CIVICUS Monitor

Daily updates on the state of civic freedoms around the world. #Civicspace ratings powered by 20+ research partners & inputs from @CIVICUSalliance members.

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🔎New Watchlist looks at deterioration of rights in:

🇮🇳Broad legal measures to jail activists
🇧🇫Military dismantles NGOs & political parties
🇧🇭Sweeping crackdown on dissent
🇬🇪Jail & heavy fines for protesters
🇪🇨Govt extends & expands emergency powers

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To mark 🔟 years of the CIVICUS Monitor, we've compiled a timeline of case studies showing how our research and ratings have been used:

✅ Governments respond
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✅ Researchers build on the evidence
✅ Activists use it to press for change

The research platform is powered by a global network of research partners. These 40+ stories show the impact of that collective effort:

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🇺🇸#USA: Civic freedoms are being chipped away piece by piece by the Trump administration. Students face deportation for their views, activists face surveillance, and civil society groups face sanctions.

A recent court ruling offers one rare victory amid the storm. Our latest country update amid #Midterms2026 elections: https://t.co/l1zxTp647k

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🇵🇰#Pakistan: The state of #civicspace remains 'repressed'. Over the last two months, two #humanrights lawyers were re-arrested.

There were restrictions and repression ahead of a major opposition #protest and a wave of arrests following emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

#Journalists faced tightened checks, new restrictions on TV coverage, internet disruption and PECA cases

More here: https://t.co/MfSP10u72c

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🇦🇺#Australia: Over the last two months, six #protesters were banned from protests around a defence conference in Western Australia. Protesters mobilising over the environment and climate policy have also been arrested.
More here: https://t.co/FUTOpAZ1EW

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🇦🇫#Afghanistan: The state of #civicspace remains 'closed'.

In the last two months, there was the detention of #activists and closure of a #university, school and cultural centre. Media outlets faced closures, #journalists were arrested, and cultural #artists and critics were targeted.

More here: https://t.co/G2c7T24O5V

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🇱🇰#SriLanka: The state of #civicspace remains 'repressed'. In recent months, reports have highlighted surveillance, intimidation and harassment of #activists and #journalists.

A new draft of the counterterrorism bill retains abusive powers while there are concerns around the NGO regulation bill. There were also reports of disruption of #protests and removal of memorials in the North.

More here: https://t.co/F5HPCmUzqP

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🇷🇺 #Russia: The only anti-war party was excluded from parliamentary elections, exiled critics face new restrictions, and civil society groups continue to be targeted under "extremism" laws.

Our latest country update: https://t.co/zQkyV8D3RG

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🇹🇷 #Turkey: A sweeping crackdown on #LGBTQI+ groups has triggered mass detentions, raids and online censorship.

Meanwhile, journalists continue to face prosecution and authorities are tightening pressure on opposition voices.

Our latest country update: https://t.co/rQW6wuqB2T

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🇻🇳#Vietnam: The state of #civicspace remains 'closed'.

In recent months, the government abducted #humanrights activists - Nguyen Duc Thuan and Tran Hiep - from Cambodia.

Critics have been targeted and there are concerns over increasing controls of the media and online #censorship. Police have also tried to silence residents from criticising development protests.

More here: https://t.co/qlLSh5yRYS

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Indonesia’s civic space is shrinking - nowhere more so than in #WestPapua. @CIVICUS brief: https://t.co/6u0mH7sIAK

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🇳🇵#Nepal: More than one year after the mass #protests that brought down the government, there has been lack of accountability for violations committed by the authorities.

#Journalists continue to be targeted for their reporting, with arrests, raids, harassment and attacks while critics remain at risk.

More here: https://t.co/OAFdR24dXO

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🇮🇩#Indonesia: Two years since President Prabowo Subianto came to power, the situation of #civicspace is regressing

Our new brief highlights the targeting of #humanrights defenders and #journalists, the vilification of activists, the crackdown on protests and online dissent and the repression in #Papua

Full brief here: https://t.co/1qUkem0BiJ

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🇮🇳#India: Over the last week, the authorities have attempted to block and restrict mass #protests against electoral roll manipulation. Transport services to Delhi were cancelled or suspended.

Thousands of #protesters including #student and #youth activists and the opposition were arbitrarily detained by security forces and ill-treated. Internet shutdowns were imposed and #journalists targeted.

This is why the country is on our #civicspace Watchlist

Our new update: https://t.co/uZ5KkVduPi

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The map tells a story: governments that reserve the right to execute their citizens tend to also severally restrict their civic freedoms.

A look at civic space ratings for countries that have the #deathpenalty

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🇰🇭#Cambodia: The state of #civicspace remains 'repressed'. In recent months, the government has criminalised #activists and abducted two foreign activists and transferred them to Vietnam.

#Opposition members are being targeted ahead of commune elections in 2027. Scores of individuals have been criminalised for their social media posts while #journalists remain at risk.

More here: https://t.co/cBAcFvNf8Q

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🇨🇳#China: The state of #civicspace remains 'closed'. In recent months, #activists and #artists have been arrested or convicted.

There have also been reports of #torture and ill-treatment of activists in detention.

#Censors barred reporting and social media posts linked to the flash flood in #Tibet as surveillance persists, including for foreigners.

More here: https://t.co/AMzU3WMAcw

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🇹🇭#Thailand: The state of #civicspace remain 'repressed'.

In recent months, #humanrights defenders have faced threats, attacks or have been criminalised for their peaceful expression and activism.

More here: https://t.co/vWNDV7fvzz

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A global alliance of civil society organizations says civic space in the Philippines remains “repressed,” with no marked improvement under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

READ: https://t.co/bimoP9C3JM

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🇵🇭#Philippines: Our new brief highlights the government's continued failure to implement its #humanrights obligations on civic freedoms.

Human rights defenders have been red-tagged and arrested on baseless charges. #Activists have been harassed both off and online, creating a climate of fear. Peaceful #protests have been suppressed with excessive force. #Journalists remain at risk and there has been a lack of accountability.

Read more here: https://t.co/9W2Ha5okPg