Scores of individuals including activists have been charged or convicted for royal defamation (lèse-majesté) and given harsh sentences for their speeches and social posts critical of the monarchy.
Cases of detention or the enforcement of sentences related to social media posts or opinions expressed online were recorded, alongside a case concerning press freedom and the prevention of a public ...
On 24th July 2026, FairSquare and Human Rights Watch sent a joint letter to the Greater Manchester mayoral candidates on their concerns about human rights abuses in the UAE. The letter noted the ...
On 26th June, Lebanon, Israel, and the United States signed a U.S.-mediated framework agreement in Washington aimed at advancing a phased process toward ending hostilities and restoring stability ...
According to the report - “Swept Under the Rug”: Systemic Failures to End Torture in the People’s Republic of China - by the ...
Aleppo-based #journalists call for a protest to demand clarity on the fate of journalists Mahmoud Al-Khatib and Murad Mahalli ...
Prosecutors have accused Wong, 29, of working with the exiled Hong Kong activist Nathan Law to urge foreign powers to impose ...
Separately, on 27th June 2026, security forces in Marib detained journalist Hamoud Haza while he was covering a public event. He was held incommunicado and released two days later, only after he ...
Environmental defenders Ssembalirwa Aniwaly, Mugoya Hassan, Okanya Ivan and Ariong Arone Patrick, members of a youth-led ...
The activists - Yim Leanghy, Ly Chandaravuth, Phuon Keoraksmey, Thun Ratha, and Long Kunthea - were convicted by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in July 2024 and sentenced to between six and eight ...
Despite increasing restrictions on civil society organisations and political parties, civic and political mobilisation has continued. A number of political and civil society actors have formed ...