New law introduced restricting protest rights. Parliament calls OSCE to examine provisions following police violence against pro-Palestine protesters Published at 21.10.2025 Country Cyprus Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption religious groups intimidation attack on journalist excessive force labour rights protest restrictive law access to info. law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
New criminal law and Draft Cybercrime Bill in The Gambia threatens press freedom, freedom of expression and digital rights Published at 23.10.2025 Country Gambia Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force protest prevention of protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Indonesia: Brutal crackdown on protests, arrests of activists and suppression of dissent in Papua as President marks one year in power Published at 24.10.2025 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force enforced disappearance killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship positive court ruling women indigenous groups minority groups attack on journalist protest extractive industries restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights youth Read more
Argentina added to CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist amid rapid civic space decline Published at 09.11.2024 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist environmental rights excessive force intimidation prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification Read more
Mauritania: Journalists and rights defenders face arrests and convictions Published at 24.10.2025 Country Mauritania Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants CSO closure positive CS development HRD detained attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation protest journalist detained Read more
Government announces TikTok ban Published at 23.02.2025 Country Albania Category Latest Developments Tags: youth refugees and migrants excessive force protest public vilification people with disabilities protestor(s) detained Read more
CAR’s civic space under pressure as December 2025 elections loom; Law on the protection of HRDs adopted Published at 26.10.2025 Country Central African Republic Tags: youth protest disruption HRD detained labour rights excessive force criminal defamation protest prevention of protest political interference restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Women, HRDs, Migrant support NGOs, journalists & online critics face systematic violations Published at 26.10.2025 Country Libya Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption CSO closure intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship non state actors women refugees and migrants release of HRDs negative court ruling protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted youth Read more
Philippines: Crackdown and arrest of anti-corruption protesters and ongoing targeting of activists Published at 27.10.2025 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protest disruption women harassment positive CS development attack on journalist HRD detained HRD killing excessive force labour rights killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Madagascar : l’armée s’empare du pouvoir après une série de manifestations menées par la jeunesse et réprimées dans le sang Published at 28.10.2025 Country Madagascar Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest prevention of protest extractive industries killing of protestors violent protest time,place restrictions journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Authorities Tighten Rights Clampdown in Western Sahara, Youths hold mass Protests Published at 28.10.2025 Country Morocco Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women minority groups intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest restrictive law censorship HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Unprecedented police crackdown on pension protests; Environmental defenders prosecuted for opposing mining project in Mendoza Published at 17.05.2025 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest public vilification sexual assault extractive industries torture/ill-treatment violent protest restrictive law access to info. law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Union leader and journalist killed as HRDs face attacks and criminalisation Published at 05.04.2025 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women indigenous groups attack on HRD intimidation transnational repression attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest public vilification killing of journalist extractive industries restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Wide-ranging protest bans, hundreds of arrests follow football hooligan violence in Amsterdam Published at 12.02.2025 Country Netherlands Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption refugees and migrants intimidation surveillance attack on journalist excessive force protest public vilification prevention of protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Opposition and civic space blatantly restricted ahead and after presidential election Published at 29.10.2025 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid intimidation harassment excessive force prevention of protest killing of protestors positive court ruling indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling protest internet restriction violent protest political interference journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights youth place restrictions Read more
Blogger, activists released from prison; protests dispersed and protesters detained Published at 30.05.2025 Country Angola Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women release of HRDs excessive force protest prevention of protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Haïti : les manifestants demandent la fin de la violence ; un gang prend le contrôle d’une radio communautaire Published at 25.09.2025 Country Haiti Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship protest disruption office raid intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest Read more
Angola: Protests against fuel price increase: 30 killed, 277 injured and over 1,500 arrested Published at 30.10.2025 Country Angola Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force enforced disappearance internet restriction prevention of protest killing of protestors journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Security of journalists at stake in several cases of assault Published at 31.10.2025 Country Ghana Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption hrd intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest prevention of protest violent protest protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Mozambique: Hundreds of deaths, over 4,200 arrested in crackdown on post-election protests Published at 30.04.2025 Country Mozambique Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest enforced disappearance internet restriction killing of protestors violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
DRC Government cracks down on political parties; press freedom under threat Published at 31.10.2025 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Tags: attack on HRD attack on journalist bureaucratic restriction censorship enforced disappearance excessive force HRD detained HRD prosecuted HRD threatened journalist detained killing of journalist non state actors prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained release of HRDs torture/ill-treatment violent protest youth Read more
