New risks confront civil society in Uzbekistan Published at 20.07.2026 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship criminal defamation HRD detained HRD prosecuted HRD threatened intimidation journalist detained negative court ruling refusal of registration restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment transnational repression travel ban Read more
Hong Kong: Journalists targeted, booksellers arrested as government expands its powers Published at 07.07.2026 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment LGBTI negative court ruling prevention of protest restrictive law travel ban women Read more
China: Repression continues with new ‘ethnic unity’ law, targeting of activists and silencing of Tiananmen anniversary commemorations Published at 30.06.2026 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted land rights minority groups negative court ruling restrictive law torture/ill-treatment transnational repression women Read more
Afghanistan: Ongoing repression of the press and activists as peaceful protest in Herat disrupted with excessive force Published at 15.06.2026 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship excessive force harassment HRD detained journalist detained office raid protest protest disruption women Read more
Laos: Dissident found dead as UN expert highlights strict restrictions on freedoms and reprisals against activists Published at 08.06.2026 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing Read more
Tightening digital controls and domestic and transnational repression Published at 01.06.2026 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained internet restriction intimidation killing of journalist positive CS development surveillance transnational repression travel ban women youth Read more
North Korea: Severe punishment for watching foreign films or material related to foreign culture and religion Published at 14.05.2026 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship restrictive law youth Read more
Student activist remains in arbitrary detention more than 2 years after arrest Published at 17.04.2026 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment intimidation LGBTI public vilification Read more
Protests held over arbitrary detentions and prison abuses by Israeli forces Published at 17.04.2026 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship harassment killing of journalist positive court ruling protest restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Vietnam: Persecution of activists and critics continued in the lead up to the sham National Assembly elections Published at 30.03.2026 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained land rights negative court ruling public vilification religious groups restrictive law surveillance transnational repression women Read more
Afghanistan: New Criminal Procedure Code will intensify repression as activists and journalists continue to be targeted Published at 24.03.2026 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained journalist detained protest restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women Read more
US–Israeli attacks trigger further decline in Civic Space in Iran and Beyond Published at 13.03.2026 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship internet restriction non state actors protest Read more
