Pakistan: Activists targeted, Baloch human rights defenders convicted and repression of protest movement and reporting on Azad Jammu and Kashmir Published at 11.09.2026 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship criminal defamation enforced disappearance excessive force harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted internet restriction journalist detained killing of protestors minority groups protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law women Read more
Algeria: Long-established organisation sealed off, arrests of journalists and academics, activists sentenced on terrorism charges Published at 06.05.2026 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship CSO closure enforced disappearance HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained labour rights minority groups negative court ruling office raid place restrictions political interference protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained refusal of registration travel ban Read more
Bangladesh: Worrying cybersecurity law amendments, journalists and critics targeted as weak human rights body established Published at 22.09.2026 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist harassment HRD detained indigenous groups internet restriction intimidation journalist detained minority groups protest disruption restrictive law women youth Read more
Parliamentary elections: Orbán’s 16-year rule ends, pressure on journalists ahead of vote Published at 06.05.2026 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law censorship HRD detained intimidation LGBTI minority groups negative court ruling political interference positive court ruling protest public vilification Read more
China: Activists and critics continue to be criminalised as censors block reporting and social media posts on the Tibet flash floods Published at 01.10.2026 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained minority groups restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment Read more
CSOs Suspended, Growing use of legal measures against activists, journalists, lawyers & artists raises concerns Published at 17.06.2026 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted intimidation minority groups protest refugees and migrants travel ban Read more
Millions take part in general strike against proposed labour reforms; Neo-Nazi “target list” threatening activists and CSOs Published at 13.10.2026 Country Portugal Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law attack on journalist censorship environmental rights excessive force extractive industries HRD threatened intimidation labour rights LGBTI minority groups non state actors office raid private sector protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law Read more
Protests in support of former KLA leaders; Threats and attacks against journalists Published at 01.05.2026 Country Kosovo Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law attack on journalist internet restriction intimidation labour rights minority groups office raid political interference protest public vilification women youth Read more
Laos: Political activist disappears in Thailand while critics of the police face harassment Published at 22.10.2026 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment minority groups religious groups transnational repression Read more
Afghanistan: Activists, journalists and artists silenced as media outlets targeted and educational institutions closed Published at 23.10.2026 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction harassment HRD detained journalist detained minority groups office raid religious groups torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Indonesia: Activists continue to be targeted, censorship around forest fires and disruption of activism in Papua Published at 28.10.2026 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD censorship environmental rights excessive force harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted internet restriction intimidation minority groups negative court ruling protest disruption protestor(s) detained youth Read more
