China: Human rights defenders criminalised as well as face harassment, surveillance and transnational repression Published at 27.11.2024 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups transnational repression harassment HRD detained labour rights protest censorship journalist detained surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Sri Lanka: Civic space restrictions and targeting of activists persist as new government takes power Published at 13.01.2025 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Thailand: Prosecution of activists and transnational repression persist as government takes its place on UN rights body Published at 14.02.2025 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women refugees and migrants minority groups transnational repression negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Iraqi authorities hand over Kuwaiti blogger Salman Al-Khalidi to Kuwaiti authorities Published at 18.02.2025 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: youth censorship HRD prosecuted minority groups Read more
Burqa ban; transnational repression against Tibetans and Uyghurs; UNRWA funding stop Published at 25.02.2025 Country Switzerland Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction refugees and migrants minority groups intimidation transnational repression protest restrictive law surveillance Read more
Pakistan: Government criminalises activists, increases online controls and cracks down on protests by the opposition and ethnic groups Published at 26.02.2025 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment travel ban HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation enforced disappearance prevention of protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment censorship women minority groups internet restriction restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted place restrictions Read more
Indonesia: Crackdown on protests, stifling of expression and repression in Papua continues in Prabowo’s first four months in power Published at 27.02.2025 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protest disruption indigenous groups women minority groups intimidation harassment negative court ruling labour rights torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained HRD threatened environmental rights Read more
Laos: UN raises concerns on civic space restrictions for ethnic cultural groups and women activists Published at 03.03.2025 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: women surveillance minority groups bureaucratic restriction Read more
China: Regime continues to jail activists and target critical artists, film makers and musicians Published at 29.05.2025 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force labour rights protest restrictive law journalist detained surveillance HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Protesters take to the streets across Spain to demand affordable housing Published at 25.04.2025 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: women minority groups attack on journalist labour rights protest environmental rights Read more
India: Critical commentary on the conflict with Pakistan censored, journalists targeted while communities face military operations Published at 19.06.2025 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth women minority groups intimidation harassment labour rights protest internet restriction prevention of protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Bhutan: UN experts highlight situation of political prisoners as press freedom hits a new low Published at 20.06.2025 Country Bhutan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship censorship minority groups Read more
Sri Lanka: New government silences dissent and disrupts protests while impunity for past crimes persists Published at 30.06.2025 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women minority groups harassment HRD detained negative court ruling protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Vietnam: Regime criminalises activists on trumped up charges and labels aid group as ‘terrorists’ Published at 01.07.2025 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted land rights minority groups negative court ruling public vilification religious groups restrictive law Read more
Laos: Amid UN human rights review, exiled activist attacked, and repression of Hmong community and press highlighted Published at 12.08.2025 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD minority groups transnational repression 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
Former parliamentarians and Bedoon rights defender targeted, migrant workers at risk of abuse Published at 27.08.2025 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling refugees and migrants minority groups transnational repression harassment HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights criminal defamation political interference HRD acquitted censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
CSO observers highlight growing number of political prisoners; Two young researchers receive harsh sentences on treason charges Published at 29.07.2025 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups intimidation transnational repression negative court ruling excessive force protest journalist detained Read more
China: Regime continues to criminalise activists, increase digital restrictions and deploy transnational repression against protesters Published at 22.09.2025 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force HRD detained HRD prosecuted indigenous groups minority groups negative court ruling protest disruption restrictive law surveillance transnational repression women Read more
Legal restrictions and ongoing targeting of pro-Palestine groups threaten freedom of assembly Published at 06.01.2025 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction minority groups intimidation transnational repression positive CS development attack on journalist excessive force labour rights violent protest restrictive law access to info. law environmental rights Read more
Canada’s 2025 election year marked by rising disinformation and new federal and provincial laws curbing civic freedoms Published at 21.07.2025 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction LGBTI indigenous groups women religious groups minority groups intimidation transnational repression positive CS development youth excessive force labour rights protest public vilification restrictive law censorship journalist detained environmental rights Read more
