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China: Xi regime targets activists, journalists, ethnic minorities, foreign critics and underground churches
Published at
16.02.2026
Country
China
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- extractive industries
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- journalist detained
- minority groups
- negative court ruling
- protestor(s) detained
- religious groups
- restrictive law
- torture/ill-treatment
- women
- youth
Hong Kong: Repression persists with Jimmy Lai conviction, silencing of commentary on deadly fire and criminalisation of activist’s father
Published at
26.02.2026
Country
Hong Kong
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- negative court ruling
- refusal of registration
- restrictive law
- youth
Authorities target dissidents, activists, pro-palestine protesters with frivolous retaliatory cases
Published at
27.02.2026
Country
Egypt
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- enforced disappearance
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- internet restriction
- intimidation
- labour rights
- negative court ruling
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- release of HRDs
- restrictive law
- torture/ill-treatment
- transnational repression
- travel ban
- youth
Philippines: Protesters increasingly criminalised while activists continue to face baseless charges, harassment and red-tagging
Published at
11.03.2026
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- censorship
- extractive industries
- HRD acquitted
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- intimidation
- labour rights
- land rights
- positive court ruling
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law
- torture/ill-treatment
- women
- youth
Migrant support, women and LGBTQI+ rights organisations face suspension
Published at
17.03.2026
Country
Tunisia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- CSO closure
- harassment
- HRD prosecuted
- LGBTI
- protest
- refugees and migrants
- release of HRDs
- women
Internet blocking and misuse of cybercrime laws key tactics of censorship
Published at
30.01.2026
Country
Jordan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- internet restriction
- negative court ruling
- prevention of protest
- protest
- surveillance
Former deputy speaker of the National Assembly subjected to judicial harassment, Bedoon activist jailed again
Published at
01.12.2025
Country
Kuwait
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- harassment
- HRD prosecuted
- minority groups
- negative court ruling
HRDs sentenced in unjust court rulings, one forcefully disappeared
Published at
14.01.2026
Country
Oman
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- enforced disappearance
- harassment
- HRD prosecuted
- negative court ruling
Vietnam: Persecution of activists and critics continued in the lead up to the sham National Assembly elections
Published at
30.03.2026
Country
Vietnam
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- journalist detained
- land rights
- negative court ruling
- public vilification
- religious groups
- restrictive law
- surveillance
- transnational repression
- women
2026 polls characterised by systematic crackdown on opposition and civic space
Published at
09.04.2026
Country
Uganda
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- criminal defamation
- CSO closure
- environmental rights
- funding restriction
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- internet restriction
- negative court ruling
- political interference
- positive court ruling
- positive CS development
- protest
- restrictive law
- torture/ill-treatment
Arrests of anti-corruption and anti-slavery activists
Published at
02.02.2026
Country
Mauritania
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- journalist detained
- labour rights
- prevention of protest
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
Relentless crackdown on the IRA movement, Rising energy prices lead to protests, arrests and the cancellation of festivals
Published at
04.05.2026
Country
Mauritania
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- journalist detained
- prevention of protest
- protest
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
Criminal charges target community opposition to extractive projects in Bolivia; Nationwide protests erupt over economic reforms
Published at
28.04.2026
Country
Bolivia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- access to info. law
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- HRD prosecuted
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law
- violent protest
Protests erupt across the USA over ICE operations and fatal shootings by federal agents
Published at
29.04.2026
Country
United States of America
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- attack on journalist
- censorship
- excessive force
- funding restriction
- HRD prosecuted
- HRD threatened
- intimidation
- killing of protestors
- labour rights
- LGBTI
- negative court ruling
- office raid
- positive court ruling
- positive CS development
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- surveillance
- women
Pakistan: Lawyers and activists criminalised, protests disrupted and journalists harassed
Published at
04.05.2026
Country
Pakistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- journalist detained
- minority groups
- negative court ruling
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law
- torture/ill-treatment
- transnational repression
- women
GenZ212 protesters remain in detention, new laws threaten media & expression
Published at
05.02.2026
Country
Morocco
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- positive court ruling
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law
- youth
Las comunidades que se oponen a los proyectos extractivos se enfrenta a cargos penales; las reformas económicas desencadenan protestas en todo el país
Published at
09.05.2026
Country
Bolivia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- access to info. law
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- HRD prosecuted
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law
- violent protest
Cambodia: Scores convicted for criticism against a regional agreement while journalists, activists and opposition continue to be targeted
Published at
07.05.2026
Country
Cambodia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- journalist detained
- land rights
- negative court ruling
- protest disruption
- restrictive law
- women
- youth
Le mouvement IRA continue d'être victime de répression ; la hausse des prix de l’énergie entraîne des manifestations, des arrestations et l’annulation de festivals
Published at
19.05.2026
Country
Mauritania
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- journalist detained
- prevention of protest
- protest
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
Hundreds of CSOs dissolved or suspended; journalists and NGOs continue to face restrictions
Published at
06.05.2026
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
Bangladesh: Journalists, online critics and activists targeted as new government takes power
Published at
28.05.2026
Country
Bangladesh
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- internet restriction
- journalist detained
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law
- travel ban
- women
Thailand: Activists convicted for protest speeches, journalists criminalised and opposition politicians face lifetime ban
Published at
09.06.2026
Country
Thailand
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- criminal defamation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- journalist detained
- land rights
- minority groups
- negative court ruling
- positive court ruling
- refugees and migrants
- restrictive law
- transnational repression
- women