North Korea: Students executed for watching foreign videos as surveillance and restrictions intensify Published at 15.09.2026 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship harassment surveillance time,place restrictions youth Read more
Myanmar: Human rights defenders and journalists remain at risk while torture and ill-treatment of political prisoners persists Published at 17.09.2026 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship environmental rights HRD prosecuted negative court ruling protest restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment youth Read more
Malaysia: Activists and critics face baseless investigations, travel bans and freezing of accounts as restrictive laws are passed Published at 18.09.2026 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation environmental rights funding restriction harassment HRD prosecuted land rights non state actors public vilification restrictive law travel ban Read more
Les hausses du prix des carburants déclenchent des grèves et des manifestations meurtrières Published at 12.08.2026 Country Comoros Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force journalist detained killing of protestors labour rights protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained Read more
Le droit au secret des sources est préservé malgré les pressions ; des manifestants sont arrêtés Published at 12.01.2026 Country Comoros Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law journalist detained protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained Read more
Des étudiants sont arrêtés lors d’une manifestation et un journaliste non accrédité est interdit d’exercer Published at 10.11.2025 Country Comoros Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained youth Read more
Bangladesh: Worrying cybersecurity law amendments, journalists and critics targeted as weak human rights body established Published at 22.09.2026 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist harassment HRD detained indigenous groups internet restriction intimidation journalist detained minority groups protest disruption restrictive law women youth Read more
Papua New Guinea: Concerns about online expression and union suppression as national human rights policy launched Published at 24.09.2026 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation labour rights restrictive law Read more
Largest protest wave in recent history to oppose withdrawal from Istanbul Convention Published at 24.09.2026 Country Latvia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship enabling law funding restriction intimidation LGBTI political interference positive CS development protest public vilification surveillance travel ban women Read more
Moldova prepares new media law; ECtHR rules in cases of rights violations by Transnistrian authorities Published at 26.02.2026 Country Moldova Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation positive court ruling protest public vilification Read more
Budget proposal sparks largest protests since the 1990s; government resigns following massive mobilisation Published at 01.03.2026 Country Bulgaria Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship intimidation political interference protest protestor(s) detained torture/ill-treatment youth Read more
Belarus releases Viasna human rights defenders in largest prisoner release to date Published at 31.03.2026 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure protestor(s) detained release of HRDs Read more
Parliamentary elections: Orbán’s 16-year rule ends, pressure on journalists ahead of vote Published at 06.05.2026 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law censorship HRD detained intimidation LGBTI minority groups negative court ruling political interference positive court ruling protest public vilification Read more
Mass protests over 13-hour workday law; New law restricts space for NGOs working with migrants Published at 01.03.2026 Country Greece Tags: attack on journalist HRD acquitted intimidation labour rights positive court ruling protest protestor(s) detained refugees and migrants restrictive law Read more
Les condamnations à l’encontre des dissidents se poursuivent sans relâche Published at 28.09.2026 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship criminal defamation enforced disappearance harassment hrd HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained negative court ruling positive court ruling prevention of protest protest travel ban Read more
Thailand: Activists face threats and criminalisation for their activism while reports of transnational repression persists Published at 30.09.2026 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation enforced disappearance environmental rights harassment HRD prosecuted intimidation negative court ruling protest disruption restrictive law transnational repression women Read more
Authorities clamp down on Pro-Palestine and anti-Iran War protests Published at 10.07.2026 Country Israel Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD censorship excessive force HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation non state actors protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained refugees and migrants sexual assault torture/ill-treatment youth Read more
Authorities ban reporting on US-Israel war on Iran Published at 30.04.2026 Country Jordan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship torture/ill-treatment Read more
Protests restricted amid Pro-Palestine and anti-Iran war mobilisations Published at 30.06.2026 Country Jordan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted prevention of protest protest Read more
Use of detention as a retaliatory tactic against online expression a continuing cause for concern Published at 30.09.2026 Country Jordan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD prosecuted prevention of protest transnational repression Read more
Journalists summoned over online reporting Published at 27.02.2026 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship environmental rights intimidation protest Read more
