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Protests held over worsening economic conditions
Published at
06.05.2026
Country
Libya
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD detained
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
Pakistan: Lawyers and activists criminalised, protests disrupted and journalists harassed
Published at
04.05.2026
Country
Pakistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- journalist detained
- minority groups
- negative court ruling
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law
- torture/ill-treatment
- transnational repression
- women
2026 polls characterised by systematic crackdown on opposition and civic space
Published at
09.04.2026
Country
Uganda
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- criminal defamation
- CSO closure
- environmental rights
- funding restriction
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- internet restriction
- negative court ruling
- political interference
- positive court ruling
- positive CS development
- protest
- restrictive law
- torture/ill-treatment
Definition of “foreign grants” radically expanded, press freedom continues to deteriorate
Published at
31.03.2026
Country
Georgia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- environmental rights
- funding restriction
- intimidation
- labour rights
- political interference
- protest
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- public vilification
- restrictive law
Amid persisting repression, power rift prompts guarded hopes for a thaw
Published at
30.03.2026
Country
Kyrgyzstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- funding restriction
- HRD acquitted
- intimidation
- journalist detained
- LGBTI
- negative court ruling
- place restrictions
- prevention of protest
- protestor(s) detained
- public vilification
- release of HRDs
- restrictive law
- self censorship
- torture/ill-treatment
- transnational repression
- travel ban
- women
Sri Lanka: Concerns around crackdown on the media, harassment and criminalisation of activists, and new anti-terrorism bill
Published at
27.03.2026
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD threatened
- journalist detained
- positive CS development
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law
- women
- youth
Migrant support, women and LGBTQI+ rights organisations face suspension
Published at
17.03.2026
Country
Tunisia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- CSO closure
- harassment
- HRD prosecuted
- LGBTI
- protest
- refugees and migrants
- release of HRDs
- women
Philippines: Protesters increasingly criminalised while activists continue to face baseless charges, harassment and red-tagging
Published at
11.03.2026
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- censorship
- extractive industries
- HRD acquitted
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- intimidation
- labour rights
- land rights
- positive court ruling
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law
- torture/ill-treatment
- women
- youth
Le chef de la junte est élu président sur fond de disparitions forcées et de suspensions des partis d’opposition et des médias
Published at
13.02.2026
Country
Guinea
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- censorship
- enforced disappearance
- excessive force
- journalist detained
- prevention of protest
- protest
- protest disruption
- violent protest
- youth
Military junta leader elected president amid enforced disappearances, suspension of opposition parties and media outlets
Published at
10.02.2026
Country
Guinea
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- censorship
- enforced disappearance
- excessive force
- journalist detained
- prevention of protest
- protest
- protest disruption
- violent protest
- youth
Media freedom targeted, protesters demand elections & political reform
Published at
05.02.2026
Country
Libya
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- protest