Nepal: Press freedom at risk under new government while still lack of accountability for protest violations Published at 10.07.2026 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist censorship criminal defamation harassment journalist detained place restrictions positive CS development protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law youth Read more
Zimbabwean activist killed in South Africa in suspected assassination Published at 19.03.2026 Country Zimbabwe Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation HRD killing HRD prosecuted journalist detained transnational repression Read more
New risks confront civil society in Uzbekistan Published at 20.07.2026 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship criminal defamation HRD detained HRD prosecuted HRD threatened intimidation journalist detained negative court ruling refusal of registration restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment transnational repression travel ban Read more
Civic space continues to deteriorate as repressive new laws enforced Published at 04.08.2026 Country Georgia Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law attack on journalist censorship criminal defamation CSO closure excessive force funding restriction intimidation journalist detained non state actors political interference positive CS development prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification self censorship torture/ill-treatment transnational repression travel ban Read more
India: Student protests met with arrests, excessive force, surveillance and harassment amid civic space clampdown Published at 18.08.2026 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship criminal defamation excessive force harassment HRD detained indigenous groups internet restriction negative court ruling positive court ruling protest disruption protestor(s) detained release of HRDs restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women youth Read more
Samoa: Opposition leader arrested as its press freedom rankings fall Published at 24.08.2026 Country Samoa Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation restrictive law Read more
Tonga: Journalist threatened as radio station faces licence revocation for defamation Published at 26.08.2026 Country Tonga Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation intimidation women Read more
Regulatory actions target media following restrictive law Published at 31.03.2026 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship criminal defamation CSO closure HRD prosecuted journalist detained Read more
Criminal prosecution over election-related post raises freedom of expression concerns; Workers take industrial action over union recognition and working conditions Published at 09.09.2026 Country Barbados Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship criminal defamation labour rights positive CS development protest Read more
Pakistan: Activists targeted, Baloch human rights defenders convicted and repression of protest movement and reporting on Azad Jammu and Kashmir Published at 11.09.2026 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship criminal defamation enforced disappearance excessive force harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted internet restriction journalist detained killing of protestors minority groups protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law women Read more
