Canada’s 2025 election year marked by rising disinformation and new federal and provincial laws curbing civic freedoms Published at 21.07.2025 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction LGBTI indigenous groups women religious groups minority groups intimidation transnational repression positive CS development youth excessive force labour rights protest public vilification restrictive law censorship journalist detained environmental rights Read more
Politician’s brother threatens journalist over corruption report amid growing concerns about pressure on media Published at 18.07.2025 Country Uruguay Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship attack on HRD intimidation positive CS development protest censorship access to info. law environmental rights Read more
Workers in Barbados strike again over stalled wage talks and unfulfilled commitments Published at 13.07.2025 Country Barbados Category Latest Developments Tags: youth positive CS development labour rights protest Read more
Taiwan: Citizen groups harassed for recall vote while funding cuts impact civil society Published at 08.07.2025 Country Taiwan Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction women harassment labour rights protest torture/ill-treatment land rights non state actors Read more
Supreme Court ruling against newspaper sparks debate on press freedom as Jamaica slips in RSF global index; Protest held to denounce rise in police abuses Published at 06.07.2025 Country Jamaica Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights LGBTI negative court ruling protest public vilification women Read more
Japan: Court throws out defamation lawsuit against journalist while activist sentenced in Okinawa for protests against US bases Published at 04.07.2025 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption women negative court ruling protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Prime Minister’s renewed claims of foreign-funded media raise concerns over press freedom Published at 01.07.2025 Country St Vincent and the Grenadines Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development access to info. law public vilification Read more
Report finds hostile climate for environmental protests; Excessive force used against activists protesting military shipments to Israel Published at 30.06.2025 Country Denmark Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption indigenous groups intimidation release of HRDs transnational repression excessive force protest enabling law HRD acquitted access to info. law protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Watchdogs warn of hardening stance towards civil disobedience, multiple arrests at pro-Palestine protests Published at 30.06.2025 Country Ireland Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption intimidation surveillance excessive force protest enabling law protestor(s) detained Read more
New coalition of parties all headed by women; peaceful pro-Palestinian protests Published at 23.06.2025 Country Iceland Category Latest Developments Tags: women refugees and migrants protest Read more
New Zealand: Freedoms at risk with protests arrests and suspension of indigenous Māori parliamentarians Published at 11.06.2025 Country New Zealand Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups women positive CS development excessive force protest extractive industries protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Kiribati: Challenges for press freedom and access to information Published at 03.06.2025 Country Kiribati Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance political interference bureaucratic restriction Read more
