Activists, journalists and bloggers arrested and jailed while new decrees to control associations and the internet come into effect Published at 19.12.2024 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Philippines: Activists remain at risk of red-tagging, disappearances and fabricated terrorism charges Published at 06.01.2025 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women harassment positive CS development HRD detained travel ban labour rights enforced disappearance killing of journalist restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Sri Lanka: Civic space restrictions and targeting of activists persist as new government takes power Published at 13.01.2025 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Malaysia: Government stifles expression, increases online controls and facilitates transnational repression Published at 15.01.2025 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI place restrictions women refugees and migrants intimidation harassment transnational repression HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation protest internet restriction restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Cambodia: Hun Manet government escalates its criminalisation of activists and critics to stifle dissent Published at 17.01.2025 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women transnational repression harassment attack on journalist HRD detained criminal defamation prevention of protest restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Japan: Protests mobilised in Okinawa, against evictions of the homeless in Osaka and in support of Palestine Published at 20.01.2025 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: women labour rights excessive force protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Singapore: Government continues its crackdown on anti-death penalty activism and other forms of expression Published at 05.02.2025 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction women youth intimidation harassment protest internet restriction restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Papua New Guinea: Cybercrime law used to criminalise expression as government proceeds with restrictive media policy Published at 10.02.2025 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women HRD detained criminal defamation restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Delayed wages trigger protest at The Gleaner newspaper Published at 07.02.2025 Country Jamaica Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development women labour rights protest Read more
Maldives: Protesters charged while authorities fail to reinstate the registration of a civil society group Published at 13.02.2025 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption women harassment labour rights restrictive law access to info. law protestor(s) detained Read more
Protesters clash with police on the fifth anniversary of the student-led mass protests in Santiago Published at 17.12.2024 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption women excessive force protestor(s) detained Read more
Thailand: Prosecution of activists and transnational repression persist as government takes its place on UN rights body Published at 14.02.2025 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women refugees and migrants minority groups transnational repression negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Tajikistan's Crackdown on Dissent: Erosion of Rights and Civic Space Published at 17.02.2025 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women religious groups transnational repression HRD detained refusal of registration internet restriction restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Afghanistan: The Taliban threatens to shutdown NGOs employing women and continues to criminalise activists and journalists Published at 21.02.2025 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained HRD killing HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained negative court ruling restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Pakistan: Government criminalises activists, increases online controls and cracks down on protests by the opposition and ethnic groups Published at 26.02.2025 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment travel ban HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation enforced disappearance prevention of protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment censorship women minority groups internet restriction restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted place restrictions Read more
Indonesia: Crackdown on protests, stifling of expression and repression in Papua continues in Prabowo’s first four months in power Published at 27.02.2025 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protest disruption indigenous groups women minority groups intimidation harassment negative court ruling labour rights torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained HRD threatened environmental rights Read more
Laos: UN raises concerns on civic space restrictions for ethnic cultural groups and women activists Published at 03.03.2025 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: women surveillance minority groups bureaucratic restriction Read more
Deadly crackdown follows 2024 mass protests, surge in femicides sparks more protests Published at 06.03.2025 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained HRD killing excessive force public vilification enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship surveillance non state actors positive court ruling women religious groups release of HRDs attack on journalist protest protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted self censorship youth transnational repression Read more
Press freedom under pressure as crackdown on pro-Palestine solidarity continues Published at 17.01.2025 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation attack on journalist restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights non state actors Read more
Right to protest under threat as Senate considers security bill Published at 07.03.2025 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: women refugees and migrants protestor(s) detained torture/ill-treatment time,place restrictions surveillance environmental rights Read more
Teachers protest over unpaid wages as the country approaches general elections Published at 28.02.2025 Country Belize Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women positive CS development labour rights protest Read more
