President enacts controversial law restricting civil society; Land rights protesters face threats Published at 21.05.2025 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups intimidation attack on journalist protest public vilification restrictive law censorship Read more
Oleada de agresiones contra activistas de los derechos de las personas migrantes; al menos dos personas manifestantes heridas Published at 27.05.2025 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling intimidation HRD detained excessive force restrictive law environmental rights Read more
Adoption of Counter-Terrorism Bill by Parliament sparks concerns among press freedom advocates Published at 27.05.2025 Country Sierra Leone Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained prevention of protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained Read more
Politically motivated prosecutions amid declining media and civic space Published at 27.05.2025 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship place restrictions office raid religious groups intimidation release of HRDs transnational repression HRD detained negative court ruling public vilification torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Un polémico decreto presidencial restringe la labor de la sociedad civil; personas manifestantes por el derecho a la tierra son víctimas de amenazas Published at 30.05.2025 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups intimidation attack on journalist protest public vilification restrictive law censorship Read more
Independent broadcasting hangs in the balance as elections loom, civil society & media hit hard by loss of US funding Published at 30.03.2025 Country Czech Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained labour rights protest intimidation Read more
Romania in crisis ahead of presidential election rerun, protests become violent Published at 10.04.2025 Country Romania Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation surveillance attack on journalist protest public vilification violent protest political interference censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Freedoms under threat as Uzbekistan continues to put pressure on journalists and human rights defenders Published at 04.06.2025 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation transnational repression travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation public vilification torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law censorship journalist detained Read more
Attacks and harassment against environmental and Indigenous defenders highlight protection failure Published at 08.06.2025 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
India: Critical commentary on the conflict with Pakistan censored, journalists targeted while communities face military operations Published at 19.06.2025 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth women minority groups intimidation harassment labour rights protest internet restriction prevention of protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained 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
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
Indonesia: Civic space regresses with targeting of activists, brutal crackdown on protests and problematic law revisions Published at 17.07.2025 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protest disruption indigenous groups attack on HRD intimidation harassment surveillance attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation labour rights protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained 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
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
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
Senegal holds early legislative elections; calls for accountability for protest killings 2021-2024 continue Published at 31.03.2025 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest women protest intimidation Read more
State Cracks down on Journalists Reporting on Insecurity in Somalia Published at 30.05.2025 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid women intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist protest killing of journalist restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance HRD threatened non state actors Read more
