CSOs raise alarm about widespread torture, authorities exploit war to widen crackdown on human rights Published at 21.07.2026 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment HRD detained HRD killing HRD prosecuted internet restriction release of HRDs torture/ill-treatment Read more
India: Student protests met with arrests, excessive force, surveillance and harassment amid civic space clampdown Published at 18.08.2026 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship criminal defamation excessive force harassment HRD detained indigenous groups internet restriction negative court ruling positive court ruling protest disruption protestor(s) detained release of HRDs restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women youth Read more
Afghanistan: Five years after Taliban takeover, the attack on civic freedoms persists Published at 26.08.2026 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship enforced disappearance harassment HRD detained intimidation journalist detained office raid protest surveillance torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Hopes for a thaw recede amid renewed persecution of critical voices Published at 01.09.2026 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted HRD threatened intimidation negative court ruling political interference positive court ruling prevention of protest protest protestor(s) detained public vilification release of HRDs restrictive law torture/ill-treatment travel ban Read more
Authorities continue crackdown on digital commentators as imprisoned YouTube-based critic dies mysteriously Published at 03.07.2026 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD killing HRD prosecuted Read more
Pakistan: Activists targeted, Baloch human rights defenders convicted and repression of protest movement and reporting on Azad Jammu and Kashmir Published at 11.09.2026 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship criminal defamation enforced disappearance excessive force harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted internet restriction journalist detained killing of protestors minority groups protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law women Read more
Algeria: Long-established organisation sealed off, arrests of journalists and academics, activists sentenced on terrorism charges Published at 06.05.2026 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship CSO closure enforced disappearance HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained labour rights minority groups negative court ruling office raid place restrictions political interference protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained refusal of registration travel ban Read more
Bangladesh: Worrying cybersecurity law amendments, journalists and critics targeted as weak human rights body established Published at 22.09.2026 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist harassment HRD detained indigenous groups internet restriction intimidation journalist detained minority groups protest disruption restrictive law women youth Read more
Parliamentary elections: Orbán’s 16-year rule ends, pressure on journalists ahead of vote Published at 06.05.2026 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law censorship HRD detained intimidation LGBTI minority groups negative court ruling political interference positive court ruling protest public vilification Read more
Les condamnations à l’encontre des dissidents se poursuivent sans relâche Published at 17.12.2025 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship criminal defamation enforced disappearance harassment hrd HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained negative court ruling positive court ruling prevention of protest protest travel ban Read more
Authorities clamp down on Pro-Palestine and anti-Iran War protests Published at 10.07.2026 Country Israel Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD censorship excessive force HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation non state actors protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained refugees and migrants sexual assault torture/ill-treatment youth Read more
Protests restricted amid Pro-Palestine and anti-Iran war mobilisations Published at 30.06.2026 Country Jordan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted prevention of protest protest Read more
Use of detention as a retaliatory tactic against online expression a continuing cause for concern Published at 30.09.2026 Country Jordan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD prosecuted prevention of protest transnational repression Read more
China: Activists and critics continue to be criminalised as censors block reporting and social media posts on the Tibet flash floods Published at 01.10.2026 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained minority groups restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment Read more
Lawyers & activists face detention and imprisonment in retaliation to their work Published at 30.04.2026 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation protest refugees and migrants release of HRDs Read more
Abuse of pre-trial detention under cyber-law continues despite newly announced limitations Published at 01.10.2026 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance HRD detained protest release of HRDs youth Read more
Houthi authorities continue 2-year campaign targeting UN and civil society staff Published at 01.10.2026 Country Yemen Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD threatened journalist detained killing of journalist Read more
CSOs, activists, lawyers, opposition, critics & media houses face severe retaliation Published at 01.10.2026 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure environmental rights HRD detained HRD prosecuted release of HRDs self censorship torture/ill-treatment transnational repression Read more
Une organisation historique est mise sous scellés, des journalistes et des universitaires sont arrêtés et des militants sont condamnés pour terrorisme Published at 06.05.2026 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship CSO closure enforced disappearance HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained labour rights minority groups negative court ruling office raid place restrictions political interference protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained refusal of registration travel ban Read more
India: Thousands detained in crackdown on mass protests against electoral roll manipulation while activists and journalists are criminalised Published at 11.10.2026 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship environmental rights excessive force harassment HRD detained indigenous groups internet restriction journalist detained labour rights land rights prevention of protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law torture/ill-treatment youth Read more
Philippines: Activists face criminalisation and threats as police ill-treatment of protesters persists with impunity Published at 12.10.2026 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation environmental rights excessive force extractive industries harassment HRD detained indigenous groups intimidation labour rights land rights protest disruption protestor(s) detained torture/ill-treatment women Read more
