Indigenous-led peaceful protests met with excessive and lethal force Published at 29.11.2025 Country Ecuador Tags: attack on journalist censorship excessive force funding restriction HRD threatened indigenous groups internet restriction intimidation protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law Read more
Venezuelan WHRD detained and exiled defenders shot amid ongoing crackdown Published at 22.11.2025 Country Venezuela Tags: access to info. law attack on HRD enforced disappearance excessive force HRD detained HRD prosecuted internet restriction intimidation killing of journalist labour rights non state actors office raid positive court ruling protest surveillance transnational repression travel ban Read more
Prominent HRDs detained and disappeared as authorities escalate repression; New sweeping laws raise concerns about civic freedoms Published at 14.06.2025 Country Venezuela Tags: censorship enforced disappearance excessive force HRD detained internet restriction intimidation journalist detained labour rights office raid protest protest disruption public vilification restrictive law Read more
Afghanistan: Taliban blocks the internet and social media, cracks down on the media and arrests activists Published at 02.12.2025 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship enforced disappearance harassment HRD detained internet restriction journalist detained killing of journalist labour rights torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Enforced Prosperity Narratives, Corruption-driven Internet Censorship, and Repression of Dissent at Home and Abroad Published at 04.12.2025 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained internet restriction intimidation transnational repression travel ban Read more
Les condamnations pour dissidence se multiplient Published at 20.09.2025 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD prosecuted internet restriction intimidation journalist detained negative court ruling place restrictions political interference positive court ruling prevention of protest restrictive law travel ban Read more
India: Civic freedoms remain at risk with crackdown on protests, internet restrictions and denial of bail to activists Published at 13.01.2026 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship environmental rights excessive force funding restriction harassment HRD detained HRD killing internet restriction journalist detained protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law women youth Read more
North Korea: New UN report highlights a decade of repression as new resolution passed at the UN General Assembly Published at 14.01.2026 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance internet restriction restrictive law surveillance Read more
Nationwide protests met with deadly crackdown, mass killings Published at 21.01.2026 Country Iran Tags: censorship internet restriction killing of protestors protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained Read more
Papua New Guinea: Concerns around use of cybercrime law to criminalise expression, new social media policy and Starlink internet disruption Published at 22.01.2026 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment internet restriction restrictive law Read more
UN experts and human rights organisations express concern over Venezuela after unlawful US military intervention and emergency declaration Published at 23.01.2026 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure enforced disappearance HRD detained HRD killing internet restriction intimidation journalist detained labour rights office raid political interference protest public vilification release of HRDs travel ban Read more
Singapore: Activist blocked from entering country while critics and news outlets targeted Published at 26.01.2026 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship harassment internet restriction positive court ruling restrictive law women Read more
One year of Trump 2.0: Civic freedoms under pressure Published at 26.01.2026 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law attack on journalist censorship CSO closure enabling law environmental rights excessive force funding restriction indigenous groups internet restriction intimidation journalist detained labour rights political interference positive CS development protest protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment travel ban youth Read more
Myanmar: Election law and other forms of repression used to target dissent against sham elections, five years on from coup Published at 06.02.2026 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation HRD detained internet restriction intimidation journalist detained minority groups prevention of protest restrictive law transnational repression travel ban women Read more
Taiwan: Protesters face investigation, social media platform banned and union suppressed Published at 10.02.2026 Country Taiwan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship internet restriction labour rights protest disruption protestor(s) detained Read more
ONU y organizaciones de DD.HH. expresan su preocupación tras la intervención militar ilegal de EE.UU. y la declaración del estado de emergencia Published at 18.02.2026 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure enforced disappearance HRD detained HRD killing internet restriction intimidation journalist detained labour rights office raid political interference protest public vilification release of HRDs travel ban Read more
Authorities target dissidents, activists, pro-palestine protesters with frivolous retaliatory cases Published at 27.02.2026 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship enforced disappearance harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted internet restriction intimidation labour rights negative court ruling protest protestor(s) detained release of HRDs restrictive law torture/ill-treatment transnational repression travel ban youth Read more
Internet blocking and misuse of cybercrime laws key tactics of censorship Published at 30.01.2026 Country Jordan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD prosecuted internet restriction negative court ruling prevention of protest protest surveillance Read more
US–Israeli attacks trigger further decline in Civic Space in Iran and Beyond Published at 13.03.2026 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship internet restriction non state actors protest Read more
Fiji: Concerns around referendum bill and the targeting of individuals for their expression Published at 09.04.2026 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation internet restriction journalist detained labour rights restrictive law Read more
2026 polls characterised by systematic crackdown on opposition and civic space Published at 09.04.2026 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship criminal defamation CSO closure environmental rights funding restriction harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted internet restriction negative court ruling political interference positive court ruling positive CS development protest restrictive law torture/ill-treatment Read more
Australia: New laws passed to restrict protests and expression as climate and pro-Palestinian protesters criminalised Published at 13.04.2026 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights internet restriction positive court ruling positive CS development protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law torture/ill-treatment Read more
