Dozens of protesters arrested after clashes with police during economic hardship and environmental protests Published at 04.11.2024 Country Ghana Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI HRD detained attack on journalist excessive force extractive industries time,place restrictions protestor(s) detained Read more
New Marriage Act Excludes same-sex couples Published at 19.02.2025 Country Namibia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption protest extractive industries restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
India: Indigenous movement banned, protests stifled while activists and journalists targeted Published at 01.03.2025 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling indigenous groups attack on HRD intimidation travel ban HRD detained HRD killing enforced disappearance killing of journalist extractive industries bureaucratic restriction censorship protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Activists & Whistle blowers continue to face assassination Published at 31.12.2024 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption sexual assault intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD killing protest extractive industries censorship journalist detained land rights Read more
New Zealand: Freedoms at risk with protests arrests and suspension of indigenous Māori parliamentarians Published at 11.06.2025 Country New Zealand Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups women positive CS development excessive force protest extractive industries protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
USAID cuts threaten humanitarian projects; Environmental activists protest oil & gas expansion and weakening protections Published at 31.05.2025 Country Norway Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD protest extractive industries HRD acquitted environmental rights Read more
Repression of Environmental Defenders, and crackdown on Opposition and Press Intensifies Published at 30.04.2025 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption release of HRDs harassment transnational repression attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling protest extractive industries torture/ill-treatment political interference censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Killing of EHRD in Sucumbíos; Escalating attacks on press freedom Published at 31.10.2024 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption indigenous groups intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing protest public vilification internet restriction extractive industries political interference private sector censorship HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Restrictions on media coverage during election coverage; Police raid FICSH headquarters in Amazonian province Published at 13.06.2025 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups women intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest extractive industries violent protest restrictive law access to info. law Read more
Constitutional Court judges vilified; Civil society curbed by new laws; Excessive force and criminalisation of EHRDs in Las Naves Published at 22.09.2025 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI indigenous groups intimidation attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force labour rights protest public vilification internet restriction extractive industries political interference restrictive law censorship Read more
Environmental concerns spark citizen action, concerns over study on foreign interference in media Published at 03.03.2025 Country Croatia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth labour rights protest extractive industries environmental rights Read more
Madagascar: Military seizes power following sustained, deadly youth-led protests Published at 17.10.2025 Country Madagascar Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest prevention of protest extractive industries killing of protestors violent protest time,place restrictions journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Vilipendio contra miembros de la Corte Constitucional; nuevas leyes constriñen la sociedad civil; uso excesivo de la fuerza y criminalización de PDDHM en Las Naves Published at 30.09.2025 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI indigenous groups intimidation attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force labour rights protest public vilification internet restriction extractive industries political interference restrictive law censorship 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
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
Madagascar : l’armée s’empare du pouvoir après une série de manifestations menées par la jeunesse et réprimées dans le sang Published at 28.10.2025 Country Madagascar Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest prevention of protest extractive industries killing of protestors violent protest time,place restrictions journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Police raids and criminalisation of Mapuche activists and a firefighter amid wildfires in Patagonia Published at 10.03.2025 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI indigenous groups office raid intimidation attack on journalist HRD detained refusal of registration labour rights protest public vilification extractive industries political interference private sector HRD acquitted access to info. law HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Unprecedented police crackdown on pension protests; Environmental defenders prosecuted for opposing mining project in Mendoza Published at 17.05.2025 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest public vilification sexual assault extractive industries torture/ill-treatment violent protest restrictive law access to info. law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Union leader and journalist killed as HRDs face attacks and criminalisation Published at 05.04.2025 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women indigenous groups attack on HRD intimidation transnational repression attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest public vilification killing of journalist extractive industries restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
