Large NGO in crisis; Proposed Amendments on Access to Information for Journalists; Draft Law on Outdoor Public Gatherings Published at 31.10.2024 Country Luxembourg Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law surveillance 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
Right to protest under threat as Senate considers security bill Published at 07.03.2025 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: women refugees and migrants protestor(s) detained torture/ill-treatment time,place restrictions surveillance environmental rights Read more
Nayib Bukele sworn in for second term as civic space conditions deteriorated Published at 08.07.2024 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI protest disruption women intimidation HRD detained public vilification surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Criminalisation and unlawful surveillance of human rights defenders raise alarms Published at 18.04.2025 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption office raid women intimidation HRD detained refusal of registration labour rights protest restrictive law surveillance environmental rights land rights Read more
La criminalización y la vigilancia ilegal de las PDDH hacen saltar las alarmas Published at 13.05.2025 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption office raid women intimidation HRD detained refusal of registration labour rights protest restrictive law surveillance environmental rights land rights Read more
Civic space at risk: Donald Trump’s first 100 days and the growing crackdown on dissent Published at 14.05.2025 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction office raid CSO closure intimidation harassment travel ban HRD detained excessive force public vilification torture/ill-treatment censorship access to info. law surveillance private sector non state actors positive court ruling religious groups positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling protest political interference restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted transnational repression Read more
Six months of unrest in Serbia: Calls for a snap election as protests enter “new phase” Published at 16.05.2025 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption office raid intimidation surveillance travel ban attack on journalist HRD killing HRD detained excessive force protest public vilification prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment political interference censorship protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Hong Kong: Government targets activists in exile, their families at home while last major opposition party disbands Published at 21.05.2025 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling transnational repression harassment negative court ruling restrictive law surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Australia: Authorities continue to criminalise protests, police with impunity and increase restrictive legislation and policies Published at 26.05.2025 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protestor(s) detained protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction surveillance Read more
Politically motivated prosecutions amid declining media and civic space Published at 27.05.2025 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship place restrictions office raid religious groups intimidation release of HRDs transnational repression HRD detained negative court ruling public vilification torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
China: Regime continues to jail activists and target critical artists, film makers and musicians Published at 29.05.2025 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force labour rights protest restrictive law journalist detained surveillance HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Romania in crisis ahead of presidential election rerun, protests become violent Published at 10.04.2025 Country Romania Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation surveillance attack on journalist protest public vilification violent protest political interference censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Protests erupt in response to ban on LGBTQI+ events, introduction of facial recognition technology Published at 24.04.2025 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction LGBTI protest disruption journalist detained travel ban HRD detained protest public vilification restrictive law bureaucratic restriction access to info. law surveillance Read more
Kiribati: Challenges for press freedom and access to information Published at 03.06.2025 Country Kiribati Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance political interference bureaucratic restriction Read more
Mongolia: Anti-corruption protests lead to resignation of prime minister as crackdown on journalists persists Published at 17.06.2025 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth harassment protest restrictive law journalist detained surveillance 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
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
Budapest Pride sees record attendance despite ban; Law to strip citizenship from dual nationals who pose a “threat” Published at 11.08.2025 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI funding restriction intimidation travel ban negative court ruling protest public vilification prevention of protest political interference restrictive law censorship surveillance Read more
State Cracks down on Journalists Reporting on Insecurity in Somalia Published at 30.05.2025 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid women intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist protest killing of journalist restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance HRD threatened non state actors Read more
Political Repression escalates ahead of elections, apparent coordinated cross-border repression of HRDs a cause for concern Published at 30.05.2025 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment transnational repression HRD detained sexual assault torture/ill-treatment political interference surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
