India: Indigenous movement banned, protests stifled while activists and journalists targeted Published at 01.03.2025 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling indigenous groups attack on HRD intimidation travel ban HRD detained HRD killing enforced disappearance killing of journalist extractive industries bureaucratic restriction censorship protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Deadly crackdown follows 2024 mass protests, surge in femicides sparks more protests Published at 06.03.2025 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained HRD killing excessive force public vilification enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship surveillance non state actors positive court ruling women religious groups release of HRDs attack on journalist protest protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted self censorship youth transnational repression Read more
Escalating violent conflict in eastern DRC: journalists and HRDs targeted; censorship and internet cuts Published at 07.03.2025 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship attack on HRD sexual assault intimidation attack on journalist HRD detained HRD killing protest enforced disappearance internet restriction killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment violent protest censorship non state actors Read more
Escalade du conflit dans l'est de la RDC : censure, coupures d'Internet et attaques contre les journalistes et les DDH Published at 10.03.2025 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship attack on HRD sexual assault intimidation attack on journalist HRD detained HRD killing protest enforced disappearance internet restriction killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment violent protest censorship non state actors Read more
Mass protests over power outages; New law deepens government control over speech Published at 21.11.2024 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD sexual assault intimidation transnational repression HRD detained internet restriction restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Media workers continue to be a target Published at 31.12.2024 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI attack on HRD intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing internet restriction censorship journalist detained Read more
Mass killings; Multiple attacks against journalists and aid workers Published at 10.04.2025 Country Haiti Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women office raid attack on HRD sexual assault hrd attack on journalist excessive force enforced disappearance killing of journalist sexual assault killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment non state actors Read more
Authorities block planned protest Published at 23.04.2025 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest political interference attack on HRD labour rights Read more
Les massacres bouleversent le pays, des journalistes et des travailleurs humanitaires sont victimes d’attaques Published at 25.04.2025 Country Haiti Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women office raid attack on HRD sexual assault hrd attack on journalist excessive force enforced disappearance killing of journalist sexual assault killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment non state actors Read more
Attacks and harassment against environmental and Indigenous defenders highlight protection failure Published at 08.06.2025 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation excessive force criminal defamation public vilification enforced disappearance censorship private sector positive court ruling women indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest violent protest restrictive law enabling law journalist detained environmental rights Read more
El acoso y las agresiones contra las personas defensoras del medioambiente y líderes indígenas evidencian el fracaso del marco legal de protección Published at 24.06.2025 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation excessive force criminal defamation public vilification enforced disappearance censorship private sector positive court ruling women indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest violent protest restrictive law enabling law journalist detained environmental rights Read more
Cambodia: Activists, journalists and opposition leaders detained, denied bail while dissidents may face citizenship revocation Published at 10.07.2025 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD transnational repression harassment HRD detained negative court ruling restrictive law bureaucratic restriction journalist detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Indonesia: Civic space regresses with targeting of activists, brutal crackdown on protests and problematic law revisions Published at 17.07.2025 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protest disruption indigenous groups attack on HRD intimidation harassment surveillance attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation labour rights protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Civic space continues to deteriorate under the military regime Published at 01.07.2025 Country Niger Tags: attack on HRD CSO closure release of HRDs HRD detained criminal defamation censorship journalist detained Read more
Clampdown on civic freedoms escalates amid Israel's ongoing genocide Published at 04.08.2025 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid attack on HRD CSO closure intimidation harassment travel ban HRD detained killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship women release of HRDs attack on journalist negative court ruling protest internet restriction journalist detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted youth place restrictions Read more
Severe assault on peaceful assembly & expression amid Israel's genocide in Gaza Published at 06.08.2025 Country Israel Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption attack on HRD CSO closure intimidation harassment HRD detained prevention of protest bureaucratic restriction censorship surveillance non state actors women refugees and migrants release of HRDs negative court ruling labour rights protest political interference restrictive law journalist detained place restrictions 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
Disappearance, killings and stigmatisation of search collective members; Mexico’s press faces deadly start to 2025 Published at 30.04.2025 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation HRD detained HRD killing public vilification enforced disappearance killing of journalist positive court ruling LGBTI women indigenous groups positive CS development attack on journalist protest internet restriction violent protest restrictive law enabling law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
TURMOIL IN TOGO OVER CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND PRESIDENT FAURE’S CONTINUED RULE Published at 18.08.2025 Country Togo Tags: youth attack on HRD attack on journalist excessive force protest enforced disappearance internet restriction prevention of protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment violent protest protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
USAID cuts threaten humanitarian projects; Environmental activists protest oil & gas expansion and weakening protections Published at 31.05.2025 Country Norway Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD protest extractive industries HRD acquitted environmental rights Read more
L'espace civique continue de se détériorer sous le régime militaire Published at 15.07.2025 Country Niger Tags: attack on HRD CSO closure release of HRDs HRD detained criminal defamation censorship journalist detained Read more
