India: Indigenous movement banned, protests stifled while activists and journalists targeted Published at 01.03.2025 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling indigenous groups attack on HRD intimidation travel ban HRD detained HRD killing enforced disappearance killing of journalist extractive industries bureaucratic restriction censorship protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Deadly crackdown follows 2024 mass protests, surge in femicides sparks more protests Published at 06.03.2025 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained HRD killing excessive force public vilification enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship surveillance non state actors positive court ruling women religious groups release of HRDs attack on journalist protest protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted self censorship youth transnational repression Read more
Press freedom under pressure as crackdown on pro-Palestine solidarity continues Published at 17.01.2025 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation attack on journalist restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights non state actors Read more
Mass protests over power outages; New law deepens government control over speech Published at 21.11.2024 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD sexual assault intimidation transnational repression HRD detained internet restriction restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Nayib Bukele sworn in for second term as civic space conditions deteriorated Published at 08.07.2024 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI protest disruption women intimidation HRD detained public vilification surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Abortion activist still on trial Published at 31.10.2023 Country Andorra Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women HRD prosecuted protest Read more
Civic space violations in Egypt under review Published at 24.04.2025 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment release of HRDs censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Ethiopia's Intensifying Crackdown: Arbitrary CSO suspensions, Censorship & Political Repression Published at 07.05.2025 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure travel ban HRD detained censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Burundi Under Scrutiny: UN Condemns Killings, Disappearances, and Crackdown on Freedoms Published at 13.05.2025 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD prosecuted negative court ruling non state actors political interference release of HRDs Read more
Civic space at risk: Donald Trump’s first 100 days and the growing crackdown on dissent Published at 14.05.2025 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction office raid CSO closure intimidation harassment travel ban HRD detained excessive force public vilification torture/ill-treatment censorship access to info. law surveillance private sector non state actors positive court ruling religious groups positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling protest political interference restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted transnational repression Read more
Local government in the Kurdistan Region continues to commit serious human rights violations Published at 15.05.2025 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption negative court ruling labour rights protest prevention of protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Hong Kong: Government targets activists in exile, their families at home while last major opposition party disbands Published at 21.05.2025 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling transnational repression harassment negative court ruling restrictive law surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Politically motivated prosecutions amid declining media and civic space Published at 27.05.2025 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship place restrictions office raid religious groups intimidation release of HRDs transnational repression HRD detained negative court ruling public vilification torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
China: Regime continues to jail activists and target critical artists, film makers and musicians Published at 29.05.2025 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force labour rights protest restrictive law journalist detained surveillance HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
South Korea: Activists criminalised, satire censored amidst political transition Published at 24.06.2025 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth negative court ruling labour rights protest censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Vietnam: Regime criminalises activists on trumped up charges and labels aid group as ‘terrorists’ Published at 01.07.2025 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted land rights minority groups negative court ruling public vilification religious groups restrictive law Read more
Commission to investigate attacks on CSOs under PiS; Volunteer prosecuted for assisting asylum seeker at border Published at 07.07.2025 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI refugees and migrants positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Renewed attacks on foreign-funded NGOs, protest restrictions despite protective court ruling, and ongoing prosecution of critics Published at 11.07.2025 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women transnational repression travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling refusal of registration public vilification prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights non state actors Read more
Philippines: Activists face red-tagging, arbitrary arrests and financing terrorism charges around mid-term elections Published at 24.07.2025 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption indigenous groups women harassment HRD detained HRD killing enforced disappearance restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Pakistan: Authorities systematically target Baloch and other activists on baseless charges, block social media and criminalise journalists Published at 28.07.2025 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women harassment HRD detained excessive force enforced disappearance killing of journalist prevention of protest killing of protestors censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Clampdown on civic freedoms escalates amid Israel's ongoing genocide Published at 04.08.2025 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid attack on HRD CSO closure intimidation harassment travel ban HRD detained killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship women release of HRDs attack on journalist negative court ruling protest internet restriction journalist detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted youth place restrictions Read more
