Authorities continue to discriminate against women, arbitrarily detain children, shut down civic space, and pressure human rights defenders.
“The war in Gaza is unprecedented in its impact on journalists and demonstrates a major deterioration in global norms on protecting journalists in conflict zones.” – CPJ
“Governments perpetrated 160 total incidents of physical transnational repression across 34 countries in 2024, including assassinations, abductions, assaults, detentions, and unlawful deportations” – Freedom House