Civil society activists among those killed in violence around elections Published at 01.11.2018 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD killing attack on HRD non state actors Read more
Controversial presidential elections: dozens killed in violence, clashes Published at 18.01.2021 Country Côte d'Ivoire Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force killing of protestors violent protest journalist detained non state actors Read more
Killing of activists and violence against social leaders and Garifuna members continue across Honduras Published at 30.09.2023 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women indigenous groups attack on HRD intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained HRD killing labour rights protest extractive industries HRD threatened HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Killing of activist amidst wave of violence in Chiapas Published at 18.11.2024 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD sexual assault intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force enforced disappearance killing of journalist violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
India: Crackdown on the opposition, divisive rhetoric and targeting of activists and critics persists around the elections Published at 29.05.2024 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women release of HRDs harassment travel ban HRD detained restrictive law journalist detained Read more
Journalists and civil society activists face kidnapping, detention and killing in Iraq Published at 17.05.2021 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction killing of protestors attack on HRD protest Read more
Presidential elections amid internet blackout; civil society activist and publisher arrested Published at 01.04.2021 Country Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction journalist detained bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted criminal defamation Read more
Flawed prosecution around killing of Mongolian pro-democracy activist Published at 10.10.2019 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI extractive industries intimidation harassment HRD threatened protest public vilification Read more
India: Activists and journalists continued to be targeted around elections despite UN Human Rights Committee scrutiny Published at 22.08.2024 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women intimidation attack on journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Civil society call for accountability for killing of leading Tongan LGBTIQ+ activist Published at 20.05.2021 Country Tonga Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI HRD killing Read more
Controversial presidential elections: at least 21 killed in post electoral protests and violence Published at 04.12.2020 Country Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force internet restriction killing of protestors violent protest HRD acquitted censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted time,place restrictions Read more
India: Modi government targets civil society groups and activists, suppresses protests and censors reporting as election draws near Published at 22.02.2024 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption office raid youth minority groups harassment surveillance attack on journalist excessive force extractive industries restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Laos: Increased surveillance around ASEAN meeting, Myanmar activists deported and no progress around disappearances Published at 26.09.2024 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance minority groups transnational repression Read more
HRD and media activist killed, government found culpable for killing of foreign correspondent Published at 18.02.2019 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling killing of journalist journalist detained HRD killing non state actors Read more
Tanzania’s Post-Election Crackdown: Widespread Violence, Arrests, and Suppression of Civic Freedoms Published at 24.11.2025 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship excessive force HRD detained HRD prosecuted internet restriction intimidation killing of protestors political interference protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained release of HRDs youth Read more
Civil society reports staggering number of attacks against activists in 2017, with 53 HRDs killed Published at 29.03.2018 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist women political interference restrictive law intimidation harassment censorship Read more
#FixTheCountry protests; two people killed in protest against the killing of a social activist Published at 04.08.2021 Country Ghana Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption youth attack on HRD attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest prevention of protest killing of protestors violent protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Civil society calls on authorities to address police inaction and hate speech around Delhi violence Published at 28.02.2020 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption religious groups minority groups harassment attack on journalist excessive force violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Philippines: Activists face red-tagging, arbitrary arrests and financing terrorism charges around mid-term elections Published at 24.07.2025 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption indigenous groups women harassment HRD detained HRD killing enforced disappearance restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Attacks on journalists reveal hostile environment around Bolivia's elections Published at 24.11.2025 Country Bolivia Tags: attack on HRD attack on journalist enabling law excessive force extractive industries HRD threatened indigenous groups intimidation labour rights protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained violent protest Read more
Elections to go ahead during Coronavirus pandemic; campaign warns voters ‘elections can kill’ Published at 14.04.2020 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment political interference labour rights restrictive law Read more
