Bhutan: Restrictive funding requirements for civil society, defamation laws and detention of political prisoners Published at 23.01.2025 Country Bhutan Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law Read more
Brunei: UN Human Rights Council calls on government to repeal and review restrictive laws Published at 22.01.2025 Country Brunei Darussalam Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest Read more
Japan: Protests mobilised in Okinawa, against evictions of the homeless in Osaka and in support of Palestine Published at 20.01.2025 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: women labour rights excessive force protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Cambodia: Hun Manet government escalates its criminalisation of activists and critics to stifle dissent Published at 17.01.2025 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women transnational repression harassment attack on journalist HRD detained criminal defamation prevention of protest restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Malaysia: Government stifles expression, increases online controls and facilitates transnational repression Published at 15.01.2025 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI place restrictions women refugees and migrants intimidation harassment transnational repression HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation protest internet restriction restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights 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
Kiribati: Court hears appeal from Judge Lambourne as ruling party stays in power Published at 07.01.2025 Country Kiribati Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference Read more
Arrest of journalists and writer Published at 06.01.2025 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained restrictive law public vilification Read more
Philippines: Activists remain at risk of red-tagging, disappearances and fabricated terrorism charges Published at 06.01.2025 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women harassment positive CS development HRD detained travel ban labour rights enforced disappearance killing of journalist restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
South Korea: Short-lived martial law decree signal of civic space regression under President Yoon Published at 20.12.2024 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation excessive force protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Interdiction systématique des manifestations; harcèlement judiciaire des défenseurs des droits humains Published at 19.12.2024 Country Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: youth prevention of protest protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Crackdown on dissent over nuclear power plant, controversial media accreditation rules, and anti-‘’LGBTQI+ propaganda’’ measures Published at 19.12.2024 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction LGBTI protest disruption journalist detained intimidation transnational repression travel ban HRD detained refusal of registration criminal defamation protest public vilification prevention of protest restrictive law censorship access to info. law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
