Bangladesh: Despite reforms, concerns remain on the use of anti-terror laws, attacks on the media, cultural spaces and crackdown on protests Published at 20.01.2026 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist criminal defamation enforced disappearance excessive force HRD killing HRD threatened intimidation journalist detained labour rights positive CS development protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law torture/ill-treatment violent protest youth Read more
Le gouvernement réprime les partis politiques ; la liberté de la presse menacée Published at 04.11.2025 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Tags: attack on HRD attack on journalist bureaucratic restriction censorship enforced disappearance excessive force HRD detained HRD prosecuted HRD threatened journalist detained killing of journalist non state actors prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained release of HRDs torture/ill-treatment violent protest youth Read more
Las agresiones a periodistas revelan un ambiente hostil durante el periodo electoral Published at 19.12.2025 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD attack on journalist enabling law excessive force extractive industries HRD threatened indigenous groups intimidation labour rights protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained violent protest Read more
Sri Lanka: Concerns around crackdown on the media, harassment and criminalisation of activists, and new anti-terrorism bill Published at 27.03.2026 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD threatened journalist detained positive CS development protest protestor(s) detained restrictive law women youth Read more
Environmental defender killed in Madre de Dios; Peru tightens control over civil society under new APCI law Published at 09.08.2025 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD attack on journalist excessive force HRD acquitted HRD killing HRD threatened intimidation killing of journalist positive CS development protest public vilification restrictive law youth Read more
Protests erupt across the USA over ICE operations and fatal shootings by federal agents Published at 29.04.2026 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD attack on journalist censorship excessive force funding restriction HRD prosecuted HRD threatened intimidation killing of protestors labour rights LGBTI negative court ruling office raid positive court ruling positive CS development protest public vilification restrictive law surveillance women Read more
2 years after brutal protests & 1 year ahead of elections: online expression, media freedom, protesters, CSOs & opposition groups bear the brunt Published at 01.07.2026 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship excessive force extractive industries harassment HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted HRD threatened intimidation killing of protestors negative court ruling non state actors place restrictions political interference positive court ruling prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification release of HRDs religious groups restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment transnational repression travel ban violent protest youth Read more
