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Bangladesh: Journalists, online critics and activists targeted as new government takes power
Published at
28.05.2026
Country
Bangladesh
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- internet restriction
- journalist detained
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law
- travel ban
- women
Des centaines d’organisations de la société civile sont dissoutes ou suspendues ; les journalistes et les ONG continuent de faire l’objet de restrictions
Published at
11.05.2026
Country
Burkina Faso
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- CSO closure
- enforced disappearance
- funding restriction
- hrd
- HRD prosecuted
- journalist detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- release of HRDs
- restrictive law
Cambodia: Scores convicted for criticism against a regional agreement while journalists, activists and opposition continue to be targeted
Published at
07.05.2026
Country
Cambodia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- journalist detained
- land rights
- negative court ruling
- protest disruption
- restrictive law
- women
- youth
Algeria: Long-established organisation sealed off, arrests of journalists and academics, activists sentenced on terrorism charges
Published at
06.05.2026
Country
Algeria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- CSO closure
- enforced disappearance
- HRD acquitted
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- intimidation
- journalist detained
- labour rights
- minority groups
- negative court ruling
- office raid
- place restrictions
- political interference
- protest
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- refusal of registration
- travel ban
Hundreds of CSOs dissolved or suspended; journalists and NGOs continue to face restrictions
Published at
06.05.2026
Country
Burkina Faso
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- CSO closure
- enforced disappearance
- funding restriction
- hrd
- HRD prosecuted
- journalist detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- release of HRDs
- restrictive law
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
Journalists face murder, abductions and bans on entry in retaliation
Published at
30.04.2026
Country
Somalia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- censorship
- harassment
- journalist detained
- killing of journalist
- labour rights
- restrictive law
Authorities ban reporting on US-Israel war on Iran
Published at
30.04.2026
Country
Jordan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- torture/ill-treatment
Systematic crackdown on civic space continues in the aftermath of post election protests
Published at
30.04.2026
Country
Tanzania
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- political interference
- positive court ruling
- prevention of protest
- transnational repression
Lawyers & activists face detention and imprisonment in retaliation to their work
Published at
30.04.2026
Country
Tunisia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- intimidation
- protest
- refugees and migrants
- release of HRDs