Anti-war party excluded from parliamentary elections; New law stripping rights from exiled critics Published at 14.10.2026 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law attack on HRD censorship funding restriction HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained LGBTI positive CS development prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law transnational repression Read more
Environmental organisations’ challenge against oil field approvals upheld on appeal; Court blocks extradition of Aegean Boat Report founder to Greece Published at 19.10.2026 Country Norway Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force extractive industries HRD detained intimidation positive court ruling private sector protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained refugees and migrants Read more
Vietnam: Transnational repression persists with abduction of activists, critics targeted and new decrees that will increase digital rights violations Published at 21.10.2026 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment HRD detained internet restriction labour rights protest restrictive law transnational repression Read more
Turkey launches mass crackdown on LGBTQI+ community under “My Family Is Safe” operation Published at 21.10.2026 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship excessive force HRD detained journalist detained LGBTI office raid positive court ruling positive CS development protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification torture/ill-treatment Read more
Niger promulgates new law criminalising consensual same-sex relations; journalist reported missing Published at 22.10.2026 Country Niger Tags: attack on HRD attack on journalist CSO closure enforced disappearance HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained protest restrictive law Read more
Afghanistan: Activists, journalists and artists silenced as media outlets targeted and educational institutions closed Published at 23.10.2026 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction harassment HRD detained journalist detained minority groups office raid religious groups torture/ill-treatment women Read more
भारत: मतदाता सूची में हेरफेर के खिलाफ बड़े पैमाने पर हो रहे विरोध प्रदर्शनों पर कार्रवाई के दौरान हजारों लोगों को हिरासत में लिया गया, साथ ही कार्यकर्ताओं और पत्रकारों को अपराधी ठहराया जा रहा है। Published at 26.10.2026 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
Conditional releases accompany new arrests as repression of dissent continues at home and abroad Published at 26.10.2026 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained indigenous groups internet restriction intimidation political interference positive CS development release of HRDs religious groups restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment transnational repression travel ban Read more
Arrest of youth activists, land rights activist; vote on restrictive draft laws on combating cybercrimes and electronic communication postponed following public criticism Published at 26.10.2026 Country Madagascar Tags: extractive industries HRD detained HRD prosecuted labour rights land rights protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained release of HRDs restrictive law youth Read more
Indonesia: Activists continue to be targeted, censorship around forest fires and disruption of activism in Papua Published at 28.10.2026 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD censorship environmental rights excessive force harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted internet restriction intimidation minority groups negative court ruling protest disruption protestor(s) detained youth Read more
Pakistan: Lawyers re-arrested, journalists targeted, crackdown on the opposition and emergency rule imposed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Published at 29.10.2026 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained internet restriction journalist detained minority groups prevention of protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law women Read more
Singapore: Government criminalises human rights defenders for their peaceful activism and ignores UN recommendations on civic space Published at 29.10.2026 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted restrictive law women Read more
Activists and civil society face targeted attacks Published at 30.10.2026 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist censorship criminal defamation environmental rights harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained non state actors office raid positive court ruling protest protestor(s) detained release of HRDs Read more
Kuwait Tightens Repression at Home and Abroad: Citizenship Revocations, Arbitrary Detention and Targeting of Critics Published at 30.06.2026 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship enforced disappearance harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained restrictive law Read more
Arbitrary detention of human rights defenders; sentencing of independent teachers’ union leader and GCAP members following banned protest Published at 02.10.2026 Country Chad Tags: censorship CSO closure HRD detained HRD prosecuted negative court ruling protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Guinea’s media regulator suspends four web TVs, bans France 24 and revokes correspondent’s accreditation Published at 30.10.2026 Country Guinea Tags: censorship enforced disappearance HRD detained negative court ruling private sector protest Read more
Cameroon: Wave of Arrests and Restrictions Targets Journalists, Activists, and Civil Society Members Published at 02.10.2026 Country Cameroon Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship enforced disappearance HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained killing of journalist negative court ruling positive court ruling prevention of protest protest Read more
Restrictive regulation on social media use adopted amid ongoing suspension of social media platforms Published at 30.10.2026 Country Gabon Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD detained journalist detained protest Read more
15 anti-corruption GALA activists arrested over anniversary event Published at 02.10.2026 Country Gambia Tags: bureaucratic restriction HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted positive court ruling prevention of protest Read more
Human rights defenders and citizens face threats; activist and lawyer detained Published at 02.10.2026 Country Republic of the Congo Tags: enforced disappearance HRD detained HRD threatened intimidation Read more
Algeria: Record-low elections turnout, detentions of activists and journalists under terrorism charges, dissolution of teachers’ union Published at 04.09.2026 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained labour rights negative court ruling political interference Read more
Restrictive NGO Law adopted; activist sentenced to prison Published at 30.04.2026 Country Angola Tags: attack on HRD HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained release of HRDs restrictive law surveillance women youth Read more
Law on False Information on the Internet adopted; use of criminal defamation to intimidate journalists Published at 31.10.2026 Country Angola Tags: attack on HRD criminal defamation excessive force HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained labour rights land rights prevention of protest protest disruption release of HRDs restrictive law Read more
International students win ruling over pro-Palestine speech, while sanctions deepen arbitrary restrictions on civil society Published at 02.11.2026 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist bureaucratic restriction environmental rights funding restriction HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation negative court ruling positive court ruling positive CS development protest protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law surveillance travel ban Read more
