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
Suspension of human rights NGOs indicates further crackdown on critical voices Published at 31.12.2024 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption 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
Activists, journalists and bloggers arrested and jailed while new decrees to control associations and the internet come into effect Published at 19.12.2024 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Afghanistan: Arrests of activists and crackdown on journalists persists as the Taliban ramp up their controls on women Published at 18.12.2024 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women harassment HRD detained protest torture/ill-treatment censorship journalist detained Read more
Hong Kong: Jailing of 45 pro-democracy activists, Stand News editors and critics highlights climate of repression Published at 28.11.2024 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law bureaucratic restriction HRD prosecuted Read more
China: Human rights defenders criminalised as well as face harassment, surveillance and transnational repression Published at 27.11.2024 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups transnational repression harassment HRD detained labour rights protest censorship journalist detained surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Mass protests over power outages; New law deepens government control over speech Published at 21.11.2024 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD sexual assault intimidation transnational repression HRD detained internet restriction restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Turkmenistan: Economic hardship, repression, and targeting of critics at home and abroad Published at 19.11.2024 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation release of HRDs transnational repression travel ban internet restriction censorship Read more
Expulsan a 135 personas presas políticas y cierran 1500 OSC en un mes Published at 15.11.2024 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups office raid CSO closure minority groups intimidation release of HRDs religious groups attack on journalist travel ban public vilification restrictive law censorship Read more
Civic freedoms under threat amid disputed presidential elections Published at 09.11.2024 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: youth journalist detained intimidation transnational repression travel ban HRD detained excessive force enforced disappearance internet restriction killing of protestors violent protest restrictive law censorship access to info. law protestor(s) detained Read more
Persecution of opposition leaders & activists unrelenting, gatherings banned Published at 30.10.2024 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD harassment negative court ruling public vilification prevention of protest surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
