Samoa: Press freedom deteriorates with harassment, criminalisation and ban as human rights review draws near Published at 27.10.2026 Country Samoa Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction criminal defamation harassment intimidation women Read more
Criminal defamation cases raise concerns over freedom of expression; Saamaka communities mobilise against gold mining amid concerns over collective land rights Published at 27.10.2026 Country Suriname Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law criminal defamation enabling law environmental rights extractive industries HRD threatened indigenous groups intimidation positive CS development restrictive law Read more
Anti-normalisation protests persist, several trade unions undergo strikes and protests, Sahrawi activists isolated and attacked Published at 03.07.2026 Country Morocco Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD criminal defamation harassment HRD prosecuted labour rights minority groups negative court ruling protest surveillance transnational repression youth Read more
Elections marked by low voter turnout, public service unions hold strikes and protests, HRDs & journalists face surveillance Published at 30.10.2026 Country Morocco Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation HRD prosecuted labour rights protest women Read more
Activists and civil society face targeted attacks Published at 30.10.2026 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist censorship criminal defamation environmental rights harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained non state actors office raid positive court ruling protest protestor(s) detained release of HRDs Read more
Law on False Information on the Internet adopted; use of criminal defamation to intimidate journalists Published at 31.10.2026 Country Angola Tags: attack on HRD criminal defamation excessive force HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained labour rights land rights prevention of protest protest disruption release of HRDs restrictive law Read more
Reforms expanding surveillance powers; Protests against military service reform and rearmament Published at 06.11.2026 Country Germany Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist criminal defamation enabling law environmental rights excessive force funding restriction HRD prosecuted intimidation LGBTI negative court ruling non state actors office raid protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law surveillance time,place restrictions torture/ill-treatment youth Read more
CSOs report increasing pressure on civic space; Nationwide housing protests met with force, fines and far-right harassment Published at 02.11.2026 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist criminal defamation environmental rights excessive force HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained LGBTI non state actors political interference protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification refugees and migrants surveillance Read more
