Over 100 detained in police raid on LGBTQI+ friendly venue; Imprisoned activists and journalists subjected to abuse, reprisals Published at 27.01.2026 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation HRD detained intimidation labour rights LGBTI positive court ruling protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained religious groups surveillance torture/ill-treatment transnational repression Read more
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
Malaysia: Activists and critics face baseless investigations, travel bans and freezing of accounts as restrictive laws are passed Published at 18.09.2026 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation environmental rights funding restriction harassment HRD prosecuted land rights non state actors public vilification restrictive law travel ban Read more
Papua New Guinea: Concerns about online expression and union suppression as national human rights policy launched Published at 24.09.2026 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation labour rights restrictive law Read more
Les condamnations à l’encontre des dissidents se poursuivent sans relâche Published at 17.12.2025 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship criminal defamation enforced disappearance harassment hrd HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained negative court ruling positive court ruling prevention of protest protest travel ban Read more
Thailand: Activists face threats and criminalisation for their activism while reports of transnational repression persists Published at 30.09.2026 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation enforced disappearance environmental rights harassment HRD prosecuted intimidation negative court ruling protest disruption restrictive law transnational repression women Read more
Journalists face defamation and security-related harassment, online critics summoned Published at 30.09.2026 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation intimidation protest Read more
Cambodia: Activists, journalists and the opposition jailed while scores criminalised for their online commentary Published at 07.10.2026 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation enforced disappearance HRD prosecuted journalist detained negative court ruling restrictive law transnational repression youth Read more
Philippines: Activists face criminalisation and threats as police ill-treatment of protesters persists with impunity Published at 12.10.2026 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation environmental rights excessive force extractive industries harassment HRD detained indigenous groups intimidation labour rights land rights protest disruption protestor(s) detained torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Deepening restrictions in Tajikistan despite amnesty releases Published at 20.10.2026 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship criminal defamation CSO closure intimidation political interference positive CS development transnational repression women Read more
Social media users detained and prosecuted under emergency powers; Lawyers’ association targeted over criticism of Chief Justice appointment Published at 21.10.2026 Country Trinidad and Tobago Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation intimidation labour rights protest public vilification surveillance travel ban Read more
Court injunction halts school administrators’ strike; Access to information remains under scrutiny Published at 23.10.2026 Country Bahamas Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation intimidation labour rights LGBTI negative court ruling positive CS development protest protestor(s) detained Read more
