Oleada de agresiones contra activistas de los derechos de las personas migrantes; al menos dos personas manifestantes heridas Published at 27.05.2025 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling intimidation HRD detained excessive force restrictive law environmental rights Read more
Australia: Authorities continue to criminalise protests, police with impunity and increase restrictive legislation and policies Published at 26.05.2025 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protestor(s) detained protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction surveillance Read more
Adoption of Counter-Terrorism Bill by Parliament sparks concerns among press freedom advocates Published at 27.05.2025 Country Sierra Leone Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained prevention of protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained Read more
Politically motivated prosecutions amid declining media and civic space Published at 27.05.2025 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship place restrictions office raid religious groups intimidation release of HRDs transnational repression HRD detained negative court ruling public vilification torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Chad: Contested elections and civic space challenges in post-coup era Published at 31.03.2025 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women protest prevention of protest censorship journalist detained HRD threatened Read more
Large and sustained protests against government’s pro-Russian stance and Foreign Agent Law Published at 28.05.2025 Country Slovakia Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction LGBTI harassment attack on journalist negative court ruling protest political interference restrictive law access to info. law Read more
China: Regime continues to jail activists and target critical artists, film makers and musicians Published at 29.05.2025 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force labour rights protest restrictive law journalist detained surveillance HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Un polémico decreto presidencial restringe la labor de la sociedad civil; personas manifestantes por el derecho a la tierra son víctimas de amenazas Published at 30.05.2025 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups intimidation attack on journalist protest public vilification restrictive law censorship Read more
Independent broadcasting hangs in the balance as elections loom, civil society & media hit hard by loss of US funding Published at 30.03.2025 Country Czech Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained labour rights protest intimidation Read more
Fiji: Restrictions on protest persist despite calls for reforms by the UN Human Rights Council Published at 02.06.2025 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: protest labour rights environmental rights bureaucratic restriction Read more
Romania in crisis ahead of presidential election rerun, protests become violent Published at 10.04.2025 Country Romania Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation surveillance attack on journalist protest public vilification violent protest political interference censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Protests erupt in response to ban on LGBTQI+ events, introduction of facial recognition technology Published at 24.04.2025 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction LGBTI protest disruption journalist detained travel ban HRD detained protest public vilification restrictive law bureaucratic restriction access to info. law surveillance Read more
Protesters take to the streets across Spain to demand affordable housing Published at 25.04.2025 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: women minority groups attack on journalist labour rights protest environmental rights Read more
"Political neutrality" audit of public broadcaster causes concern Published at 02.06.2025 Country Lithuania Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship women protest public vilification political interference environmental 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
Protesters call for justice reform, anti-LGBTQI+ laws threaten freedom of expression Published at 28.01.2025 Country Bulgaria Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship protest LGBTI Read more
Bulgaria's euro adoption sparks protests Published at 28.03.2025 Country Bulgaria Category Latest Developments Tags: transnational repression travel ban protest violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Timor-Leste: Concerns around cyber crime bill, harassment of journalists and martial arts ban Published at 04.06.2025 Country Timor-Leste Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment women protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Freedoms under threat as Uzbekistan continues to put pressure on journalists and human rights defenders Published at 04.06.2025 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation transnational repression travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation public vilification torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law censorship journalist detained Read more
ICCPR still not ratified; Journalist arrested due to sensitive translation Published at 06.06.2025 Country Comoros Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI journalist detained protest transnational repression Read more
Attacks and harassment against environmental and Indigenous defenders highlight protection failure Published at 08.06.2025 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation excessive force criminal defamation public vilification enforced disappearance censorship private sector positive court ruling women indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest violent protest restrictive law enabling law journalist detained environmental rights Read more
