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
Malaysia: Activists face police harassment, protesters arrested and journalists targeted for their reporting Published at 15.04.2026 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist enforced disappearance harassment HRD detained journalist detained land rights negative court ruling positive CS development protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law youth Read more
Continued killings of HRDs raise concerns Published at 15.04.2026 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist extractive industries HRD killing killing of journalist non state actors protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification refugees and migrants time,place restrictions violent protest Read more
New Zealand: Ongoing criminalisation of climate activists and concerns about restrictive bill Published at 16.04.2026 Country New Zealand Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights intimidation negative court ruling protest protestor(s) detained restrictive law women Read more
Israel announces plan to block 37 aid organisations from operating in the OPT Published at 30.01.2026 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction killing of journalist office raid Read more
Protests held over arbitrary detentions and prison abuses by Israeli forces Published at 17.04.2026 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship harassment killing of journalist positive court ruling protest restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Student activist remains in arbitrary detention more than 2 years after arrest Published at 17.04.2026 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment intimidation LGBTI public vilification Read more
Environmental defender killed in Madre de Dios; Peru tightens control over civil society under new APCI law Published at 09.08.2025 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD attack on journalist excessive force HRD acquitted HRD killing HRD threatened intimidation killing of journalist positive CS development protest public vilification restrictive law youth Read more
