Protests systematically banned; HRD judicially harassed Published at 01.11.2024 Country Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: youth prevention of protest protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Freedom of assembly threatened by bans on pro-Palestine protests, journalists harassed Published at 06.12.2023 Country Germany Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist protest public vilification prevention of protest censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Record sentences for climate activists, raids on journalists under Terrorism Act Published at 29.10.2024 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid intimidation HRD detained journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Further tightening of restrictions on “undesirable” organisations Published at 30.07.2024 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted protest Read more
More foreign media outlets banned; enforced disappearances or detention of critical voices Published at 14.11.2024 Country Mali Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption attack on HRD transnational repression HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
China: Human rights defenders criminalised as well as face harassment, surveillance and transnational repression Published at 27.11.2024 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups transnational repression harassment HRD detained labour rights protest censorship journalist detained surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Hong Kong: Jailing of 45 pro-democracy activists, Stand News editors and critics highlights climate of repression Published at 28.11.2024 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law bureaucratic restriction HRD prosecuted Read more
Interdiction systématique des manifestations; harcèlement judiciaire des défenseurs des droits humains Published at 19.12.2024 Country Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: youth prevention of protest protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Activists, journalists and bloggers arrested and jailed while new decrees to control associations and the internet come into effect Published at 19.12.2024 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Crackdown on dissent over nuclear power plant, controversial media accreditation rules, and anti-‘’LGBTQI+ propaganda’’ measures Published at 19.12.2024 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction LGBTI protest disruption journalist detained intimidation transnational repression travel ban HRD detained refusal of registration criminal defamation protest public vilification prevention of protest restrictive law censorship access to info. law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Philippines: Activists remain at risk of red-tagging, disappearances and fabricated terrorism charges Published at 06.01.2025 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women harassment positive CS development HRD detained travel ban labour rights enforced disappearance killing of journalist restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Cambodia: Hun Manet government escalates its criminalisation of activists and critics to stifle dissent Published at 17.01.2025 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women transnational repression harassment attack on journalist HRD detained criminal defamation prevention of protest restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Les autorités interdisent davantage de médias étrangers et les voix critiques sont la cible de détentions et disparitions forcées Published at 14.11.2024 Country Mali Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption attack on HRD transnational repression HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Singapore: Government continues its crackdown on anti-death penalty activism and other forms of expression Published at 05.02.2025 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction women youth intimidation harassment protest internet restriction restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Papua New Guinea: Cybercrime law used to criminalise expression as government proceeds with restrictive media policy Published at 10.02.2025 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women HRD detained criminal defamation restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Arbitrary detention of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja for 5,000 days, and prisoners dying due to medical negligence Published at 10.02.2025 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption excessive force protest torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted Read more
Thailand: Prosecution of activists and transnational repression persist as government takes its place on UN rights body Published at 14.02.2025 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women refugees and migrants minority groups transnational repression negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Tajikistan's Crackdown on Dissent: Erosion of Rights and Civic Space Published at 17.02.2025 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women religious groups transnational repression HRD detained refusal of registration internet restriction restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Iraqi authorities hand over Kuwaiti blogger Salman Al-Khalidi to Kuwaiti authorities Published at 18.02.2025 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: youth censorship HRD prosecuted minority groups Read more
Afghanistan: The Taliban threatens to shutdown NGOs employing women and continues to criminalise activists and journalists Published at 21.02.2025 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained HRD killing HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained negative court ruling restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Pakistan: Government criminalises activists, increases online controls and cracks down on protests by the opposition and ethnic groups Published at 26.02.2025 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment travel ban HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation enforced disappearance prevention of protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment censorship women minority groups internet restriction restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted place restrictions Read more
