Australia: Police use temporary powers in WA to ban protesters from defence conference and continue to arrest climate protesters Published at 28.10.2026 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction environmental rights positive court ruling protestor(s) detained women Read more
Pakistan: Lawyers re-arrested, journalists targeted, crackdown on the opposition and emergency rule imposed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Published at 29.10.2026 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained internet restriction journalist detained minority groups prevention of protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law women Read more
Singapore: Government criminalises human rights defenders for their peaceful activism and ignores UN recommendations on civic space Published at 29.10.2026 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted restrictive law women Read more
Elections marked by low voter turnout, public service unions hold strikes and protests, HRDs & journalists face surveillance Published at 30.10.2026 Country Morocco Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation HRD prosecuted labour rights protest women Read more
Restrictive NGO Law adopted; activist sentenced to prison Published at 30.04.2026 Country Angola Tags: attack on HRD HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained release of HRDs restrictive law surveillance women youth Read more
Unprecedented arrest of entire newsroom, transnational repression persists amidst backdrop of ‘Egypt Forum’ Published at 31.10.2026 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction enforced disappearance HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained labour rights protest refusal of registration release of HRDs transnational repression women Read more
Draft Civil Code raises concerns over press freedom, civil society and LGBTQI+ rights; Dismissal of Defence Minister sparks protests Published at 06.11.2026 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist censorship intimidation journalist detained LGBTI positive CS development protest protestor(s) detained surveillance women Read more
