Six months of unrest in Serbia: Calls for a snap election as protests enter “new phase” Published at 16.05.2025 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption office raid intimidation surveillance travel ban attack on journalist HRD killing HRD detained excessive force protest public vilification prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment political interference censorship protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Protests erupt in response to ban on LGBTQI+ events, introduction of facial recognition technology Published at 24.04.2025 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction LGBTI protest disruption journalist detained travel ban HRD detained protest public vilification restrictive law bureaucratic restriction access to info. law surveillance Read more
Bulgaria's euro adoption sparks protests Published at 28.03.2025 Country Bulgaria Category Latest Developments Tags: transnational repression travel ban protest violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Freedoms under threat as Uzbekistan continues to put pressure on journalists and human rights defenders Published at 04.06.2025 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation transnational repression travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation public vilification torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law censorship journalist detained 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
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
Renewed attacks on foreign-funded NGOs, protest restrictions despite protective court ruling, and ongoing prosecution of critics Published at 11.07.2025 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women transnational repression travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling refusal of registration public vilification prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights non state actors Read more
Malaysia: Restrictive laws deployed by police to criminalise dissent, ban books and harass protesters Published at 16.07.2025 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI protest disruption office raid women youth intimidation harassment positive CS development HRD detained travel ban criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Clampdown on civic freedoms escalates amid Israel's ongoing genocide Published at 04.08.2025 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid attack on HRD CSO closure intimidation harassment travel ban HRD detained killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship women release of HRDs attack on journalist negative court ruling protest internet restriction journalist detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted youth place restrictions Read more
Budapest Pride sees record attendance despite ban; Law to strip citizenship from dual nationals who pose a “threat” Published at 11.08.2025 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI funding restriction intimidation travel ban negative court ruling protest public vilification prevention of protest political interference restrictive law censorship surveillance Read more
Leading presidential candidate detained after announcing bid; Subsequent protests brutally repressed Published at 02.05.2025 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption sexual assault minority groups intimidation travel ban HRD detained excessive force labour rights protest torture/ill-treatment HRD acquitted censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Latvia tightens border controls; Refugee aid worker’s criminal case continues; Activist expelled based on tip-off from state security informant Published at 31.07.2025 Country Latvia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI travel ban protest political interference censorship Read more
Online activist & religious preacher imprisoned, Omani HRD banned from entering Lebanon Published at 27.08.2025 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups transnational repression release of HRDs travel ban negative court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
Slew of convictions for dissent Published at 18.09.2025 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling place restrictions intimidation travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling internet restriction prevention of protest political interference restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Mauritius gains sovereignty over Chagos Islands; Arrest of journalist Published at 13.10.2025 Country Mauritius Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid positive CS development travel ban labour rights criminal defamation protest public vilification journalist detained 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
Indigenous defenders killed amid ongoing land disputes; Civic freedoms crippled by Nicaragua’s new constitutional amendments Published at 08.06.2025 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship indigenous groups CSO closure intimidation transnational repression travel ban HRD detained HRD killing public vilification internet restriction restrictive law enabling law journalist detained land rights Read more
Deaths in custody and enforced disappearances increase concern over systematic repression in Nicaragua Published at 18.10.2025 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
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
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
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
Enforced Prosperity Narratives, Corruption-driven Internet Censorship, and Repression of Dissent at Home and Abroad Published at 04.12.2025 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained internet restriction intimidation transnational repression travel ban Read more
