Civic space violations reported ahead of 2025 elections Published at 27.10.2025 Country Malawi Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation HRD detained protest violent protest HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
CSOs call for inclusive constitution amendment process, police use bureaucratic hurdles to prevent student protests Published at 27.10.2025 Country Botswana Category Latest Developments Tags: youth prevention of protest protest intimidation Read more
Madagascar : l’armée s’empare du pouvoir après une série de manifestations menées par la jeunesse et réprimées dans le sang Published at 28.10.2025 Country Madagascar Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest prevention of protest extractive industries killing of protestors violent protest time,place restrictions journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Defence lawyers call out abuse of law to surveil climate and social activists Published at 24.05.2025 Country Switzerland Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption women intimidation surveillance negative court ruling labour rights protest political interference journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
CSOs working with marginalised groups forced to suspend operations due to U.S. funding cuts Published at 08.03.2025 Country North Macedonia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women minority groups intimidation positive CS development labour rights protest public vilification Read more
Citizens mobilise for accountability following deadly nightclub fire Published at 05.05.2025 Country North Macedonia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth intimidation labour rights protest public vilification Read more
Ukrainian media targeted by bomb threats and cyberattacks Published at 04.03.2025 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on journalist protest political interference bureaucratic restriction access to info. law Read more
Victoria Roshchyna’s body returned to Ukraine bearing signs of torture Published at 29.04.2025 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist protest public vilification access to info. law protestor(s) detained Read more
Kyiv Pride takes place amid counter-protests, pressure Published at 28.06.2025 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist protest public vilification political interference censorship access to info. law protestor(s) detained 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
Police raids and criminalisation of Mapuche activists and a firefighter amid wildfires in Patagonia Published at 10.03.2025 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI indigenous groups office raid intimidation attack on journalist HRD detained refusal of registration labour rights protest public vilification extractive industries political interference private sector HRD acquitted access to info. law HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Authorities Tighten Rights Clampdown in Western Sahara, Youths hold mass Protests Published at 28.10.2025 Country Morocco Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women minority groups intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest restrictive law censorship HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Censorship & protests follow trial of First Vice President Riek Machar Published at 27.10.2025 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation attack on journalist protest censorship HRD threatened Read more
Unprecedented police crackdown on pension protests; Environmental defenders prosecuted for opposing mining project in Mendoza Published at 17.05.2025 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest public vilification sexual assault extractive industries torture/ill-treatment violent protest restrictive law access to info. law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Indigenous defenders killed amid ongoing land disputes; Civic freedoms crippled by Nicaragua’s new constitutional amendments Published at 08.06.2025 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship indigenous groups CSO closure intimidation transnational repression travel ban HRD detained HRD killing public vilification internet restriction restrictive law enabling law journalist detained land rights Read more
Deaths in custody and enforced disappearances increase concern over systematic repression in Nicaragua Published at 18.10.2025 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure enforced disappearance HRD detained HRD killing HRD threatened internet restriction intimidation public vilification transnational repression travel ban Read more
Union leader and journalist killed as HRDs face attacks and criminalisation Published at 05.04.2025 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women indigenous groups attack on HRD intimidation transnational repression attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest public vilification killing of journalist extractive industries restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Wide-ranging protest bans, hundreds of arrests follow football hooligan violence in Amsterdam Published at 12.02.2025 Country Netherlands Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption refugees and migrants intimidation surveillance attack on journalist excessive force protest public vilification prevention of protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights 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
Journalists arrested, media outlets criticised over critical reporting Published at 29.10.2025 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid intimidation release of HRDs public vilification censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
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
