Land defenders arrested following protests against logging in British Columbia; Coalition calls for accountability over targeting of Muslim-led organisations Published at 01.04.2026 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law bureaucratic restriction environmental rights labour rights LGBTI positive CS development protest protestor(s) detained restrictive law Read more
Definition of “foreign grants” radically expanded, press freedom continues to deteriorate Published at 31.03.2026 Country Georgia Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights funding restriction intimidation labour rights political interference protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained public vilification restrictive law Read more
Wave of arrests following failed coup attempt Published at 31.03.2026 Country Benin Tags: attack on journalist censorship HRD detained journalist detained negative court ruling positive court ruling Read more
Samoa: Press freedom at risk with ban on newspaper and draft media guidelines Published at 31.03.2026 Country Samoa Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction criminal defamation Read more
Anti-whaling activists convicted and fined Published at 30.03.2026 Country Iceland Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling protest Read more
Amid persisting repression, power rift prompts guarded hopes for a thaw Published at 30.03.2026 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship funding restriction HRD acquitted intimidation journalist detained LGBTI negative court ruling place restrictions prevention of protest protestor(s) detained public vilification release of HRDs restrictive law self censorship torture/ill-treatment transnational repression travel ban women Read more
Vietnam: Persecution of activists and critics continued in the lead up to the sham National Assembly elections Published at 30.03.2026 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted journalist detained land rights negative court ruling public vilification religious groups restrictive law surveillance transnational repression women Read more
La police réprime les manifestations étudiantes avec violence ; plusieurs journalistes arrêtés et poursuivis ; le Conseil des ministres adopte une loi draconienne anti-LGBTQI+ Published at 27.03.2026 Country Senegal Tags: attack on journalist censorship excessive force journalist detained killing of protestors LGBTI negative court ruling prevention of protest protest protest disruption restrictive law violent protest youth Read more
Sri Lanka: Concerns around crackdown on the media, harassment and criminalisation of activists, and new anti-terrorism bill Published at 27.03.2026 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD threatened journalist detained positive CS development protest protestor(s) detained restrictive law women youth Read more
Afghanistan: New Criminal Procedure Code will intensify repression as activists and journalists continue to be targeted Published at 24.03.2026 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained journalist detained protest restrictive law torture/ill-treatment women Read more
South Korea: Civil society raises concerns about anti-fake news provisions, facial recognition and other civic space restrictions Published at 20.03.2026 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction labour rights protestor(s) detained restrictive law Read more
Vanuatu: Teachers end strike after 18 months while hospital workers resolve dispute on allowance Published at 19.03.2026 Country Vanuatu Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights Read more
