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
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
Ethiopia: Political Bans, Media Raids as Fragile Peace faces risk Published at 15.08.2025 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure intimidation harassment negative court ruling criminal defamation protest political interference restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Journalists receives new sentence ahead of planned release from prison Published at 26.10.2025 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD prosecuted restrictive law 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
Lebanon’s Civic Space faces Triple Pressures — State, Israel, and Hezbolla Published at 28.10.2025 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist criminal defamation harassment HRD threatened intimidation journalist detained killing of journalist non state actors protest protest disruption release of HRDs restrictive law 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
Vietnam: Regime targets human rights defenders working on minority, indigenous, land and environmental rights despite UN review Published at 29.10.2025 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups religious groups minority groups HRD detained negative court ruling restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted land 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
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
HRDs & LGBTQI+ persons face brutal killings Published at 31.07.2025 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI youth HRD killing protest violent protest restrictive law surveillance HRD prosecuted 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
3 Years Of Conflict Characterised By Killings & Detentions Of HRDs & Journalists Published at 30.10.2025 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD attack on journalist bureaucratic restriction censorship CSO closure harassment HRD detained HRD killing HRD threatened internet restriction intimidation journalist detained killing of journalist non state actors place restrictions protest protestor(s) detained refugees and migrants release of HRDs restrictive law sexual assault torture/ill-treatment women youth Read more
Expansion of law enforcement and continued suppression of critical voices Published at 11.10.2025 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist censorship excessive force intimidation political interference positive court ruling positive CS development protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law travel ban Read more
New legislative amendments to further simplify designating NGOs as extremist, arrests of protesters commemorating anniversary of Navalny’s death Published at 01.03.2025 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction HRD detained HRD prosecuted protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law Read more
Further tightening of “foreign agent” restrictions: ban on educational activities adopted, cooperating with the ICC to be criminalised Published at 29.04.2025 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction HRD prosecuted journalist detained killing of journalist protest public vilification restrictive law Read more
Government proscribes non-violent direct action group Palestine Action as “terrorist” Published at 09.08.2025 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship CSO closure environmental rights HRD detained intimidation office raid people with disabilities positive court ruling positive CS development prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification refugees and migrants restrictive law surveillance youth Read more
Malaysia: Protests restricted, activists harassed and critics silenced as courts push back Published at 18.11.2025 Country Malaysia Tags: censorship criminal defamation enforced disappearance HRD detained land rights positive court ruling positive CS development protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law women Read more
Pakistan: Criminalisation of Baloch and Pashtun activists, harassment of journalists and crackdown on protests Published at 24.11.2025 Country Pakistan Tags: enforced disappearance excessive force harassment intimidation killing of journalist killing of protestors minority groups negative court ruling office raid protest disruption restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment women Read more
New Zealand: Authorities arrest climate and anti-militarisation protesters and introduce new restrictive bill to curb protests Published at 25.11.2025 Country New Zealand Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Cambodia: Authorities criminalise commentary and reporting on border conflict and prosecute and jail critics Published at 01.12.2025 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD threatened journalist detained labour rights land rights negative court ruling restrictive law Read more
