Revised Nationality Law Raises Rights Concerns Amid Ongoing Prosecutions Published at 30.10.2026 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted minority groups negative court ruling Read more
New Cyber Crime law enacted, writer charged and sentenced Published at 30.10.2026 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD prosecuted restrictive law Read more
Activists and civil society face targeted attacks Published at 30.10.2026 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist censorship criminal defamation environmental rights harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained non state actors office raid positive court ruling protest protestor(s) detained release of HRDs 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
Financial cuts and political scrutiny target civil society; Restrictions on Palestine solidarity Published at 29.10.2026 Country Austria Tags: access to info. law attack on journalist CSO closure excessive force funding restriction intimidation journalist detained negative court ruling non state actors office raid political interference positive court ruling positive CS development prevention of protest protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification surveillance Read more
New right-wing government dismantles NGO Fund under urgent procedure, voters reject abolishing public broadcaster’s licence fee in referendum vote Published at 29.10.2026 Country Slovenia Tags: access to info. law attack on journalist funding restriction intimidation labour rights LGBTI political interference positive CS development protest public vilification 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
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
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
Indonesia: Activists continue to be targeted, censorship around forest fires and disruption of activism in Papua Published at 28.10.2026 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD censorship environmental rights excessive force harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted internet restriction intimidation minority groups negative court ruling protest disruption protestor(s) detained youth Read more
Criminal defamation cases raise concerns over freedom of expression; Saamaka communities mobilise against gold mining amid concerns over collective land rights Published at 27.10.2026 Country Suriname Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law criminal defamation enabling law environmental rights extractive industries HRD threatened indigenous groups intimidation positive CS development restrictive law Read more
Politicised government scrutiny engulfs activists, civil society organisations, and journalists in administrative, immigration, and criminal proceedings Published at 27.10.2026 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law attack on journalist excessive force funding restriction HRD prosecuted indigenous groups intimidation journalist detained labour rights LGBTI negative court ruling office raid positive court ruling positive CS development protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law surveillance Read more
