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
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
Large and sustained protests against government’s pro-Russian stance and Foreign Agent Law Published at 28.05.2025 Country Slovakia Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction LGBTI harassment attack on journalist negative court ruling protest political interference restrictive law access to info. law 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
"Political neutrality" audit of public broadcaster causes concern Published at 02.06.2025 Country Lithuania Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship women protest public vilification political interference environmental rights 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
Freedoms under threat as Uzbekistan continues to put pressure on journalists and human rights defenders Published at 04.06.2025 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation transnational repression travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation public vilification torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law censorship journalist detained Read more
Forced loyalty, fear, and censorship: Turkmenistan’s relentless assault on civic freedoms Published at 23.06.2025 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation transnational repression travel ban HRD detained labour rights internet restriction prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment political interference censorship journalist detained Read more
Deadly train crash anniversary marked by massive protests; Government survives censure motion Published at 08.07.2025 Country Greece Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants travel ban negative court ruling labour rights protest violent protest political interference HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained Read more
Papua New Guinea: Facebook briefly blocked, journalists sacked while concerns increase about lawsuits to silence expression Published at 09.07.2025 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling internet restriction prevention of protest political interference restrictive law Read more
Solomon Islands: Parliamentarian forced to leave international advocacy group as politicians face trial for anti-China protests Published at 18.07.2025 Country Solomon Islands Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment political interference 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
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
New coalition government faces difficult start, public sector strikes continue Published at 20.06.2025 Country Belgium Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption refugees and migrants intimidation HRD detained labour rights excessive force protest political interference journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Association & Peaceful Assembly under pressure as authorities raid meetings, disrupt protests Published at 31.07.2025 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained labour rights protest political interference Read more
Costa Rica adopts landmark access to information law as media face mounting pressure Published at 17.04.2025 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship enabling law intimidation political interference positive CS development protest women Read more
Repression of Environmental Defenders, and crackdown on Opposition and Press Intensifies Published at 30.04.2025 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption release of HRDs harassment transnational repression attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling protest extractive industries torture/ill-treatment political interference censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
San Marino: Public service journalists denounce pressure Published at 22.08.2025 Country San Marino Category Latest Developments Tags: women political interference Read more
Kenya’s Repression Deepens: 65 more Killed in protests, Blogger Tortured & killed Published at 26.08.2025 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained HRD killing excessive force public vilification killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment censorship surveillance non state actors positive court ruling indigenous groups release of HRDs attack on journalist protest internet restriction political interference restrictive law HRD acquitted people with disabilities protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights youth sexual assault transnational repression Read more
Latvia tightens border controls; Refugee aid worker’s criminal case continues; Activist expelled based on tip-off from state security informant Published at 31.07.2025 Country Latvia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI travel ban protest political interference censorship Read more
