Workers in Barbados strike again over stalled wage talks and unfulfilled commitments Published at 13.07.2025 Country Barbados Category Latest Developments Tags: youth positive CS development labour rights protest Read more
Workers stage strikes in Barbados’ capital city over pay, safety and fair hiring Published at 15.10.2025 Country Barbados Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest Read more
Protests highlight socio-economic grievances and governance challenges in early 2025 Published at 07.04.2025 Country Jamaica Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference violent protest labour rights protest Read more
Supreme Court ruling against newspaper sparks debate on press freedom as Jamaica slips in RSF global index; Protest held to denounce rise in police abuses Published at 06.07.2025 Country Jamaica Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights LGBTI negative court ruling protest public vilification women Read more
Media independence faces challenges ahead of elections; Community protests to denounce police killing Published at 14.10.2025 Country Jamaica Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference labour rights protest public vilification Read more
New criminal law and Draft Cybercrime Bill in The Gambia threatens press freedom, freedom of expression and digital rights Published at 23.10.2025 Country Gambia Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force protest prevention of protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Indonesia: Brutal crackdown on protests, arrests of activists and suppression of dissent in Papua as President marks one year in power Published at 24.10.2025 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force enforced disappearance killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship positive court ruling women indigenous groups minority groups attack on journalist protest extractive industries restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights youth Read more
Argentina added to CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist amid rapid civic space decline Published at 09.11.2024 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist environmental rights excessive force intimidation prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification Read more
Mauritania joins Partnership for Information and Democracy Published at 10.01.2025 Country Mauritania Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption positive CS development labour rights protest extractive industries protestor(s) detained Read more
Mauritania: Journalists and rights defenders face arrests and convictions Published at 24.10.2025 Country Mauritania Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants CSO closure positive CS development HRD detained attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation protest journalist detained Read more
Government announces TikTok ban Published at 23.02.2025 Country Albania Category Latest Developments Tags: youth refugees and migrants excessive force protest public vilification people with disabilities protestor(s) detained Read more
Watchdogs raise concerns about escalating hostility towards media Published at 25.04.2025 Country Albania Category Latest Developments Tags: women protest public vilification protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Journalists obstructed at opposition protest rejecting election results Published at 17.06.2025 Country Albania Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women minority groups attack on journalist labour rights public vilification access to info. law Read more
Government intensifies crackdown on opposition & online spaces ahead of 2025 elections Published at 26.10.2025 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling attack on HRD release of HRDs HRD detained enforced disappearance internet restriction political interference bureaucratic restriction censorship Read more
Electoral period characterised by deeply repressive political environment Published at 31.07.2025 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation harassment travel ban attack on journalist protest enforced disappearance political interference censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Abductions and Restricted Trials Documented Ahead of the elections Published at 29.08.2025 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD CSO closure transnational repression harassment HRD detained torture/ill-treatment political interference bureaucratic restriction censorship Read more
Relentless assault on dissent and opposition a cause for serious concern Published at 26.10.2025 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment political interference journalist detained Read more
CAR’s civic space under pressure as December 2025 elections loom; Law on the protection of HRDs adopted Published at 26.10.2025 Country Central African Republic Tags: youth protest disruption HRD detained labour rights excessive force criminal defamation protest prevention of protest political interference restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Ethiopia: Political Bans, Media Raids as Fragile Peace faces risk Published at 15.08.2025 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure intimidation harassment negative court ruling criminal defamation protest political interference restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
WHRDs at risk of execution with targeted death sentences for peaceful activism Published at 26.10.2025 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation HRD detained negative court ruling torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted Read more
Journalists receives new sentence ahead of planned release from prison Published at 26.10.2025 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD prosecuted restrictive law Read more
