CAR: Foreign NGO worker arrested on spying charges; dozens of NGOs will close due to lack of funding; scathing reports by journalists and CSOs denied by authorities Published at 15.10.2024 Country Central African Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups public vilification CSO closure bureaucratic restriction Read more
Restrictions persist amidst Rwanda’s elections Published at 31.07.2024 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban political interference bureaucratic restriction Read more
Opposition coalitions, irreverent language against institutions and discussing the President's health are banned; Long list of arbitrary arrests of activists and journalists Published at 31.10.2024 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid intimidation harassment transnational repression attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force torture/ill-treatment political interference bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained surveillance Read more
Crackdown on Peaceful Assembly and Expression amidst Israel's bombardment in Palestine Published at 12.04.2024 Country Israel Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protest disruption women refugees and migrants intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD detained labour rights protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
A difficult and chaotic electoral process: press violations soar Published at 20.01.2024 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: place restrictions protest disruption attack on journalist prevention of protest bureaucratic restriction time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained Read more
DRC resumes executions; civic space restrictions of all sorts Published at 13.09.2024 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption office raid attack on HRD harassment attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling political interference bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Timor-Leste: Ban on solidarity protests on West Papua and arrest of activists Published at 08.11.2024 Country Timor-Leste Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained prevention of protest HRD threatened bureaucratic restriction Read more
Fiji: Police continue to block march on Palestine while university unions hold strike despite threats of pay dock Published at 12.11.2024 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: youth labour rights prevention of protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Peace activists threatened, harassed in social media campaign Published at 30.05.2024 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women attack on HRD CSO closure intimidation attack on journalist labour rights criminal defamation public vilification prevention of protest political interference bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained Read more
India: Death of human rights defender and continued repression of dissent highlights risks facing activists Published at 20.11.2024 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women minority groups intimidation harassment HRD detained labour rights bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Russia declares “international LGBTQI+ movement” as extremist Published at 20.12.2023 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI negative court ruling prevention of protest bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained Read more
Hong Kong: Jailing of 45 pro-democracy activists, Stand News editors and critics highlights climate of repression Published at 28.11.2024 Country Hong Kong Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law bureaucratic restriction HRD prosecuted Read more
Sri Lanka: Civic space restrictions and targeting of activists persist as new government takes power Published at 13.01.2025 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Human rights organisation REDHAC and others suspended by the authorities Published at 05.02.2025 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI attack on HRD CSO closure intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained labour rights prevention of protest bureaucratic restriction journalist detained Read more
Les autorités suspendent plusieurs groupes dont l'organisation de défense des droits humains REDHAC Published at 12.02.2025 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI attack on HRD CSO closure intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained labour rights prevention of protest bureaucratic restriction journalist detained Read more
Tajikistan's Crackdown on Dissent: Erosion of Rights and Civic Space Published at 17.02.2025 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women religious groups transnational repression HRD detained refusal of registration internet restriction restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
India: Indigenous movement banned, protests stifled while activists and journalists targeted Published at 01.03.2025 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling indigenous groups attack on HRD intimidation travel ban HRD detained HRD killing enforced disappearance killing of journalist extractive industries bureaucratic restriction censorship protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Bangladesh: UN report highlights repression by former government as journalists targeted and draft cybersecurity ordinance raises concerns Published at 03.03.2025 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD detained criminal defamation restrictive law bureaucratic restriction journalist detained Read more
Vanuatu: Government to develop policy to ban LGBTQIA+ advocacy as teachers strike continues Published at 03.03.2025 Country Vanuatu Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI labour rights bureaucratic restriction Read more
Laos: UN raises concerns on civic space restrictions for ethnic cultural groups and women activists Published at 03.03.2025 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: women surveillance minority groups bureaucratic restriction Read more
Deadly crackdown follows 2024 mass protests, surge in femicides sparks more protests Published at 06.03.2025 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained HRD killing excessive force public vilification enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship surveillance non state actors positive court ruling women religious groups release of HRDs attack on journalist protest protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted self censorship youth transnational repression Read more
