Mongolia: Court strikes down restrictive provision as calls for release of activist persist Published at 19.03.2026 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights positive court ruling Read more
Bhutan: Political prisoner dies in custody while information blockade persists Published at 12.03.2026 Country Bhutan Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment Read more
Police violence during student protests; several journalists arrested and prosecuted; Council of Ministers adopts draconian anti-LGBTQI+ law Published at 11.03.2026 Country Senegal Tags: attack on journalist censorship excessive force journalist detained killing of protestors LGBTI negative court ruling prevention of protest protest protest disruption restrictive law violent protest youth Read more
Nepal: Still no accountability for violent crackdown by security forces as civic space violations persist and election draws near Published at 19.02.2026 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation journalist detained protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained torture/ill-treatment youth Read more
Maldives: Government ignores UN recommendations with passage of draconian media law, crackdown on protests and banning of cartoon Published at 16.02.2026 Country Maldives Tags: attack on journalist censorship excessive force protest disruption protestor(s) detained refugees and migrants restrictive law torture/ill-treatment Read more
Nauru: UN body calls on government to respect freedom of expression and establish a national human rights institution Published at 09.02.2026 Country Nauru Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation refugees and migrants Read more
One year of Trump 2.0: Civic freedoms under pressure Published at 26.01.2026 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law attack on journalist censorship CSO closure enabling law environmental rights excessive force funding restriction indigenous groups internet restriction intimidation journalist detained labour rights political interference positive CS development protest protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment travel ban youth Read more
Papua New Guinea: Concerns around use of cybercrime law to criminalise expression, new social media policy and Starlink internet disruption Published at 22.01.2026 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment internet restriction restrictive law Read more
Comoros: Right of journalists to keep sources secret is upheld after pressure; arrests of protesters Published at 12.01.2026 Country Comoros Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law journalist detained protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained Read more
Las agresiones a periodistas revelan un ambiente hostil durante el periodo electoral Published at 19.12.2025 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD attack on journalist enabling law excessive force extractive industries HRD threatened indigenous groups intimidation labour rights protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained violent protest Read more
Attacks on journalists reveal hostile environment around Bolivia's elections Published at 24.11.2025 Country Bolivia Tags: attack on HRD attack on journalist enabling law excessive force extractive industries HRD threatened indigenous groups intimidation labour rights protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained violent protest Read more
Malaysia: Protests restricted, activists harassed and critics silenced as courts push back Published at 18.11.2025 Country Malaysia Tags: censorship criminal defamation enforced disappearance HRD detained land rights positive court ruling positive CS development protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law women Read more
