Proposed law on "foreign agents" submitted to Parliament Published at 25.04.2025 Country Moldova Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Ordenan la detención del alcalde de Maracaná tras un desalojo masivo; una protesta pone de manifiesto las tensiones por el derecho a la tierra Published at 21.07.2025 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI indigenous groups intimidation attack on journalist labour rights protest censorship land rights Read more
Constitutional Court judges vilified; Civil society curbed by new laws; Excessive force and criminalisation of EHRDs in Las Naves Published at 22.09.2025 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI indigenous groups intimidation attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force labour rights protest public vilification internet restriction extractive industries political interference restrictive law censorship Read more
Nepal: Anti-corruption protests force political change despite violent crackdown Published at 23.09.2025 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation protest killing of protestors violent protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained Read more
Art exhibition cancelled for national security reasons Published at 30.09.2025 Country Andorra Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship political interference protest Read more
Crackdown on media freedom and free speech in Senegal: Journalists detained, and media outlets suspended Published at 31.08.2025 Country Senegal Tags: censorship attack on journalist journalist detained negative court ruling Read more
UN experts warn of ‘’chilling’’ impact as assault on media, journalists and activists intensifies Published at 14.10.2025 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained public vilification restrictive law time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Crackdown on protests, enforced disappearance/abduction and torture of activists, journalist Published at 31.08.2025 Country Guinea Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD journalist detained attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest enforced disappearance prevention of protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment censorship access to info. law protestor(s) detained Read more
Canada’s 2025 election year marked by rising disinformation and new federal and provincial laws curbing civic freedoms Published at 21.07.2025 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction LGBTI indigenous groups women religious groups minority groups intimidation transnational repression positive CS development youth excessive force labour rights protest public vilification restrictive law censorship journalist detained environmental rights Read more
Vilipendio contra miembros de la Corte Constitucional; nuevas leyes constriñen la sociedad civil; uso excesivo de la fuerza y criminalización de PDDHM en Las Naves Published at 30.09.2025 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI indigenous groups intimidation attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force labour rights protest public vilification internet restriction extractive industries political interference restrictive law censorship Read more
Presidential election “a formality”, fundamental freedoms remain severely repressed Published at 27.01.2025 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship transnational repression release of HRDs Read more
Three political prisoners including journalist and protester released in US-facilitated deal; Relentless restrictions on civil society continue Published at 02.04.2025 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure release of HRDs restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Viasna Human Rights Centre volunteer released after completing sentence Published at 10.06.2025 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid CSO closure religious groups intimidation release of HRDs transnational repression HRD killing public vilification torture/ill-treatment censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained people with disabilities Read more
Indonesia: Brutal crackdown on protests, arrests of activists and suppression of dissent in Papua as President marks one year in power Published at 24.10.2025 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force enforced disappearance killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship positive court ruling women indigenous groups minority groups attack on journalist protest extractive industries restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights youth Read more
Government intensifies crackdown on opposition & online spaces ahead of 2025 elections Published at 26.10.2025 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling attack on HRD release of HRDs HRD detained enforced disappearance internet restriction political interference bureaucratic restriction censorship Read more
Electoral period characterised by deeply repressive political environment Published at 31.07.2025 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation harassment travel ban attack on journalist protest enforced disappearance political interference censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Abductions and Restricted Trials Documented Ahead of the elections Published at 29.08.2025 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD CSO closure transnational repression harassment HRD detained torture/ill-treatment political interference bureaucratic restriction censorship Read more
Women, HRDs, Migrant support NGOs, journalists & online critics face systematic violations Published at 26.10.2025 Country Libya Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption CSO closure intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship non state actors women refugees and migrants release of HRDs negative court ruling protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted youth Read more
Partial win as court strikes out parts of the 'Patriotic Act' Published at 27.10.2025 Country Zimbabwe Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth labour rights protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Kyiv Pride takes place amid counter-protests, pressure Published at 28.06.2025 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist protest public vilification political interference censorship access to info. law protestor(s) detained Read more
Authorities Tighten Rights Clampdown in Western Sahara, Youths hold mass Protests Published at 28.10.2025 Country Morocco Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women minority groups intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest restrictive law censorship HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
