Fiji: Repeal of restrictive media law, reverse of travel bans and other reform commitments a positive signal for civic freedoms Published at 31.05.2023 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development women protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Turkmenistan: UN human rights body issues important findings as the authorities continue to reign in dissent Published at 02.06.2023 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment HRD detained protest internet restriction bureaucratic restriction censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Nauru: Refugees sew lips closed to protest conditions on island as press freedom restrictions remain Published at 13.06.2023 Country Nauru Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Papua New Guinea: Multiple protests against government actions and increasing restrictions on the press Published at 20.06.2023 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth indigenous groups protest extractive industries restrictive law bureaucratic restriction land rights Read more
Indonesia: Government continues to jail Papuan activists, criminalise dissent and target journalists Published at 28.06.2023 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women intimidation harassment HRD detained negative court ruling protest criminal defamation prevention of protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Cambodia: Ahead of elections, civil society and journalists face threats and criminalisation while restrictions on the opposition escalate Published at 03.07.2023 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women intimidation harassment HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights protest public vilification prevention of protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction surveillance HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Bhutan: Human rights groups call for release of political prisoners while press freedom rankings show drastic decline Published at 28.07.2023 Country Bhutan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship torture/ill-treatment minority groups bureaucratic restriction Read more
CSOs denounce new restrictive law Published at 30.06.2023 Country Libya Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Fiji: Protests against discharge of nuclear wastewater, renewal of mining licence Published at 05.09.2023 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling indigenous groups intimidation protest extractive industries bureaucratic restriction environmental rights Read more
Hong Kong: Crackdown on dissent continues with warrants against activists in exile and harassment of their families Published at 13.09.2023 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling intimidation harassment HRD detained negative court ruling public vilification restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Myanmar: Despite arrests, torture and failure of ASEAN, activists continue to mobilise against the junta Published at 19.09.2023 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women youth harassment surveillance HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation labour rights enforced disappearance protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
In Somalia and Somaliland, no reprieve is in sight for journalists Published at 07.07.2023 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: women religious groups intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD threatened non state actors Read more
Cambodia: Criminalisation of activists and the opposition continues following sham elections and transfer of political power Published at 23.10.2023 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protest disruption women attack on HRD harassment travel ban negative court ruling internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Protesters continue Karabakh blockade, farmers’ protest violently dispersed Published at 31.03.2023 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption excessive force protest bureaucratic restriction environmental rights Read more
Deadly floods spark protests, authorities respond with restrictions Published at 09.11.2023 Country Libya Category Latest Developments Tags: women release of HRDs HRD detained protest internet restriction bureaucratic restriction censorship Read more
Civic space under siege amid escalating Israeli attacks Published at 13.12.2023 Country Palestine Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction office raid CSO closure public vilification internet restriction killing of journalist bureaucratic restriction censorship non state actors Read more
Crackdown on the opposition, fight against “false” information and publication of “foreign agent” list Published at 20.12.2023 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption journalist detained HRD detained negative court ruling refusal of registration protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship access to info. law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Taiwan: Multiple protests call for improved labour conditions ahead of elections Published at 11.01.2024 Country Taiwan Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants labour rights protest bureaucratic restriction environmental rights Read more
Thousands take to the streets in support of striking teachers Published at 08.08.2023 Country Romania Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women intimidation attack on journalist labour rights protest violent protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship access to info. law Read more
Bhutan: Concerns about ongoing detention of political prisoners and the lack of a national human rights body Published at 13.02.2024 Country Bhutan Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction Read more
Tonga: Parliamentarian suspended from parliament while LGBTQI+ community still lacks protection Published at 04.03.2024 Country Tonga Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI bureaucratic restriction Read more
