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China: Xi regime targets activists, journalists, ethnic minorities, foreign critics and underground churches
Published at
16.02.2026
Country
China
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- extractive industries
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- journalist detained
- minority groups
- negative court ruling
- protestor(s) detained
- religious groups
- restrictive law
- torture/ill-treatment
- women
- youth
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
Solomon Islands: Politician acquitted of protest charges as government faces UN rights body
Published at
16.02.2026
Country
Solomon Islands
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
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
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
San Marino: Largest protest in decade against tax reform; screening of Russian docufilm censored for geopolitical reasons
Published at
20.02.2026
Country
San Marino
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- protest
Tonga: Journalists face defamation re-trial while youth lead vigil against digital violence
Published at
25.02.2026
Country
Tonga
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- protest
- youth
Hong Kong: Repression persists with Jimmy Lai conviction, silencing of commentary on deadly fire and criminalisation of activist’s father
Published at
26.02.2026
Country
Hong Kong
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- negative court ruling
- refusal of registration
- restrictive law
- youth
Authorities target dissidents, activists, pro-palestine protesters with frivolous retaliatory cases
Published at
27.02.2026
Country
Egypt
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- enforced disappearance
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- internet restriction
- intimidation
- labour rights
- negative court ruling
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- release of HRDs
- restrictive law
- torture/ill-treatment
- transnational repression
- travel ban
- youth
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
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
Bhutan: Political prisoner dies in custody while information blockade persists
Published at
12.03.2026
Country
Bhutan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
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
Internet blocking and misuse of cybercrime laws key tactics of censorship
Published at
30.01.2026
Country
Jordan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- internet restriction
- negative court ruling
- prevention of protest
- protest
- surveillance
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
Vanuatu: Teachers end strike after 18 months while hospital workers resolve dispute on allowance
Published at
19.03.2026
Country
Vanuatu
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
South Korea: Civil society raises concerns about anti-fake news provisions, facial recognition and other civic space restrictions
Published at
20.03.2026
Country
South Korea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- bureaucratic restriction
- labour rights
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law
Religious leader acquitted and released
Published at
31.12.2025
Country
Qatar
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- positive court ruling
- religious groups
Investigative documentary sparks protests against corruption in the judiciary
Published at
28.01.2026
Country
Romania
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- labour rights
- LGBTI
- political interference
- positive court ruling
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
- women
Afghanistan: New Criminal Procedure Code will intensify repression as activists and journalists continue to be targeted
Published at
24.03.2026
Country
Afghanistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
- protest
- restrictive law
- torture/ill-treatment
- women