Government announces TikTok ban Published at 23.02.2025 Country Albania Category Latest Developments Tags: youth refugees and migrants excessive force protest public vilification people with disabilities protestor(s) detained Read more
Watchdogs raise concerns about escalating hostility towards media Published at 25.04.2025 Country Albania Category Latest Developments Tags: women protest public vilification protestor(s) detained environmental rights 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
CAR’s civic space under pressure as December 2025 elections loom; Law on the protection of HRDs adopted Published at 26.10.2025 Country Central African Republic Tags: youth protest disruption HRD detained labour rights excessive force criminal defamation protest prevention of protest political interference restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Ethiopia: Political Bans, Media Raids as Fragile Peace faces risk Published at 15.08.2025 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure intimidation harassment negative court ruling criminal defamation protest political interference restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Women, HRDs, Migrant support NGOs, journalists & online critics face systematic violations Published at 26.10.2025 Country Libya Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption CSO closure intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship non state actors women refugees and migrants release of HRDs negative court ruling protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted youth Read more
Civic space violations reported ahead of 2025 elections Published at 27.10.2025 Country Malawi Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation HRD detained protest violent protest HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
CSOs call for inclusive constitution amendment process, police use bureaucratic hurdles to prevent student protests Published at 27.10.2025 Country Botswana Category Latest Developments Tags: youth prevention of protest protest intimidation Read more
Partial win as court strikes out parts of the 'Patriotic Act' Published at 27.10.2025 Country Zimbabwe Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth labour rights protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights 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
Defence lawyers call out abuse of law to surveil climate and social activists Published at 24.05.2025 Country Switzerland Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption women intimidation surveillance negative court ruling labour rights protest political interference journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Journalist's car set on fire, motives unkown Published at 10.01.2025 Country North Macedonia Category Latest Developments Tags: women minority groups attack on journalist labour rights protest environmental rights Read more
CSOs working with marginalised groups forced to suspend operations due to U.S. funding cuts Published at 08.03.2025 Country North Macedonia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women minority groups intimidation positive CS development labour rights protest public vilification Read more
Citizens mobilise for accountability following deadly nightclub fire Published at 05.05.2025 Country North Macedonia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth intimidation labour rights protest public vilification Read more
Ukrainian media targeted by bomb threats and cyberattacks Published at 04.03.2025 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on journalist protest political interference bureaucratic restriction access to info. law Read more
Victoria Roshchyna’s body returned to Ukraine bearing signs of torture Published at 29.04.2025 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist protest public vilification access to info. law protestor(s) detained Read more
Kyiv Pride takes place amid counter-protests, pressure Published at 28.06.2025 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist protest public vilification political interference censorship access to info. law protestor(s) detained Read more
Broad crackdown on people commemorating the anniversary of the declaration of the Republic in Yemen Published at 28.10.2025 Country Yemen Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD detained HRD killing protest enforced disappearance journalist detained non state actors Read more
Authorities increasingly using judicial harassment to silence opposition Published at 28.10.2025 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption transnational repression attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling protest violent protest political interference Read more
Lebanon’s Civic Space faces Triple Pressures — State, Israel, and Hezbolla Published at 28.10.2025 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist criminal defamation harassment HRD threatened intimidation journalist detained killing of journalist non state actors protest protest disruption release of HRDs restrictive law 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
