Development agency ends agreements with CSO partners Published at 16.10.2024 Country Sweden Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption intimidation excessive force protest protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Nepal: Activists and online critics arrested to stifle dissent as journalists remain at risk Published at 18.11.2024 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women intimidation positive CS development HRD detained excessive force restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Crackdown on Palestine solidarity encampments Published at 12.07.2024 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid attack on HRD intimidation HRD detained excessive force public vilification censorship surveillance positive court ruling attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest violent protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Arbitrary detention of HRD as crackdown intensifies ahead of presidential elections Published at 25.07.2024 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption journalist detained intimidation HRD detained attack on journalist protest public vilification restrictive law censorship access to info. law Read more
"Agents of influence" bill reintroduced; protests repressed, press freedom under attack Published at 01.11.2024 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid CSO closure intimidation travel ban excessive force prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment censorship LGBTI women refugees and migrants minority groups attack on journalist labour rights protest violent protest political interference journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Growing threats to civic freedoms in the USA Published at 04.11.2024 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption women attack on HRD CSO closure intimidation surveillance attack on journalist labour rights protest public vilification prevention of protest time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained private sector Read more
More foreign media outlets banned; enforced disappearances or detention of critical voices Published at 14.11.2024 Country Mali Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption attack on HRD transnational repression HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
China: Human rights defenders criminalised as well as face harassment, surveillance and transnational repression Published at 27.11.2024 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups transnational repression harassment HRD detained labour rights protest censorship journalist detained surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Forced conscription of HRDs, journalists and magistrates; a dozen media outlets or programmes suspended Published at 11.11.2024 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force protest enforced disappearance prevention of protest time,place restrictions censorship Read more
Civic space violations ahead of 9 October general elections Published at 15.09.2024 Country Mozambique Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained protest journalist detained 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
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
South Korea: Short-lived martial law decree signal of civic space regression under President Yoon Published at 20.12.2024 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation excessive force protest protestor(s) detained 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
Les autorités interdisent davantage de médias étrangers et les voix critiques sont la cible de détentions et disparitions forcées Published at 14.11.2024 Country Mali Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption attack on HRD transnational repression HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Des DDH, des journalistes et des magistrats enrôlés de force ; une douzaine de médias et de programmes suspendus Published at 15.11.2024 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force protest enforced disappearance prevention of protest time,place restrictions censorship Read more
Internet shut down; arrest of anti-slavery activist Published at 31.10.2023 Country Mauritania Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption transnational repression enforced disappearance internet restriction violent protest Read more
Post-election protests turn deadly, access to mobile internet disrupted for 22 days Published at 08.11.2024 Country Mauritania Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on journalist excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest violent protest censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Arbitrary detention of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja for 5,000 days, and prisoners dying due to medical negligence Published at 10.02.2025 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption excessive force protest torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted 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
