Bhutan: UN experts highlight situation of political prisoners as press freedom hits a new low Published at 20.06.2025 Country Bhutan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship censorship minority groups Read more
Forced loyalty, fear, and censorship: Turkmenistan’s relentless assault on civic freedoms Published at 23.06.2025 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation transnational repression travel ban HRD detained labour rights internet restriction prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment political interference censorship journalist detained Read more
El acoso y las agresiones contra las personas defensoras del medioambiente y líderes indígenas evidencian el fracaso del marco legal de protección Published at 24.06.2025 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation excessive force criminal defamation public vilification enforced disappearance censorship private sector positive court ruling women indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest violent protest restrictive law enabling law journalist detained environmental rights Read more
South Korea: Activists criminalised, satire censored amidst political transition Published at 24.06.2025 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth negative court ruling labour rights protest censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Sri Lanka: New government silences dissent and disrupts protests while impunity for past crimes persists Published at 30.06.2025 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women minority groups harassment HRD detained negative court ruling protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Vietnam: Regime criminalises activists on trumped up charges and labels aid group as ‘terrorists’ Published at 01.07.2025 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted land rights minority groups negative court ruling public vilification religious groups restrictive law Read more
Commission to investigate attacks on CSOs under PiS; Volunteer prosecuted for assisting asylum seeker at border Published at 07.07.2025 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI refugees and migrants positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Malaysia: Restrictive laws deployed by police to criminalise dissent, ban books and harass protesters Published at 16.07.2025 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI protest disruption office raid women youth intimidation harassment positive CS development HRD detained travel ban criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Le gouvernement militaire du Mali interdit les partis politiques et réprime les manifestations publiques Published at 30.06.2025 Country Mali Tags: protest disruption HRD detained negative court ruling protest enforced disappearance prevention of protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained Read more
Philippines: Activists face red-tagging, arbitrary arrests and financing terrorism charges around mid-term elections Published at 24.07.2025 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption indigenous groups women harassment HRD detained HRD killing enforced disappearance restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Civic space continues to deteriorate under the military regime Published at 01.07.2025 Country Niger Tags: attack on HRD CSO closure release of HRDs HRD detained criminal defamation censorship journalist detained Read more
Pakistan: Authorities systematically target Baloch and other activists on baseless charges, block social media and criminalise journalists Published at 28.07.2025 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women harassment HRD detained excessive force enforced disappearance killing of journalist prevention of protest killing of protestors censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
North Korea: Escalation in targeting of families of defectors by regime and mobile surveillance as the UN General Assembly convenes Published at 31.07.2025 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship restrictive law Read more
Clampdown on civic freedoms escalates amid Israel's ongoing genocide Published at 04.08.2025 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid attack on HRD CSO closure intimidation harassment travel ban HRD detained killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship women release of HRDs attack on journalist negative court ruling protest internet restriction journalist detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted youth place restrictions Read more
Singapore: Harassment and criminalisation of activists, the media and critics under the Public Order Act and POFMA ahead and after elections Published at 05.08.2025 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women youth harassment protest restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Severe assault on peaceful assembly & expression amid Israel's genocide in Gaza Published at 06.08.2025 Country Israel Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption attack on HRD CSO closure intimidation harassment HRD detained prevention of protest bureaucratic restriction censorship surveillance non state actors women refugees and migrants release of HRDs negative court ruling labour rights protest political interference restrictive law journalist detained place restrictions Read more
Authorities use judicial harassment to silence activists Published at 06.08.2025 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: women refugees and migrants intimidation harassment HRD detained criminal defamation protest censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Authorities restrict internet access after Israel's airstrikes, CSOs report on execution spree Published at 07.08.2025 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation HRD killing labour rights internet restriction torture/ill-treatment censorship Read more
Thailand: Ongoing judicial harassment of human rights defenders and protesters while civil society amnesty bill proposal rejected Published at 08.08.2025 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption indigenous groups women transnational repression negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Budapest Pride sees record attendance despite ban; Law to strip citizenship from dual nationals who pose a “threat” Published at 11.08.2025 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI funding restriction intimidation travel ban negative court ruling protest public vilification prevention of protest political interference restrictive law censorship surveillance Read more
Controversial PVO Amendment Bill enacted, pressure on journalists continues Published at 30.05.2025 Country Zimbabwe Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption negative court ruling protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
