Nauru: UN recommendations to revise journalists’ visa fees and decriminalising defamation rejected Published at 20.07.2026 Country Nauru Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development Read more
New risks confront civil society in Uzbekistan Published at 20.07.2026 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship criminal defamation HRD detained HRD prosecuted HRD threatened intimidation journalist detained negative court ruling refusal of registration restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment transnational repression travel ban Read more
Court upholds conviction of Wet’suwet’en land defender; New legislation raises concerns over civic freedoms Published at 21.07.2026 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law CSO closure environmental rights indigenous groups intimidation labour rights negative court ruling positive CS development protest protestor(s) detained religious groups restrictive law time,place restrictions women 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
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
Various bills related to freedom of expression await adoption Published at 27.07.2026 Country Monaco Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest protestor(s) detained Read more
CSOs raise alarm about widespread torture, authorities exploit war to widen crackdown on human rights Published at 21.07.2026 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment HRD detained HRD killing HRD prosecuted internet restriction release of HRDs torture/ill-treatment Read more
Military authorities continue to suspend CSOs, including largest student union Published at 02.07.2026 Country Burkina Faso Tags: attack on journalist censorship CSO closure enforced disappearance excessive force journalist detained prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained torture/ill-treatment Read more
Andorra: Labor Relations Act amended to increase union representation Published at 03.08.2026 Country Andorra Tags: enabling law labour rights LGBTI protest women Read more
Solomon Islands: Government urged to ratify the ICCPR and establish a human rights institution while media faces restrictions Published at 04.08.2026 Country Solomon Islands Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship 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
Fuel price increases trigger strikes and deadly protests Published at 12.08.2026 Country Comoros Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force journalist detained killing of protestors labour rights protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained Read more
Journalists, aid workers continue to face grave risk Published at 16.04.2026 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship CSO closure enforced disappearance harassment HRD killing HRD threatened internet restriction journalist detained protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained sexual assault women Read more
Proposed broadcasting law raises concern, journalists assaulted Published at 31.03.2026 Country Malawi Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist censorship non state actors restrictive law Read more
Mongolia: Concerns about parliamentarian facing charges, risks to LGBTQI+ defenders and recriminalisation of defamation Published at 17.08.2026 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries harassment intimidation LGBTI protest surveillance Read more
Tensions around quarry activities near Indigenous land Published at 17.08.2026 Country Dominica Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights extractive industries indigenous groups labour rights land rights private sector Read more
South Korea: Concerns about censorship, restrictive national security law and indictment of protesters Published at 18.08.2026 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship LGBTI protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law youth 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
Protests face unlawful restrictions amid rising social and environmental mobilisations; Journalists face attacks despite strong regional press freedom ranking Published at 03.08.2026 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist environmental rights excessive force extractive industries intimidation labour rights LGBTI positive court ruling prevention of protest protest protest disruption violent protest Read more
Protests met with excessive force; New Penal Code reform retains restrictions on civic freedoms Published at 19.08.2026 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist enabling law environmental rights excessive force extractive industries intimidation labour rights positive court ruling positive CS development protest protestor(s) detained restrictive law Read more
Government sends mixed signals on leaked “foreign agents” law draft; controversial appointments spark massive protests Published at 23.04.2026 Country Czech Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law funding restriction labour rights political interference protest protestor(s) detained public vilification women Read more
