Journalists face pattern of unlawful arrests and intimidation by security forces Published at 29.10.2025 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: women office raid intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist protest censorship journalist detained HRD threatened Read more
Journalists face wave of arrests & judicial harassment amid crackdown on media freedom Published at 29.10.2025 Country Somaliland Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure harassment attack on journalist negative court ruling internet restriction HRD acquitted journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
3 Years Of Conflict Characterised By Killings & Detentions Of HRDs & Journalists Published at 30.10.2025 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD attack on journalist bureaucratic restriction censorship CSO closure harassment HRD detained HRD killing HRD threatened internet restriction intimidation journalist detained killing of journalist non state actors place restrictions protest protestor(s) detained refugees and migrants release of HRDs restrictive law sexual assault torture/ill-treatment women youth Read more
Djiboutian human rights defenders intensify international advocacy amid continued repression Published at 31.10.2025 Country Djibouti Tags: censorship harassment hrd Read more
L'opposition et l'espace civique sont soumis à des restrictions flagrantes avant et après l'élection présidentielle Published at 21.11.2025 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist environmental rights excessive force harassment HRD prosecuted indigenous groups internet restriction intimidation journalist detained killing of protestors negative court ruling office raid place restrictions political interference positive court ruling prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained violent protest youth Read more
Pakistan: Criminalisation of Baloch and Pashtun activists, harassment of journalists and crackdown on protests Published at 24.11.2025 Country Pakistan Tags: enforced disappearance excessive force harassment intimidation killing of journalist killing of protestors minority groups negative court ruling office raid protest disruption restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Migrants & HRDs remain at risk, service delivery a key protest theme Published at 31.10.2025 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship criminal defamation harassment HRD killing HRD threatened positive court ruling protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification refugees and migrants violent protest Read more
Afghanistan: Taliban blocks the internet and social media, cracks down on the media and arrests activists Published at 02.12.2025 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship enforced disappearance harassment HRD detained internet restriction journalist detained killing of journalist labour rights torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Convictions against dissent continue unabated Published at 17.12.2025 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship criminal defamation enforced disappearance harassment hrd HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained negative court ruling positive court ruling prevention of protest protest travel ban Read more
Les défenseurs djiboutiens des droits humains intensifient leurs revendications internationales sur fond de répression incessante Published at 06.11.2025 Country Djibouti Tags: censorship harassment hrd Read more
India: Civic freedoms remain at risk with crackdown on protests, internet restrictions and denial of bail to activists Published at 13.01.2026 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship environmental rights excessive force funding restriction harassment HRD detained HRD killing internet restriction journalist detained protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law women youth Read more
Thailand: Harassment and prosecution of activists and critics persist as elections loom Published at 15.01.2026 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation harassment HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained negative court ruling refugees and migrants restrictive law transnational repression women youth Read more
Papua New Guinea: Concerns around use of cybercrime law to criminalise expression, new social media policy and Starlink internet disruption Published at 22.01.2026 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment internet restriction restrictive law Read more
Singapore: Activist blocked from entering country while critics and news outlets targeted Published at 26.01.2026 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship harassment internet restriction positive court ruling restrictive law women Read more
Laos: Government queried on lack of protection for human rights defenders, trade union restrictions and transnational repression Published at 29.01.2026 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance harassment intimidation labour rights minority groups transnational repression Read more
Authorities continue to persecute activists and former members of the Kuwaiti National Assembly Published at 29.01.2026 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment HRD prosecuted Read more
