Angola: Protests against fuel price increase: 30 killed, 277 injured and over 1,500 arrested Published at 30.10.2025 Country Angola Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force enforced disappearance internet restriction prevention of protest killing of protestors journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Security of journalists at stake in several cases of assault Published at 31.10.2025 Country Ghana Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption hrd intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest prevention of protest violent protest protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Mozambique: Hundreds of deaths, over 4,200 arrested in crackdown on post-election protests Published at 30.04.2025 Country Mozambique Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest enforced disappearance internet restriction killing of protestors violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Gabon: A new Constitution that centralises power; illegal extradition of activist Published at 19.11.2024 Country Gabon Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI intimidation transnational repression HRD detained labour rights criminal defamation enforced disappearance time,place restrictions Read more
Gabon: Coup leader wins elections; free press still in the making Published at 03.11.2025 Country Gabon Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption prevention of protest time,place restrictions journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
La ratification du PIDCP piétine ; un journaliste arrêté à cause d’une traduction Published at 06.06.2025 Country Comoros Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI journalist detained protest transnational repression Read more
DRC Government cracks down on political parties; press freedom under threat Published at 31.10.2025 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Tags: attack on HRD attack on journalist bureaucratic restriction censorship enforced disappearance excessive force HRD detained HRD prosecuted HRD threatened journalist detained killing of journalist non state actors prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained release of HRDs torture/ill-treatment violent protest youth Read more
Multiple arrests, attacks on journalists Published at 30.10.2025 Country Nigeria Tags: attack on HRD attack on journalist criminal defamation excessive force intimidation journalist detained political interference time,place restrictions Read more
Sentencing of a prominent opposition figure; disruption of peaceful gatherings; prosecution and detention of journalists Published at 31.10.2025 Country Chad Tags: attack on journalist bureaucratic restriction enforced disappearance journalist detained political interference protest disruption Read more
Burkina Faso’s military regime stifles opposition voices, curtails civil society activism, and freedom of expression Published at 30.09.2025 Country Burkina Faso Tags: attack on journalist censorship enabling law enforced disappearance HRD detained journalist detained LGBTI transnational repression violent protest Read more
Crackdown on press freedom, political dissent, and peaceful assembly Published at 30.06.2025 Country Nigeria Tags: censorship excessive force HRD prosecuted indigenous groups journalist detained protest protest disruption violent protest Read more
Expansion of law enforcement and continued suppression of critical voices Published at 11.10.2025 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist censorship excessive force intimidation political interference positive court ruling positive CS development protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law travel ban Read more
Djiboutian human rights defenders intensify international advocacy amid continued repression Published at 31.10.2025 Country Djibouti Tags: censorship harassment hrd Read more
L'opposition et l'espace civique sont soumis à des restrictions flagrantes avant et après l'élection présidentielle Published at 21.11.2025 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist environmental rights excessive force harassment HRD prosecuted indigenous groups internet restriction intimidation journalist detained killing of protestors negative court ruling office raid place restrictions political interference positive court ruling prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained violent protest youth Read more
Far-right party launches parliamentary inquiry targeting civil society, government announces task force to scrutinise NGO funding Published at 31.10.2025 Country Austria Category Latest Developments Tags: enabling law excessive force funding restriction intimidation negative court ruling political interference positive court ruling protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification surveillance travel ban youth Read more
National human rights institution warns that civic space in France is under threat Published at 01.11.2025 Country France Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD attack on journalist censorship criminal defamation CSO closure environmental rights excessive force funding restriction intimidation journalist detained LGBTI office raid positive court ruling prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification refugees and migrants religious groups self censorship surveillance women Read more
New legislative amendments to further simplify designating NGOs as extremist, arrests of protesters commemorating anniversary of Navalny’s death Published at 01.03.2025 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction HRD detained HRD prosecuted protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law Read more
Further tightening of “foreign agent” restrictions: ban on educational activities adopted, cooperating with the ICC to be criminalised Published at 29.04.2025 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction HRD prosecuted journalist detained killing of journalist protest public vilification restrictive law Read more
Russia’s escalating crackdown on LGBTQI+ “extremism”: 100 convictions since January 2024 Published at 08.07.2025 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship CSO closure HRD detained HRD prosecuted LGBTI protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification torture/ill-treatment Read more
Government proscribes non-violent direct action group Palestine Action as “terrorist” Published at 09.08.2025 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship CSO closure environmental rights HRD detained intimidation office raid people with disabilities positive court ruling positive CS development prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification refugees and migrants restrictive law surveillance youth Read more
Las muertes bajo custodia y las desapariciones forzadas aumenta la preocupación por la represión sistemática Published at 14.11.2025 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure enforced disappearance HRD detained HRD killing HRD threatened internet restriction intimidation public vilification transnational repression travel ban Read more
