Crackdown on dissent over nuclear power plant, controversial media accreditation rules, and anti-‘’LGBTQI+ propaganda’’ measures Published at 19.12.2024 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction LGBTI protest disruption journalist detained intimidation transnational repression travel ban HRD detained refusal of registration criminal defamation protest public vilification prevention of protest restrictive law censorship access to info. law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
South Korea: Short-lived martial law decree signal of civic space regression under President Yoon Published at 20.12.2024 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation excessive force protest protestor(s) detained 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
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
Right to strike under threat, smear campaigns against journalists Published at 26.09.2023 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling labour rights protest public vilification political interference protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Post-election protests turn deadly, access to mobile internet disrupted for 22 days Published at 08.11.2024 Country Mauritania Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on journalist excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest violent protest censorship protestor(s) detained 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
Valencia protests over flood response result in clashes with police Published at 15.01.2025 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption excessive force criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law violent protest protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
New Marriage Act Excludes same-sex couples Published at 19.02.2025 Country Namibia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption protest extractive industries restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Protesters demand justice for victims of deadly 2023 train crash Published at 19.02.2025 Country Greece Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling intimidation labour rights protest protestor(s) detained 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
India: Indigenous movement banned, protests stifled while activists and journalists targeted Published at 01.03.2025 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling indigenous groups attack on HRD intimidation travel ban HRD detained HRD killing enforced disappearance killing of journalist extractive industries bureaucratic restriction censorship protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted land rights 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
Mass protests over power outages; New law deepens government control over speech Published at 21.11.2024 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD sexual assault intimidation transnational repression HRD detained internet restriction restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
New laws restricting freedom of peaceful assembly introduced as anti-government protests continue Published at 24.02.2025 Country Georgia Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid intimidation attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest public vilification torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
