New media restrictions further clamp down on civic space Published at 31.07.2026 Country Somaliland Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained office raid restrictive law Read more
Journalists face murder, abductions and bans on entry in retaliation Published at 30.04.2026 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist censorship harassment journalist detained killing of journalist labour rights restrictive law Read more
Australia: Protesters continue to be targeted as courts push back on anti-protest laws and baseless charges Published at 03.09.2026 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force harassment indigenous groups positive court ruling protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women Read more
New Zealand: Government plans to ban social media for U-16s and expand police powers to collect intelligence and restrict protests Published at 08.09.2026 Country New Zealand Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction restrictive law youth Read more
Japan: Rights at risk with flag desecration law, lack of oversight on the new intelligence body and planned anti-espionage laws Published at 10.09.2026 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law 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
Myanmar: Human rights defenders and journalists remain at risk while torture and ill-treatment of political prisoners persists Published at 17.09.2026 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship environmental rights HRD prosecuted negative court ruling protest restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment youth Read more
Malaysia: Activists and critics face baseless investigations, travel bans and freezing of accounts as restrictive laws are passed Published at 18.09.2026 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation environmental rights funding restriction harassment HRD prosecuted land rights non state actors public vilification restrictive law 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
Papua New Guinea: Concerns about online expression and union suppression as national human rights policy launched Published at 24.09.2026 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation labour rights restrictive law Read more
Mass protests over 13-hour workday law; New law restricts space for NGOs working with migrants Published at 01.03.2026 Country Greece Tags: attack on journalist HRD acquitted intimidation labour rights positive court ruling protest protestor(s) detained refugees and migrants restrictive law Read more
Thailand: Activists face threats and criminalisation for their activism while reports of transnational repression persists Published at 30.09.2026 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation enforced disappearance environmental rights harassment HRD prosecuted intimidation negative court ruling protest disruption restrictive law transnational repression women 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
Hong Kong: Activists organising Tiananmen vigils convicted as security laws deployed against book sellers, activists and journalists Published at 05.10.2026 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment journalist detained negative court ruling restrictive law women Read more
Seychelles: New law gives President greater control over public broadcaster Published at 08.10.2026 Country Seychelles Tags: political interference positive CS development protest restrictive law Read more
Cambodia: Activists, journalists and the opposition jailed while scores criminalised for their online commentary Published at 07.10.2026 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation enforced disappearance HRD prosecuted journalist detained negative court ruling restrictive law transnational repression youth 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
Millions take part in general strike against proposed labour reforms; Neo-Nazi “target list” threatening activists and CSOs Published at 13.10.2026 Country Portugal Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law attack on journalist censorship environmental rights excessive force extractive industries HRD threatened intimidation labour rights LGBTI minority groups non state actors office raid private sector protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law Read more
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
South Korea: Activists and journalists restricted from travel to Gaza and Ukraine as amendments proposed that could restrict expression Published at 15.10.2026 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship protestor(s) detained restrictive law travel ban women Read more
Police shooting during Granville protest; Civil society faces stigmatising rhetoric from authorities Published at 16.10.2026 Country Jamaica Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights excessive force intimidation killing of protestors labour rights negative court ruling positive court ruling protest protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law time,place restrictions women Read more
