UN experts and human rights organisations express concern over Venezuela after unlawful US military intervention and emergency declaration Published at 23.01.2026 Country Venezuela Tags: CSO closure enforced disappearance HRD detained HRD killing internet restriction intimidation journalist detained labour rights office raid political interference protest public vilification release of HRDs travel ban Read more
Singapore: Activist blocked from entering country while critics and news outlets targeted Published at 26.01.2026 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship harassment internet restriction positive court ruling restrictive law women Read more
Mauritanie : Arrestations et condamnations de journalistes et de défenseurs des droits de l'homme Published at 31.10.2025 Country Mauritania Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist criminal defamation CSO closure excessive force HRD detained journalist detained positive CS development protest refugees and migrants Read more
One year of Trump 2.0: Civic freedoms under pressure Published at 26.01.2026 Country United States of America Tags: access to info. law attack on journalist censorship CSO closure enabling law environmental rights excessive force funding restriction indigenous groups internet restriction intimidation journalist detained labour rights political interference positive CS development protest protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment travel ban youth Read more
Attempt to place anti-corruption bodies under political control sparks protests Published at 28.08.2025 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist enabling law HRD detained intimidation journalist detained office raid political interference protest public vilification youth Read more
Allegations against activist spark fears of stigmatisation of civil society ahead of elections; Police intervention disrupts large farmers’ protest Published at 27.01.2026 Country Costa Rica Tags: attack on journalist indigenous groups intimidation labour rights land rights positive court ruling protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law violent protest women Read more
Kazakhstan: Pressure on media, LGBTQI+ “propaganda” law, and criminal cases against activists Published at 27.01.2026 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law attack on HRD censorship criminal defamation CSO closure environmental rights HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained LGBTI negative court ruling non state actors office raid prevention of protest private sector protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment transnational repression Read more
Kiribati: UN human rights chief raises concerns on reversal of commitment to ratify ICCPR and need for judicial independence Published at 28.01.2026 Country Kiribati Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI Read more
Le régime militaire du Burkina Faso étouffe les voix de l’opposition et limite l’activisme de la société civile ainsi que la liberté d’expression Published at 02.10.2025 Country Burkina Faso Tags: attack on journalist censorship enabling law enforced disappearance HRD detained journalist detained LGBTI transnational repression violent protest Read more
Laos: Government queried on lack of protection for human rights defenders, trade union restrictions and transnational repression Published at 29.01.2026 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance harassment intimidation labour rights minority groups transnational repression Read more
Authorities continue to persecute activists and former members of the Kuwaiti National Assembly Published at 29.01.2026 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment HRD prosecuted Read more
Human rights organisations express concerns about the escalated repression of civil society in Yemen Published at 29.01.2026 Country Yemen Tags: bureaucratic restriction HRD acquitted journalist detained Read more
Prominent HRD Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja ends hunger strike Published at 31.12.2025 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained Read more
