrants
Indonesia: Brutal crackdown on protests, arrests of activists and suppression of dissent in Papua as President marks one year in power
Published at
24.10.2025
Country
Indonesia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- positive court ruling
- women
- indigenous groups
- minority groups
- attack on journalist
- protest
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights
- youth
New criminal law and Draft Cybercrime Bill in The Gambia threatens press freedom, freedom of expression and digital rights
Published at
23.10.2025
Country
Gambia
Tags:
- excessive force
- HRD detained
- intimidation
- journalist detained
- prevention of protest
- protest
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- release of HRDs
- restrictive law
- youth
New law introduced restricting protest rights. Parliament calls OSCE to examine provisions following police violence against pro-Palestine protesters
Published at
21.10.2025
Country
Cyprus
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- religious groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- labour rights
- protest
- restrictive law
- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Observers raise alarm about rule of law and media freedom; Protests continue against austerity and PM Fico
Published at
21.10.2025
Country
Slovakia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- access to info. law
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- LGBTI
- political interference
- protest
- public vilification
- self censorship
- women
Deaths in custody and enforced disappearances increase concern over systematic repression in Nicaragua
Published at
18.10.2025
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- enforced disappearance
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- HRD threatened
- internet restriction
- intimidation
- public vilification
- transnational repression
- travel ban