Environmental Defenders
A page on themes in our human rights coverage, part of our politics reporting, alongside the 8 reports filed on it so far.
Turkey detains six human rights defenders ahead of NATO
Six members of Turkey's Human Rights Association remain in detention and face trial in September and October 2026.
Togo rights lawyer's office raided, data
Unidentified individuals broke into the office of Togolese human rights lawyer Assiom K. Bokodjin in May 2026, stealing computers containing...
Human Rights Watch warns of criminalization
Human Rights Watch warns that governments are increasingly criminalizing environmental defenders and calls for stronger protections, citing violence...
SOS-Defenders 2025 report details censorship
A new report documents 60 arbitrary detentions of human rights defenders across 14 countries in 2025, with journalists most targeted.
Mali: Four Human Rights Defenders and Journalists Sentenced Amid Shrinking Civic Space
On August 17, 2026, Mali's Court of Appeal sentenced Mohamed Youssouf Bathily and Sidibé Rokia Doumbia to ten years in prison for association of...
Apple Places Spyware Alerts on Lock Screen in 2023
Apple began showing spyware warnings on the Lock Screen and Settings in September 2023, a move that makes alerts harder to miss. The alerts indicate...
Ecuador: Sanctions Against Yasuní Defenders Highlight Deterioration of Civic Space
Three years after a referendum to protect Yasuní National Park, Ecuadorian authorities have yet to implement the results, while defenders face...
Taliban Forcibly Disappears Six Human Rights Workers in Afghanistan
Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have forcibly disappeared six staff members of the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF) since July...