Killing of environmental defender highlights ongoing violence against HRD Published at 20.10.2024 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing labour rights killing of journalist restrictive law HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Civic freedoms under threat amid disputed presidential elections Published at 09.11.2024 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: youth journalist detained intimidation transnational repression travel ban HRD detained excessive force enforced disappearance internet restriction killing of protestors violent protest restrictive law censorship access to info. law protestor(s) detained 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
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
Mongolia: Civic freedoms at risk as prominent journalist jailed in closed-door hearings and protests against Putin‘s visit disrupted Published at 03.12.2024 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women harassment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained 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
Sri Lanka: Civic space restrictions and targeting of activists persist as new government takes power Published at 13.01.2025 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
La criminalización de las personas defensoras del medioambiente y la aprobación del proyecto de ley anti-ONG amenazan la libertad de asociación Published at 28.11.2024 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI intimidation protest restrictive law censorship Read more
Malaysia: Government stifles expression, increases online controls and facilitates transnational repression Published at 15.01.2025 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI place restrictions women refugees and migrants intimidation harassment transnational repression HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation protest internet restriction restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
New Penal Code reinforces repressive climate; journalists pardoned Published at 31.10.2024 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure release of HRDs travel ban negative court ruling restrictive law time,place restrictions journalist detained 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
Arrest of journalists and writer Published at 06.01.2025 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained restrictive law public vilification Read more
Bhutan: Restrictive funding requirements for civil society, defamation laws and detention of political prisoners Published at 23.01.2025 Country Bhutan Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law Read more
North Korea: Regime maintains its control of society through bans on foreign media and cross-border communications, surveillance and repressive laws Published at 31.01.2025 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship surveillance restrictive law intimidation 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
Maldives: Protesters charged while authorities fail to reinstate the registration of a civil society group Published at 13.02.2025 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption women harassment labour rights restrictive law access to info. law protestor(s) detained Read more
Barbados’ Cybercrime Bill raises free speech concerns before IACHR Published at 14.01.2025 Country Barbados Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law labour rights protest 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
