India: Activists arrested, abducted and tortured, journalists targeted and laws tightened to increase control Published at 11.06.2026 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist censorship excessive force harassment HRD detained journalist detained labour rights negative court ruling positive court ruling protest protestor(s) detained restrictive law sexual assault torture/ill-treatment women youth Read more
Afghanistan: Ongoing repression of the press and activists as peaceful protest in Herat disrupted with excessive force Published at 15.06.2026 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship excessive force harassment HRD detained journalist detained office raid protest protest disruption women Read more
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
New law expanding wartime censorship criticised by media association, Supreme Court upholds church law amendments targeting foreign influence Published at 15.06.2026 Country Estonia Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights LGBTI protest religious groups restrictive law Read more
Civil society scores win for Roma rights in landmark suit, new traffic safety laws spark protests Published at 20.02.2026 Country North Macedonia Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights intimidation minority groups negative court ruling positive CS development private sector protest public vilification Read more
Decision to deregister anti-racism CSO KISA overturned; Protests over British bases, livestock culling and public sector entitlements Published at 17.06.2026 Country Cyprus Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist environmental rights intimidation labour rights LGBTI positive court ruling protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained surveillance Read more
Court finds “Russian-style” NGO law unconstitutional, controversial whistleblower reform repealed after pressure Published at 22.03.2026 Country Slovakia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist environmental rights labour rights positive court ruling positive CS development protest public vilification restrictive law Read more
Des centaines d’organisations de la société civile sont dissoutes ou suspendues ; les journalistes et les ONG continuent de faire l’objet de restrictions Published at 11.05.2026 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist CSO closure enforced disappearance funding restriction hrd HRD prosecuted journalist detained negative court ruling protest release of HRDs restrictive law Read more
China: Repression continues with new ‘ethnic unity’ law, targeting of activists and silencing of Tiananmen anniversary commemorations Published at 30.06.2026 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted land rights minority groups negative court ruling restrictive law torture/ill-treatment transnational repression women Read more
2 years after brutal protests & 1 year ahead of elections: online expression, media freedom, protesters, CSOs & opposition groups bear the brunt Published at 01.07.2026 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship excessive force extractive industries harassment HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted HRD threatened intimidation killing of protestors negative court ruling non state actors place restrictions political interference positive court ruling prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification release of HRDs religious groups restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment transnational repression travel ban violent protest youth Read more
Singapore: Despite UN review, first charges brought under POFMA while journalists and activists continue to be targeted Published at 03.07.2026 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD prosecuted negative court ruling restrictive law travel ban women youth Read more
CSOs condemn Saudi "sportswashing" whilst HRDs serve lengthy arbitrary sentences Published at 11.03.2026 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Hong Kong: Journalists targeted, booksellers arrested as government expands its powers Published at 07.07.2026 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment LGBTI negative court ruling prevention of protest restrictive law travel ban women 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
Kiribati: Civil society holds consultation on ocean governance as trade unions participate in training Published at 13.07.2026 Country Kiribati Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights labour rights Read more
Maldives: Journalists arrested, media outlet raided and protests met with arrests and excessive force Published at 14.07.2026 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship excessive force harassment journalist detained office raid protest disruption protestor(s) detained travel ban Read more
Taiwan: Committee makes recommendations to improve civic space while civil society protest efforts to deport Myanmar asylum seekers Published at 16.07.2026 Country Taiwan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction environmental rights labour rights protest refugees and migrants Read more
Controversial law extending presidential term passed as its critics are targeted Published at 16.07.2026 Country Zimbabwe Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained release of HRDs torture/ill-treatment 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
Civic space faces constraints ahead of 2026 elections Published at 16.07.2026 Country Zambia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment intimidation political interference restrictive law transnational repression Read more
Nauru: UN recommendations to revise journalists’ visa fees and decriminalising defamation rejected Published at 20.07.2026 Country Nauru Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development Read more
