UN experts and human rights organisations express concern over Venezuela after unlawful US military intervention and emergency declaration Published at 23.01.2026 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure enforced disappearance HRD detained HRD killing internet restriction intimidation journalist detained labour rights office raid political interference protest public vilification release of HRDs travel ban Read more
Mauritanie : Arrestations et condamnations de journalistes et de défenseurs des droits de l'homme Published at 31.10.2025 Country Mauritania Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist criminal defamation CSO closure excessive force HRD detained journalist detained positive CS development protest refugees and migrants 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
Kazakhstan: Pressure on media, LGBTQI+ “propaganda” law, and criminal cases against activists Published at 27.01.2026 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law attack on HRD censorship criminal defamation CSO closure environmental rights HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained LGBTI negative court ruling non state actors office raid prevention of protest private sector protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment transnational repression 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
Prominent HRD Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja ends hunger strike Published at 31.12.2025 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained Read more
Le gouvernement réprime les partis politiques ; la liberté de la presse menacée Published at 04.11.2025 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
Myanmar: Election law and other forms of repression used to target dissent against sham elections, five years on from coup Published at 06.02.2026 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation HRD detained internet restriction intimidation journalist detained minority groups prevention of protest restrictive law transnational repression travel ban women Read more
Narges Mohammadi arrested and detained once again Published at 01.01.2026 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: hrd HRD detained religious groups women Read more
ONU y organizaciones de DD.HH. expresan su preocupación tras la intervención militar ilegal de EE.UU. y la declaración del estado de emergencia Published at 18.02.2026 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure enforced disappearance HRD detained HRD killing internet restriction intimidation journalist detained labour rights office raid political interference protest public vilification release of HRDs travel ban Read more
China: Xi regime targets activists, journalists, ethnic minorities, foreign critics and underground churches Published at 16.02.2026 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained minority groups negative court ruling protestor(s) detained religious groups restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women youth Read more
Authorities target dissidents, activists, pro-palestine protesters with frivolous retaliatory cases Published at 27.02.2026 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship enforced disappearance harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted internet restriction intimidation labour rights negative court ruling protest protestor(s) detained release of HRDs restrictive law torture/ill-treatment transnational repression travel ban youth Read more
Philippines: Protesters increasingly criminalised while activists continue to face baseless charges, harassment and red-tagging Published at 11.03.2026 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD censorship extractive industries HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation labour rights land rights positive court ruling protestor(s) detained restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women youth Read more
Afghanistan: New Criminal Procedure Code will intensify repression as activists and journalists continue to be targeted Published at 24.03.2026 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained journalist detained protest restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Vietnam: Persecution of activists and critics continued in the lead up to the sham National Assembly elections Published at 30.03.2026 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained land rights negative court ruling public vilification religious groups restrictive law surveillance transnational repression women Read more
Wave of arrests following failed coup attempt Published at 31.03.2026 Country Benin Tags: attack on journalist censorship HRD detained journalist detained negative court ruling positive court ruling Read more
Indonesia: Repression escalates with attack on human rights defender, criminalisation and threats against activists and Papua crackdown Published at 08.04.2026 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD criminal defamation environmental rights excessive force HRD detained intimidation land rights non state actors positive court ruling protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained release of HRDs restrictive law women youth Read more
2026 polls characterised by systematic crackdown on opposition and civic space Published at 09.04.2026 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship criminal defamation CSO closure environmental rights funding restriction harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted internet restriction negative court ruling political interference positive court ruling positive CS development protest restrictive law torture/ill-treatment Read more
Malaysia: Activists face police harassment, protesters arrested and journalists targeted for their reporting Published at 15.04.2026 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist enforced disappearance harassment HRD detained journalist detained land rights negative court ruling positive CS development protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law youth Read more
Arbitrary detention of land rights defenders; Court convicts former officers for dictatorship-era torture after decades Published at 24.04.2026 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained indigenous groups labour rights LGBTI political interference positive court ruling positive CS development protest protest disruption restrictive law sexual assault women Read more
Arrests of anti-corruption and anti-slavery activists Published at 02.02.2026 Country Mauritania Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained labour rights prevention of protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained Read more
