Bangladesh: Worrying cybersecurity law amendments, journalists and critics targeted as weak human rights body established Published at 22.09.2026 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist harassment HRD detained indigenous groups internet restriction intimidation journalist detained minority groups protest disruption restrictive law women youth Read more
Pakistan: Activists targeted, Baloch human rights defenders convicted and repression of protest movement and reporting on Azad Jammu and Kashmir Published at 11.09.2026 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship criminal defamation enforced disappearance excessive force harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted internet restriction journalist detained killing of protestors minority groups protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law women Read more
Hopes for a thaw recede amid renewed persecution of critical voices Published at 01.09.2026 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted HRD threatened intimidation negative court ruling political interference positive court ruling prevention of protest protest protestor(s) detained public vilification release of HRDs restrictive law torture/ill-treatment travel ban Read more
Sri Lanka: Rapper, writer and journalists targeted amid proposal of a restrictive NGO law and ongoing impunity for past crimes Published at 24.08.2026 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist censorship enforced disappearance environmental rights harassment intimidation protest protest disruption restrictive law surveillance women Read more
India: Student protests met with arrests, excessive force, surveillance and harassment amid civic space clampdown Published at 18.08.2026 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship criminal defamation excessive force harassment HRD detained indigenous groups internet restriction negative court ruling positive court ruling protest disruption protestor(s) detained release of HRDs restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women youth Read more
Civic space continues to deteriorate as repressive new laws enforced Published at 04.08.2026 Country Georgia Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law attack on journalist censorship criminal defamation CSO closure excessive force funding restriction intimidation journalist detained non state actors political interference positive CS development prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification self censorship torture/ill-treatment transnational repression travel ban Read more
New media restrictions further clamp down on civic space Published at 31.07.2026 Country Somaliland Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained office raid restrictive law Read more
Philippines: Civil society demands accountability for the Negros 19 killings as targeting of activists and journalists persist Published at 24.07.2026 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist environmental rights harassment HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted indigenous groups killing of journalist positive court ruling protest disruption public vilification restrictive law women youth Read more
Constitutional reform accompanied by escalating crackdown on critics, media and online expression Published at 23.07.2026 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law attack on HRD attack on journalist funding restriction HRD detained HRD prosecuted internet restriction intimidation journalist detained LGBTI negative court ruling office raid positive CS development prevention of protest private sector protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained refusal of registration religious groups torture/ill-treatment transnational repression Read more
Controversial law extending presidential term passed as its critics are targeted Published at 16.07.2026 Country Zimbabwe Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained release of HRDs torture/ill-treatment youth Read more
Authorities continue crackdown on digital commentators as imprisoned YouTube-based critic dies mysteriously Published at 03.07.2026 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD killing HRD prosecuted Read more
Singapore: Despite UN review, first charges brought under POFMA while journalists and activists continue to be targeted Published at 03.07.2026 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD prosecuted negative court ruling restrictive law travel ban women youth Read more
