Australia: Police use temporary powers in WA to ban protesters from defence conference and continue to arrest climate protesters Published at 28.10.2026 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction environmental rights positive court ruling protestor(s) detained women Read more
Pakistan: Lawyers re-arrested, journalists targeted, crackdown on the opposition and emergency rule imposed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Published at 29.10.2026 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained internet restriction journalist detained minority groups prevention of protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law women Read more
Singapore: Government criminalises human rights defenders for their peaceful activism and ignores UN recommendations on civic space Published at 29.10.2026 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted restrictive law women Read more
New right-wing government dismantles NGO Fund under urgent procedure, voters reject abolishing public broadcaster’s licence fee in referendum vote Published at 29.10.2026 Country Slovenia Tags: access to info. law attack on journalist funding restriction intimidation labour rights LGBTI political interference positive CS development protest public vilification Read more
Financial cuts and political scrutiny target civil society; Restrictions on Palestine solidarity Published at 29.10.2026 Country Austria Tags: access to info. law attack on journalist CSO closure excessive force funding restriction intimidation journalist detained negative court ruling non state actors office raid political interference positive court ruling positive CS development prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification surveillance Read more
Malta: Legislative proposals rushed without public consultation; abortion rights organisations face censorship and complaints Published at 04.09.2026 Country Malta Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship environmental rights HRD prosecuted labour rights positive court ruling protest Read more
Anti-normalisation protests persist, several trade unions undergo strikes and protests, Sahrawi activists isolated and attacked Published at 03.07.2026 Country Morocco Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD criminal defamation harassment HRD prosecuted labour rights minority groups negative court ruling protest surveillance transnational repression youth Read more
Elections marked by low voter turnout, public service unions hold strikes and protests, HRDs & journalists face surveillance Published at 30.10.2026 Country Morocco Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation HRD prosecuted labour rights protest women Read more
Activists and civil society face targeted attacks Published at 30.10.2026 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist censorship criminal defamation environmental rights harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained non state actors office raid positive court ruling protest protestor(s) detained release of HRDs Read more
New Cyber Crime law enacted, writer charged and sentenced Published at 30.10.2026 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD prosecuted restrictive law Read more
Kuwait Tightens Repression at Home and Abroad: Citizenship Revocations, Arbitrary Detention and Targeting of Critics Published at 30.06.2026 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship enforced disappearance harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained restrictive law Read more
Revised Nationality Law Raises Rights Concerns Amid Ongoing Prosecutions Published at 30.10.2026 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted minority groups negative court ruling Read more
Marshall Islands: Open civic space yet no law guaranteeing access to information Published at 06.10.2026 Country Marshall Islands Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law environmental rights LGBTI Read more
Arbitrary detention of human rights defenders; sentencing of independent teachers’ union leader and GCAP members following banned protest Published at 02.10.2026 Country Chad Tags: censorship CSO closure HRD detained HRD prosecuted negative court ruling protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Guinea’s media regulator suspends news websites, journalists Published at 31.07.2026 Country Guinea Tags: attack on journalist censorship CSO closure enforced disappearance Read more
Guinea’s media regulator suspends four web TVs, bans France 24 and revokes correspondent’s accreditation Published at 30.10.2026 Country Guinea Tags: censorship enforced disappearance HRD detained negative court ruling private sector protest Read more
Malta: Acquittal in long-awaited trial over journalist’s murder sparks protests Published at 30.10.2026 Country Malta Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI negative court ruling protest Read more
Cameroon: Wave of Arrests and Restrictions Targets Journalists, Activists, and Civil Society Members Published at 02.10.2026 Country Cameroon Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship enforced disappearance HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained killing of journalist negative court ruling positive court ruling prevention of protest protest Read more
Restrictive regulation on social media use adopted amid ongoing suspension of social media platforms Published at 30.10.2026 Country Gabon Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD detained journalist detained protest Read more
15 anti-corruption GALA activists arrested over anniversary event Published at 02.10.2026 Country Gambia Tags: bureaucratic restriction HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted positive court ruling prevention of protest Read more
Human rights defenders and citizens face threats; activist and lawyer detained Published at 02.10.2026 Country Republic of the Congo Tags: enforced disappearance HRD detained HRD threatened intimidation Read more
