🚀 New global #PeoplePower2025 report shows civic freedoms are under attack globally. A record number of countries are now rated as ‘Repressed’ and ‘Closed.’ See country ratings & data on top violations 🔴🟡🟢: https://t.co/Oazab4F3pQ

@iPrav33n @SingerHanaa @FNJNepal @DigitalRightsNP @NepalNHRC @EUAmbNepal @amnestynepal @tndahal7 @ForumFreedom @humanrightsasia @CEMIRIDE_KE @DefendDefenders @UN_HRC #Australia's human rights record was reviewed today at #UPR51. Our joint submission highlights concerns related to freedom of peaceful assembly - anti-protest laws, excessive use of force during protests, harassment of activists & press freedom: https://t.co/8x0XRzYgig

🇸🇬#Singapore: The state of #civicspace remain 'repressed'. In recent months the government has denied entry to an #activist, blocked a news outlet & targeted a comedian under the #POFMA law and questioned a filmmaker More here: https://t.co/HcGxwYyge4

Mass detention was a defining trend of 2025 in the Asia‑Pacific, with protesters and activists jailed across at least 18 countries. In too many countries, states are treating peaceful assembly as a crime 🔴🟡🟢: https://t.co/525vPEtFk5

Thousands of demonstrators braved bitter cold to march through the streets of Minneapolis, demanding an end to Trump's immigration crackdown in their city, part of a wider 'ICE OUT!' show of defiance that organizers billed as a general strike https://t.co/RZcIvvy5GP

#HongKong: Today marks the 41st birthday for human rights defender Chow Hang-Tung who has been in detention over the last 4 years for her pro-democracy work. We stand in solidarity with her and call for her immediate release #StandAsMyWitness

Instead of a warning sign has authoritarianism become the status quo in the Americas? A look at how civic freedoms continue to decline in the region, including a number of notable downgrades in our latest ratings report 🔴🟡🟢 https://t.co/rsNXQ93J8A

Uganda's military chief said on Friday that authorities had detained 2,000 opposition supporters, killed 30 and were hunting for more following a disputed presidential election in which his father Yoweri Museveni, won a seventh term.

🇵🇬#PapuaNewGuinea: The state of #civicspace is rated as 'obstructed' In recent months there have been concerns in #PNG around the use of cybercrime law to criminalise expression, the new #socialmedia policy and Starlink internet disruption More here: https://t.co/sVuYapuAf5

Civic space is the oxygen of democracy. When it is open, we live free, ideas flourish, and human rights are protected. When it’s closed, injustice suffocates our societies. Find out how our world is faring in our global report: https://t.co/Oazab4F3pQ

Thousands demonstrated in Zurich against US President Donald Trump and the World Economic Forum as meetings got underway in Davos. Local police said some damage was caused to property and water cannon and tear gas were used to disperse the protesters https://t.co/vB6AvQJCCN

🚨 @Amnesty International & @HRW’s initial research findings on recent protest crackdowns in Iran: • Security forces (IRGC & FARAJA) used rifles, shotguns with metal pellets, water cannons, tear gas, and beatings against mainly peaceful protestors • At least 28 people,

🇧🇩#Bangladesh: Despite reforms, concerns remain on the use of anti-terror laws against the #opposition & critics, mob attacks on the #media, cultural spaces and crackdown on #protests Our new #civicspace update: https://t.co/Eub45SDwAS

🇺🇳The 51st Session of the Universal Periodic Review working group (#UPR51) is underway. Over the next 2 weeks, human rights records of 13 countries will be reviewed. Ahead of the review, we submitted reports on #Nepal, #Australia and #Rwanda: 📰 https://t.co/8x0XRzYgig

🇺🇸#USA: Marking one year of the #Trump administration, we’ve compiled 40+ case studies of the administration's attacks on civic freedoms and the rule of law. The country was downgraded in our latest ratings report in December: https://t.co/HEmW3zZ9lD

🇹🇭#Thailand: Ahead of #elections, the authorities have continued to prosecute #activists & critics for royal #defamation while #humanrights defenders face harassment and intimidation Our latest #civicspace update: https://t.co/O9njsRlukU

🇮🇳#India: The state of #civicspace remains rated as 'repressed'. In recent months, #protesters were targeted, #activists criminalised & systematically denied #bail. There were internet shutdowns & social media accounts were blocked. New update here: https://t.co/SLsHLuE6By

Demonstrations take place in London, Paris, Berlin and Istanbul in support of protests in Iran. 🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/MsD4X42rup

🧵🇸🇪#Sweden: Swedbank halts loans to fossil fuel companies after sustained civil society pressure (#PeoplePower2025): https://t.co/viV7LKLmfV

Protests across Iran are growing as thousands of people voice anger at the dire state of the country’s economy. Ahead of more planned protests, monitors say there is a near total internet blackout. Al Jazeera’s Tohid Asadi reports from Tehran.

Minneapolis was on edge Thursday after an ICE officer fatally shot a woman during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown, prompting protests and public outrage.