Kiribati: UN human rights chief raises concerns on reversal of commitment to ratify ICCPR and need for judicial independence Published at 28.01.2026 Country Kiribati Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI Read more
Kazakhstan: Pressure on media, LGBTQI+ “propaganda” law, and criminal cases against activists Published at 27.01.2026 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law attack on HRD censorship criminal defamation CSO closure environmental rights HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained LGBTI negative court ruling non state actors office raid prevention of protest private sector protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment transnational repression Read more
Allegations against activist spark fears of stigmatisation of civil society ahead of elections; Police intervention disrupts large farmers’ protest Published at 27.01.2026 Country Costa Rica Tags: attack on journalist indigenous groups intimidation labour rights land rights positive court ruling protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law violent protest women Read more
One year of Trump 2.0: Civic freedoms under pressure Published at 26.01.2026 Country United States of America Tags: access to info. law attack on journalist censorship CSO closure enabling law environmental rights excessive force funding restriction indigenous groups internet restriction intimidation journalist detained labour rights political interference positive CS development protest protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law surveillance torture/ill-treatment travel ban youth Read more
Singapore: Activist blocked from entering country while critics and news outlets targeted Published at 26.01.2026 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship harassment internet restriction positive court ruling restrictive law women Read more
UN experts and human rights organisations express concern over Venezuela after unlawful US military intervention and emergency declaration Published at 23.01.2026 Country Venezuela Tags: CSO closure enforced disappearance HRD detained HRD killing internet restriction intimidation journalist detained labour rights office raid political interference protest public vilification release of HRDs travel ban Read more
Papua New Guinea: Concerns around use of cybercrime law to criminalise expression, new social media policy and Starlink internet disruption Published at 22.01.2026 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment internet restriction restrictive law Read more
Nationwide protests met with deadly crackdown, mass killings Published at 21.01.2026 Country Iran Tags: censorship internet restriction killing of protestors protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained Read more
Bangladesh: Despite reforms, concerns remain on the use of anti-terror laws, attacks on the media, cultural spaces and crackdown on protests Published at 20.01.2026 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist criminal defamation enforced disappearance excessive force HRD killing HRD threatened intimidation journalist detained labour rights positive CS development protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law torture/ill-treatment violent protest youth Read more
Thinning media landscape in Liechtenstein Published at 19.01.2026 Country Liechtenstein Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction Read more
Thailand: Harassment and prosecution of activists and critics persist as elections loom Published at 15.01.2026 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation harassment HRD prosecuted intimidation journalist detained negative court ruling refugees and migrants restrictive law transnational repression women youth Read more
North Korea: New UN report highlights a decade of repression as new resolution passed at the UN General Assembly Published at 14.01.2026 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance internet restriction restrictive law surveillance Read more
