Papua New Guinea: Activist detained for defamation, journalist assaulted and court lifts ban on Starlink Published at 01.06.2026 Country Papua New Guinea Tags: criminal defamation HRD detained positive court ruling torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Tightening digital controls and domestic and transnational repression Published at 01.06.2026 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained internet restriction intimidation killing of journalist positive CS development surveillance transnational repression travel ban women youth Read more
Thailand: Activists convicted for protest speeches, journalists criminalised and opposition politicians face lifetime ban Published at 09.06.2026 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship criminal defamation harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained land rights minority groups negative court ruling positive court ruling refugees and migrants restrictive law transnational repression women Read more
India: Activists arrested, abducted and tortured, journalists targeted and laws tightened to increase control Published at 11.06.2026 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist censorship excessive force harassment HRD detained journalist detained labour rights negative court ruling positive court ruling protest protestor(s) detained restrictive law sexual assault torture/ill-treatment women youth Read more
Afghanistan: Ongoing repression of the press and activists as peaceful protest in Herat disrupted with excessive force Published at 15.06.2026 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship excessive force harassment HRD detained journalist detained office raid protest protest disruption women Read more
China: Repression continues with new ‘ethnic unity’ law, targeting of activists and silencing of Tiananmen anniversary commemorations Published at 30.06.2026 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted land rights minority groups negative court ruling restrictive law torture/ill-treatment transnational repression women Read more
Singapore: Despite UN review, first charges brought under POFMA while journalists and activists continue to be targeted Published at 03.07.2026 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD prosecuted negative court ruling restrictive law travel ban women youth Read more
Hong Kong: Journalists targeted, booksellers arrested as government expands its powers Published at 07.07.2026 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment LGBTI negative court ruling prevention of protest restrictive law travel ban women Read more
Court upholds conviction of Wet’suwet’en land defender; New legislation raises concerns over civic freedoms Published at 21.07.2026 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law CSO closure environmental rights indigenous groups intimidation labour rights negative court ruling positive CS development protest protestor(s) detained religious groups restrictive law time,place restrictions women Read more
Philippines: Civil society demands accountability for the Negros 19 killings as targeting of activists and journalists persist Published at 24.07.2026 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist environmental rights harassment HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted indigenous groups killing of journalist positive court ruling protest disruption public vilification restrictive law women youth Read more
Andorra: Labor Relations Act amended to increase union representation Published at 03.08.2026 Country Andorra Tags: enabling law labour rights LGBTI protest women Read more
Journalists, aid workers continue to face grave risk Published at 16.04.2026 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship CSO closure enforced disappearance harassment HRD killing HRD threatened internet restriction journalist detained protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained sexual assault women Read more
India: Student protests met with arrests, excessive force, surveillance and harassment amid civic space clampdown Published at 18.08.2026 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship criminal defamation excessive force harassment HRD detained indigenous groups internet restriction negative court ruling positive court ruling protest disruption protestor(s) detained release of HRDs restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women youth Read more
Government sends mixed signals on leaked “foreign agents” law draft; controversial appointments spark massive protests Published at 23.04.2026 Country Czech Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law funding restriction labour rights political interference protest protestor(s) detained public vilification women Read more
EU defence loan scheme sparks protests, media reform bill moves forward after consultations Published at 01.05.2026 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law censorship LGBTI negative court ruling positive court ruling protest public vilification women Read more
Vietnam: Activists, religious actors, book publishers and journalists criminalised as new retaliatory decree on lawyers comes into effect Published at 21.08.2026 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment HRD prosecuted minority groups negative court ruling religious groups restrictive law transnational repression women Read more
Sri Lanka: Rapper, writer and journalists targeted amid proposal of a restrictive NGO law and ongoing impunity for past crimes Published at 24.08.2026 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist censorship enforced disappearance environmental rights harassment intimidation protest protest disruption restrictive law surveillance women Read more
Authorities continue to impose tight restrictions on civic freedoms Published at 15.05.2026 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist censorship harassment HRD prosecuted political interference protest public vilification torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Afghanistan: Five years after Taliban takeover, the attack on civic freedoms persists Published at 26.08.2026 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship enforced disappearance harassment HRD detained intimidation journalist detained office raid protest surveillance torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Tonga: Journalist threatened as radio station faces licence revocation for defamation Published at 26.08.2026 Country Tonga Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation intimidation women Read more
Grenada adopts roadmap for implementing the Escazú Agreement; Environmental organisation wins challenge over access to information Published at 02.09.2026 Country Grenada Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law enabling law environmental rights labour rights negative court ruling positive court ruling positive CS development protest religious groups women youth Read more
