Authorities intensify media crackdown ahead of national elections Published at 31.07.2026 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure journalist detained office raid release of HRDs Read more
Grenada adopts roadmap for implementing the Escazú Agreement; Environmental organisation wins challenge over access to information Published at 02.09.2026 Country Grenada Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law enabling law environmental rights labour rights negative court ruling positive court ruling positive CS development protest religious groups women youth Read more
Systematic crackdown on civic space continues in the aftermath of post election protests Published at 30.04.2026 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD censorship HRD prosecuted political interference positive court ruling prevention of protest transnational repression Read more
Youtube-based political commentator sentenced Published at 27.02.2026 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted negative court ruling Read more
Authorities continue crackdown on digital commentators as imprisoned YouTube-based critic dies mysteriously Published at 03.07.2026 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD killing HRD prosecuted Read more
Satirical cartoonist released after 15 years, but more journalists remain disappeared 25 years after detention Published at 07.05.2026 Country Eritrea Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs Read more
New media restrictions further clamp down on civic space Published at 31.07.2026 Country Somaliland Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained office raid restrictive law Read more
Journalists face murder, abductions and bans on entry in retaliation Published at 30.04.2026 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist censorship harassment journalist detained killing of journalist labour rights restrictive law Read more
Australia: Protesters continue to be targeted as courts push back on anti-protest laws and baseless charges Published at 03.09.2026 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force harassment indigenous groups positive court ruling protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Vanuatu: Teachers continue to mobilise for their rights as government targets LGBTQI+ community Published at 07.09.2026 Country Vanuatu Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights LGBTI protest public vilification Read more
New Zealand: Government plans to ban social media for U-16s and expand police powers to collect intelligence and restrict protests Published at 08.09.2026 Country New Zealand Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction restrictive law youth Read more
UPR review identifies gaps affecting civic freedoms; Deputy Prime Minister charged over alleged assault on journalist Published at 08.09.2026 Country Saint Lucia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist enabling law intimidation labour rights negative court ruling positive court ruling positive CS development protest women Read more
Bhutan: Concerns over proposal to control foreign funding of CSOs, long term political prisoners and cancellation of media outlet licence Published at 09.09.2026 Country Bhutan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction 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
Japan: Rights at risk with flag desecration law, lack of oversight on the new intelligence body and planned anti-espionage laws Published at 10.09.2026 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law Read more
Environmental and land defenders secure hearing in long-running airport challenge; Journalist reports year-long delays in freedom of information requests Published at 10.09.2026 Country Antigua and Barbuda Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law labour rights political interference positive court ruling positive CS development protest religious groups Read more
Fiji: Concerns around disruption of protest, harassment of journalist and the expansion of police powers Published at 11.09.2026 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment positive court ruling protest disruption 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
Algeria: Long-established organisation sealed off, arrests of journalists and academics, activists sentenced on terrorism charges Published at 06.05.2026 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship CSO closure enforced disappearance HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained labour rights minority groups negative court ruling office raid place restrictions political interference protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained refusal of registration travel ban Read more
Union leader reports threat after announcing possible protest; Opposition leader threatens defamation action against radio station Published at 11.09.2026 Country St Vincent and the Grenadines Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD threatened intimidation labour rights LGBTI political interference positive CS development protest Read more
UN Human Rights Council calls for stronger protections for civic freedoms; St. Kitts adopts roadmap for implementing the Escazú Agreement Published at 11.09.2026 Country St Kitts and Nevis Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law environmental rights positive CS development protest religious groups youth Read more
