North Korea: Regime continues to use harsh measures to block communication and foreign content Published at 30.01.2024 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship surveillance Read more
Nepal: Civic freedoms at risk with Tik Tok ban, social media directive and targeting of journalists and protesters Published at 02.02.2024 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women harassment attack on journalist excessive force killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment violent protest time,place restrictions protestor(s) detained Read more
Afghanistan: Taliban continues its persecution of women’s rights activists, journalists and artists Published at 07.02.2024 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women religious groups harassment HRD detained protest enforced disappearance sexual assault torture/ill-treatment journalist detained Read more
Bhutan: Concerns about ongoing detention of political prisoners and the lack of a national human rights body Published at 13.02.2024 Country Bhutan Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction Read more
Hong Kong: Continued arrest and prosecution of activists and critics as leaders start push for new security law Published at 15.02.2024 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Detained journalist suffers harassment and assault Published at 31.01.2024 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted Read more
China: Activists and journalists face arrests and convictions despite UN human rights review Published at 01.03.2024 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups harassment HRD detained negative court ruling enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Sri Lanka: Authorities continue to stifle protests, harass activists and push repressive laws Published at 07.03.2024 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protest disruption intimidation harassment torture/ill-treatment restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Pakistan: New government continues blocking the internet and persecuting journalists and activists Published at 25.03.2024 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption women intimidation harassment HRD killing excessive force protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted people with disabilities Read more
Vietnam: Social media activists arrested, ethnic minorities jailed while protests against development projects crushed Published at 27.03.2024 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Bangladesh: Criminalisation of activists and crackdown on protests continue following one-sided elections Published at 12.04.2024 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation labour rights protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Women's rights activist murdered in her home Published at 30.03.2024 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD killing HRD threatened torture/ill-treatment Read more
Pro-Palestine protesters arrested in Bahrain Published at 29.02.2024 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: protest torture/ill-treatment HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Despite international scrutiny at the IACHR and UN, crackdown on CSOs persists Published at 05.03.2024 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure religious groups intimidation HRD detained labour rights enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment political interference HRD prosecuted Read more
Myanmar: Political prisoners tortured and killed with impunity while journalists and social media activists remain at risk Published at 20.04.2024 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: women transnational repression harassment HRD killing killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Civic space deteriorates further as “foreign agent”-style NGO law is adopted and media crackdown widens Published at 25.04.2024 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction place restrictions office raid HRD detained negative court ruling public vilification torture/ill-treatment restrictive law time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Burundi faces allegations of widespread torture Published at 01.03.2024 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD positive CS development torture/ill-treatment enabling law HRD prosecuted Read more
Persiste la represión de OSC a pesar del escrutinio internacional de la CIDH y la ONU Published at 21.03.2024 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure religious groups intimidation HRD detained labour rights enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment political interference HRD prosecuted Read more
North Korea: Thousands held in prison camps while authorities maintain control over speech and clothing Published at 07.05.2024 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth harassment torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship surveillance Read more
Australia: Sentencing of whistle-blower and crackdown on protests a setback for civic freedoms Published at 17.05.2024 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women harassment excessive force torture/ill-treatment censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
No respite for journalists as restrictions and attacks continue Published at 15.04.2024 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation release of HRDs killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment political interference bureaucratic restriction journalist detained Read more
