Category: Free speech
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The Misuse of Counter-Terrorism Laws Against Protest in the United Kingdom
United Nations human rights experts have warned that the United Kingdom’s decision to designate the protest group Palestine Action as
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Iran Human Rights Violations
Since 28 December 2025, people in Iran, long outraged at decades of political repression and economic hardship, have poured into
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Vietnam Tightens Grip on Dissent Ahead of Communist Party Congress
As Vietnam approaches its Communist Party Congress, the country’s political trajectory is once again intertwined with a tightening grip on
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The “Conspiracy Case” in Tunisia and the Silencing of the Opposition
On 27 November 2025, a Tunis Appeal Court sentenced 34 defendants in the politically motivated “Conspiracy Case” to prison terms
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Arrests and Repression During Indonesia’s August–September 2025 Protests
A group of Indonesian activists, Delpedro Marhaen Rismansyah, Muzaffar Salim, Khariq Anhar, Syahdan Hussein, Wawan Hermawan, Saiful Amin, Shelfin Bima
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Activist shot while livestreaming; held without adequate care
Activist Serrote José de Oliveira was shot in the leg on 28 July by armed men who witnesses believe were
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Trump’s record of human rights abuses
It has been less than a year since Trump’s second term as the US president, yet his record of human
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Arrest of Council of Europe Youth Delegate Enes Hocaoğulları
Enes Hocaoğulları was elected as a youth delegate to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of
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Digital Repression in Belarus through ‘Anti-Extremism’ Laws
Belarus’s anti-extremism and anti-terrorism laws have become key tools for institutionalised political and digital repression. Vaguely worded provisions and administrative
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Kurdish Journalist Nedim Türfent is targeted by the Turkish Government, again
Nedim Türfent, a journalist and a poet who focuses on human-rights abuses Kurdish people face in Türkiye, is being charged