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
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
Myanmar: Human rights defenders and journalists remain at risk while torture and ill-treatment of political prisoners persists Published at 17.09.2026 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship environmental rights HRD prosecuted negative court ruling protest restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment youth Read more
Malaysia: Activists and critics face baseless investigations, travel bans and freezing of accounts as restrictive laws are passed Published at 18.09.2026 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation environmental rights funding restriction harassment HRD prosecuted land rights non state actors public vilification restrictive law travel ban Read more
Les condamnations à l’encontre des dissidents se poursuivent sans relâche Published at 28.09.2026 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship criminal defamation enforced disappearance harassment hrd HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained negative court ruling positive court ruling prevention of protest protest travel ban Read more
Thailand: Activists face threats and criminalisation for their activism while reports of transnational repression persists Published at 30.09.2026 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation enforced disappearance environmental rights harassment HRD prosecuted intimidation negative court ruling protest disruption restrictive law transnational repression women Read more
Authorities clamp down on Pro-Palestine and anti-Iran War protests Published at 10.07.2026 Country Israel Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD censorship excessive force HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation non state actors protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained refugees and migrants sexual assault torture/ill-treatment youth Read more
Protests restricted amid Pro-Palestine and anti-Iran war mobilisations Published at 30.06.2026 Country Jordan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted prevention of protest protest Read more
Use of detention as a retaliatory tactic against online expression a continuing cause for concern Published at 30.09.2026 Country Jordan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD prosecuted prevention of protest transnational repression Read more
Lawyers & activists face detention and imprisonment in retaliation to their work Published at 30.04.2026 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation protest refugees and migrants release of HRDs Read more
CSOs Suspended, Growing use of legal measures against activists, journalists, lawyers & artists raises concerns Published at 17.06.2026 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted intimidation minority groups protest refugees and migrants travel ban Read more
Judge & journalist sentenced, protests held despite increasing restrictions Published at 01.10.2026 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted negative court ruling protest Read more
CSOs, activists, lawyers, opposition, critics & media houses face severe retaliation Published at 01.10.2026 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure environmental rights HRD detained HRD prosecuted release of HRDs self censorship torture/ill-treatment transnational repression Read more
Cambodia: Activists, journalists and the opposition jailed while scores criminalised for their online commentary Published at 07.10.2026 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation enforced disappearance HRD prosecuted journalist detained negative court ruling restrictive law transnational repression youth Read more
Anti-war party excluded from parliamentary elections; New law stripping rights from exiled critics Published at 14.10.2026 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law attack on HRD censorship funding restriction HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained LGBTI positive CS development prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law transnational repression Read more
Mongolia: Activist targeted for advocacy against the Tuul highway while fuel shortage sparks protest Published at 15.10.2026 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights HRD prosecuted protest women Read more
Killings, attacks and threats intensify against defenders; Journalists, media workers, and electoral observers targeted during the 2025 general elections Published at 20.10.2026 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law attack on HRD attack on journalist environmental rights excessive force extractive industries HRD killing HRD prosecuted HRD threatened indigenous groups internet restriction intimidation land rights non state actors political interference positive court ruling positive CS development prevention of protest private sector protest disruption public vilification women Read more
Niger promulgates new law criminalising consensual same-sex relations; journalist reported missing Published at 22.10.2026 Country Niger Tags: attack on HRD attack on journalist CSO closure enforced disappearance HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained protest restrictive law Read more
Arrest of youth activists, land rights activist; vote on restrictive draft laws on combating cybercrimes and electronic communication postponed following public criticism Published at 26.10.2026 Country Madagascar Tags: extractive industries HRD detained HRD prosecuted labour rights land rights protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained release of HRDs restrictive law youth Read more
