Protests face restrictions Published at 16.07.2026 Country Lesotho Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD prosecuted labour rights prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained release of HRDs Read more
Indonesia: Authorities target and vilify activists, block film screenings, crackdown on protests while impunity for violations continues Published at 28.08.2026 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist censorship environmental rights excessive force harassment HRD prosecuted indigenous groups intimidation labour rights LGBTI minority groups negative court ruling protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment youth Read more
Hopes for a thaw recede amid renewed persecution of critical voices Published at 01.09.2026 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted HRD threatened intimidation negative court ruling political interference positive court ruling prevention of protest protest protestor(s) detained public vilification release of HRDs restrictive law torture/ill-treatment travel ban Read more
Australia: Protesters continue to be targeted as courts push back on anti-protest laws and baseless charges Published at 03.09.2026 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force harassment indigenous groups positive court ruling protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Pakistan: Activists targeted, Baloch human rights defenders convicted and repression of protest movement and reporting on Azad Jammu and Kashmir Published at 11.09.2026 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship criminal defamation enforced disappearance excessive force harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted internet restriction journalist detained killing of protestors minority groups protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law women Read more
Algeria: Long-established organisation sealed off, arrests of journalists and academics, activists sentenced on terrorism charges Published at 06.05.2026 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship CSO closure enforced disappearance HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained labour rights minority groups negative court ruling office raid place restrictions political interference protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained refusal of registration travel ban Read more
Les hausses du prix des carburants déclenchent des grèves et des manifestations meurtrières Published at 12.08.2026 Country Comoros Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force journalist detained killing of protestors labour rights protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained Read more
Le droit au secret des sources est préservé malgré les pressions ; des manifestants sont arrêtés Published at 12.01.2026 Country Comoros Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law journalist detained protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained Read more
Des étudiants sont arrêtés lors d’une manifestation et un journaliste non accrédité est interdit d’exercer Published at 10.11.2025 Country Comoros Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained youth Read more
Budget proposal sparks largest protests since the 1990s; government resigns following massive mobilisation Published at 01.03.2026 Country Bulgaria Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship intimidation political interference protest protestor(s) detained torture/ill-treatment youth Read more
Belarus releases Viasna human rights defenders in largest prisoner release to date Published at 31.03.2026 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure protestor(s) detained release of HRDs Read more
Mass protests over 13-hour workday law; New law restricts space for NGOs working with migrants Published at 01.03.2026 Country Greece Tags: attack on journalist HRD acquitted intimidation labour rights positive court ruling protest protestor(s) detained refugees and migrants restrictive law Read more
Authorities clamp down on Pro-Palestine and anti-Iran War protests Published at 10.07.2026 Country Israel Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD censorship excessive force HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation non state actors protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained refugees and migrants sexual assault torture/ill-treatment youth Read more
Une organisation historique est mise sous scellés, des journalistes et des universitaires sont arrêtés et des militants sont condamnés pour terrorisme Published at 06.05.2026 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship CSO closure enforced disappearance HRD acquitted HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained labour rights minority groups negative court ruling office raid place restrictions political interference protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained refusal of registration travel ban Read more
India: Thousands detained in crackdown on mass protests against electoral roll manipulation while activists and journalists are criminalised Published at 11.10.2026 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship environmental rights excessive force harassment HRD detained indigenous groups internet restriction journalist detained labour rights land rights prevention of protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law torture/ill-treatment youth Read more
Philippines: Activists face criminalisation and threats as police ill-treatment of protesters persists with impunity Published at 12.10.2026 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation environmental rights excessive force extractive industries harassment HRD detained indigenous groups intimidation labour rights land rights protest disruption protestor(s) detained torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Millions take part in general strike against proposed labour reforms; Neo-Nazi “target list” threatening activists and CSOs Published at 13.10.2026 Country Portugal Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law attack on journalist censorship environmental rights excessive force extractive industries HRD threatened intimidation labour rights LGBTI minority groups non state actors office raid private sector protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law Read more
Bill to dissolve “radical” associations criticised, excessive force at pro-Palestinian protests Published at 02.04.2026 Country Belgium Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist excessive force funding restriction intimidation labour rights prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification refugees and migrants women Read more
Switzerland’s surveillance apparatus significantly expands, Palantir loses SLAPP case against investigative media Published at 14.10.2026 Country Switzerland Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights excessive force positive court ruling prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained surveillance time,place restrictions women Read more
Pressure increases ahead of local elections; Journalists threatened, protesting farmers intimidated by security services Published at 20.04.2026 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD attack on journalist excessive force internet restriction intimidation political interference protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification women youth Read more
Anti-war party excluded from parliamentary elections; New law stripping rights from exiled critics Published at 14.10.2026 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law attack on HRD censorship funding restriction HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained LGBTI positive CS development prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law transnational repression Read more
