El Senado aprueba un controvertido proyecto de ley que endurece el control sobre las OSC Published at 28.08.2024 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women positive CS development attack on journalist protest public vilification restrictive law enabling law censorship Read more
Protesters clash amid rising polarisation over the 2025 elections Published at 25.10.2024 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest extractive industries violent protest enabling law censorship protestor(s) detained private sector Read more
Colombia’s crisis: wave of violence against human rights defenders; Tear gas and stun grenades disrupt peaceful Women’s Day March Published at 11.04.2024 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption indigenous groups attack on HRD office raid minority groups women attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation protest public vilification killing of journalist enabling law HRD threatened non state actors Read more
Enfrentamientos entre manifestantes en medio de una polarización creciente por las elecciones de 2025 Published at 04.11.2024 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest extractive industries violent protest enabling law censorship protestor(s) detained private sector Read more
Violence targets journalists and human rights defenders without end Published at 22.11.2024 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling self censorship attack on HRD intimidation HRD killing protest public vilification internet restriction killing of journalist enabling law HRD threatened non state actors Read more
Attacks and harassment against environmental and Indigenous defenders highlight protection failure Published at 08.06.2025 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation excessive force criminal defamation public vilification enforced disappearance censorship private sector positive court ruling women indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest violent protest restrictive law enabling law journalist detained environmental rights Read more
El acoso y las agresiones contra las personas defensoras del medioambiente y líderes indígenas evidencian el fracaso del marco legal de protección Published at 24.06.2025 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation excessive force criminal defamation public vilification enforced disappearance censorship private sector positive court ruling women indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest violent protest restrictive law enabling law journalist detained environmental rights Read more
Disappearance, killings and stigmatisation of search collective members; Mexico’s press faces deadly start to 2025 Published at 30.04.2025 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation HRD detained HRD killing public vilification enforced disappearance killing of journalist positive court ruling LGBTI women indigenous groups positive CS development attack on journalist protest internet restriction violent protest restrictive law enabling law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Costa Rica adopts landmark access to information law as media face mounting pressure Published at 17.04.2025 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship enabling law intimidation political interference positive CS development protest women Read more
Watchdogs warn of hardening stance towards civil disobedience, multiple arrests at pro-Palestine protests Published at 30.06.2025 Country Ireland Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption intimidation surveillance excessive force protest enabling law protestor(s) detained Read more
Report finds hostile climate for environmental protests; Excessive force used against activists protesting military shipments to Israel Published at 30.06.2025 Country Denmark Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption indigenous groups intimidation release of HRDs transnational repression excessive force protest enabling law HRD acquitted access to info. law protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Indigenous defenders killed amid ongoing land disputes; Civic freedoms crippled by Nicaragua’s new constitutional amendments Published at 08.06.2025 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship indigenous groups CSO closure intimidation transnational repression travel ban HRD detained HRD killing public vilification internet restriction restrictive law enabling law journalist detained land rights Read more
Suspension of media outlets, journalists detained and prosecuted Published at 29.10.2025 Country Benin Tags: transnational repression negative court ruling protest enforced disappearance prevention of protest bureaucratic restriction enabling law censorship journalist detained Read more
Burkina Faso’s military regime stifles opposition voices, curtails civil society activism, and freedom of expression Published at 30.09.2025 Country Burkina Faso Tags: attack on journalist censorship enabling law enforced disappearance HRD detained journalist detained LGBTI transnational repression violent protest Read more
Far-right party launches parliamentary inquiry targeting civil society, government announces task force to scrutinise NGO funding Published at 31.10.2025 Country Austria Category Latest Developments Tags: enabling law excessive force funding restriction intimidation negative court ruling political interference positive court ruling protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification surveillance travel ban youth Read more
Attacks on journalists reveal hostile environment around Bolivia's elections Published at 24.11.2025 Country Bolivia Tags: attack on HRD attack on journalist enabling law excessive force extractive industries HRD threatened indigenous groups intimidation labour rights protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained violent protest Read more
Escazú Agreement sees progress, but HRDs continue to be targeted Published at 15.11.2025 Country Chile Tags: enabling law environmental rights extractive industries HRD detained HRD threatened indigenous groups intimidation negative court ruling positive court ruling positive CS development protest protestor(s) detained restrictive law violent protest youth Read more
One year of Trump 2.0: Civic freedoms under pressure Published at 26.01.2026 Country United States of America Tags: access to info. law attack on journalist censorship CSO closure enabling law environmental rights excessive force funding restriction indigenous groups internet restriction intimidation journalist detained labour rights political interference positive CS development protest protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment travel ban youth Read more
Attempt to place anti-corruption bodies under political control sparks protests Published at 28.08.2025 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist enabling law HRD detained intimidation journalist detained office raid political interference protest public vilification youth Read more
Le régime militaire du Burkina Faso étouffe les voix de l’opposition et limite l’activisme de la société civile ainsi que la liberté d’expression Published at 02.10.2025 Country Burkina Faso Tags: attack on journalist censorship enabling law enforced disappearance HRD detained journalist detained LGBTI transnational repression violent protest Read more
