Nauru: New deal to detain asylum seekers while press freedom remains curtailed Published at 09.06.2025 Country Nauru Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants bureaucratic restriction 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
Controversial law on magisterial inquiry adopted; Two additional convictions for role in journalist’s murder Published at 12.06.2025 Country Malta Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling funding restriction women criminal defamation protest restrictive law Read more
Afghanistan: Activists targeted, media restricted as women further silenced by the Taliban Published at 13.06.2025 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women office raid HRD detained protest torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained Read more
Mongolia: Anti-corruption protests lead to resignation of prime minister as crackdown on journalists persists Published at 17.06.2025 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth harassment protest restrictive law journalist detained surveillance Read more
Mali’s military government outlaws political parties and suppresses public demonstrations Published at 17.06.2025 Country Mali Tags: protest disruption HRD detained negative court ruling protest enforced disappearance prevention of protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained Read more
India: Critical commentary on the conflict with Pakistan censored, journalists targeted while communities face military operations Published at 19.06.2025 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth women minority groups intimidation harassment labour rights protest internet restriction prevention of protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Bhutan: UN experts highlight situation of political prisoners as press freedom hits a new low Published at 20.06.2025 Country Bhutan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship censorship minority groups Read more
Forced loyalty, fear, and censorship: Turkmenistan’s relentless assault on civic freedoms Published at 23.06.2025 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation transnational repression travel ban HRD detained labour rights internet restriction prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment political interference censorship journalist 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
El acoso y las agresiones contra las personas defensoras del medioambiente y líderes indígenas evidencian el fracaso del marco legal de protección Published at 24.06.2025 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
South Korea: Activists criminalised, satire censored amidst political transition Published at 24.06.2025 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth negative court ruling labour rights protest censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Sri Lanka: New government silences dissent and disrupts protests while impunity for past crimes persists Published at 30.06.2025 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women minority groups harassment HRD detained negative court ruling protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Vietnam: Regime criminalises activists on trumped up charges and labels aid group as ‘terrorists’ Published at 01.07.2025 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted land rights minority groups negative court ruling public vilification religious groups restrictive law Read more
Protests against company’s lack of accountability after explosion Published at 31.10.2024 Country Seychelles Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained protest Read more
Closure of news agency; expulsion of journalist Published at 03.07.2025 Country Seychelles Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction journalist detained environmental rights 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
Commission to investigate attacks on CSOs under PiS; Volunteer prosecuted for assisting asylum seeker at border Published at 07.07.2025 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI refugees and migrants positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest censorship HRD prosecuted 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
Deadly train crash anniversary marked by massive protests; Government survives censure motion Published at 08.07.2025 Country Greece Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants travel ban negative court ruling labour rights protest violent protest political interference HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained Read more
Papua New Guinea: Facebook briefly blocked, journalists sacked while concerns increase about lawsuits to silence expression Published at 09.07.2025 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling internet restriction prevention of protest political interference restrictive law Read more
