Association & Peaceful Assembly under pressure as authorities raid meetings, disrupt protests Published at 31.07.2025 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained labour rights protest political interference Read more
Repression of Environmental Defenders, and crackdown on Opposition and Press Intensifies Published at 30.04.2025 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption release of HRDs harassment transnational repression attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling protest extractive industries torture/ill-treatment political interference censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Maldives: Civic freedoms at risk with new media bill, targeting of protesters and attacks on judicial independence Published at 22.08.2025 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation harassment excessive force protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Afghanistan: Escalation in crackdown on journalists and expression four years since the Taliban takeover Published at 25.08.2025 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment HRD detained negative court ruling protest torture/ill-treatment censorship journalist detained surveillance Read more
Detained internet activists on trial and hunger strike Published at 26.08.2025 Country Qatar Category Latest Developments Tags: transnational repression harassment HRD detained negative court ruling torture/ill-treatment censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Kenya’s Repression Deepens: 65 more Killed in protests, Blogger Tortured & killed Published at 26.08.2025 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained HRD killing excessive force public vilification killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment censorship surveillance non state actors positive court ruling indigenous groups release of HRDs attack on journalist protest internet restriction political interference restrictive law HRD acquitted people with disabilities protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights youth sexual assault transnational repression Read more
Former parliamentarians and Bedoon rights defender targeted, migrant workers at risk of abuse Published at 27.08.2025 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling refugees and migrants minority groups transnational repression harassment HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights criminal defamation political interference HRD acquitted censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Hong Kong: Ongoing criminalisation of expression, bounties on activists in exile and suppression of Tiananmen anniversary Published at 26.09.2025 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: women transnational repression harassment prevention of protest restrictive law HRD prosecuted Read more
Sri Lanka: Authorities crackdown on protest in Mannar and continue to harass activists and journalists Published at 16.10.2025 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment surveillance excessive force protest protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights 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
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
Ethiopia: Political Bans, Media Raids as Fragile Peace faces risk Published at 15.08.2025 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure intimidation harassment negative court ruling criminal defamation protest political interference restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Journalists receives new sentence ahead of planned release from prison Published at 26.10.2025 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD prosecuted restrictive law Read more
HRD dismissed from Ministry role in retaliation for peaceful activism Published at 26.10.2025 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment negative court ruling 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
Philippines: Crackdown and arrest of anti-corruption protesters and ongoing targeting of activists Published at 27.10.2025 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protest disruption women harassment positive CS development attack on journalist HRD detained HRD killing excessive force labour rights killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
CSOs call for meaningful participation in Constitutional amendment process, journalist & activist detained Published at 27.10.2025 Country Lesotho Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Lebanon’s Civic Space faces Triple Pressures — State, Israel, and Hezbolla Published at 28.10.2025 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist criminal defamation harassment HRD threatened intimidation journalist detained killing of journalist non state actors protest protest disruption release of HRDs restrictive law Read more
Attacks on press freedom and peaceful assembly in Liberia: Journalists face violence, abduction, and censorship Published at 29.10.2025 Country Liberia Tags: youth harassment attack on journalist protest enforced disappearance censorship non state actors Read more
Opposition and civic space blatantly restricted ahead and after presidential election Published at 29.10.2025 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid intimidation harassment excessive force prevention of protest killing of protestors positive court ruling indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling protest internet restriction violent protest political interference journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights youth place restrictions Read more
