Protests on workers’ rights and local concerns; Journalists face threats and discreditation Published at 10.01.2025 Country Kosovo Category Latest Developments Tags: women minority groups intimidation labour rights protest public vilification political interference access to info. law environmental rights 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
Journalists obstructed at opposition protest rejecting election results Published at 17.06.2025 Country Albania Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women minority groups attack on journalist labour rights public vilification access to info. law 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
Authorities Tighten Rights Clampdown in Western Sahara, Youths hold mass Protests Published at 28.10.2025 Country Morocco Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women minority groups intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest restrictive law censorship HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Vietnam: Regime targets human rights defenders working on minority, indigenous, land and environmental rights despite UN review Published at 29.10.2025 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups religious groups minority groups HRD detained negative court ruling restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Pakistan: Criminalisation of Baloch and Pashtun activists, harassment of journalists and crackdown on protests Published at 24.11.2025 Country Pakistan Tags: enforced disappearance excessive force harassment intimidation killing of journalist killing of protestors minority groups negative court ruling office raid protest disruption restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Police raid on journalist under banking secrecy law, protests in solidarity with Palestine and against police violence Published at 30.10.2025 Country Switzerland Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship excessive force labour rights LGBTI minority groups office raid place restrictions positive court ruling protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained refugees and migrants women Read more
Laos: Government queried on lack of protection for human rights defenders, trade union restrictions and transnational repression Published at 29.01.2026 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance harassment intimidation labour rights minority groups transnational repression Read more
Myanmar: Election law and other forms of repression used to target dissent against sham elections, five years on from coup Published at 06.02.2026 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation HRD detained internet restriction intimidation journalist detained minority groups prevention of protest restrictive law transnational repression travel ban women Read more
China: Xi regime targets activists, journalists, ethnic minorities, foreign critics and underground churches Published at 16.02.2026 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained minority groups negative court ruling protestor(s) detained religious groups restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women youth Read more
Former deputy speaker of the National Assembly subjected to judicial harassment, Bedoon activist jailed again Published at 01.12.2025 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment HRD prosecuted minority groups negative court ruling Read more
Woman defender assaulted during unlawful raid amid migration crackdown; Anti-migrant protest followed by fatal shooting raises alarm Published at 27.07.2025 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD censorship excessive force extractive industries intimidation minority groups office raid protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained surveillance violent protest Read more
Pakistan: Lawyers and activists criminalised, protests disrupted and journalists harassed Published at 04.05.2026 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained minority groups negative court ruling protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law torture/ill-treatment transnational repression women Read more
Anti-fascist marches denounce rise in right-wing extremism; Initiative to ban protests in front of private residences in response to far-right protests Published at 19.04.2026 Country Croatia Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law attack on journalist environmental rights funding restriction intimidation labour rights minority groups non state actors positive court ruling protest protest disruption public vilification refugees and migrants Read more
Thailand: Activists convicted for protest speeches, journalists criminalised and opposition politicians face lifetime ban Published at 09.06.2026 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship criminal defamation harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained land rights minority groups negative court ruling positive court ruling refugees and migrants restrictive law transnational repression women Read more
Civil society scores win for Roma rights in landmark suit, new traffic safety laws spark protests Published at 20.02.2026 Country North Macedonia Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights intimidation minority groups negative court ruling positive CS development private sector protest public vilification Read more
