Published records
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States with records
Brighter means more published records, not worse conditions. A state with no records is a state nothing has been recorded about yet.
21 of 37 states and territories have no published record yet. Most source reports are written at national level and name no state, so an empty state means nothing has been recorded there — not that nothing has happened there.
Published incidents
103
all categories, verified and published
States with records
16 of 37
includes the Federal Capital Territory
2026-Q3 records
12
Down 25% against the preceding quarter
Most recorded
Arrests & Detention
36 published records
The running total of everything published, quarter by quarter.
Counts reflect where records were gathered, not where conditions are worst.
45 of 103 records come from reports written at national level and name no state, so they are not counted here.
Every record links to the report it is based on. This is the mix of who published those reports.
Organisations whose reporting the record draws on most.
National read-out
Across 103 published incidents, Arrests and Detention is the most frequently recorded category, appearing in 36 verified records.
2026-Q3 currently holds 12 published records against 16 in the preceding quarter.
Arrests & Detention accounts for 35% of all published records.
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AlertPhoto: Vanguard8 Sept 2026 · 5 min read
The Foreign Aid (Regulation, Transparency and Disclosure) Bill passed second reading in the Senate on 22 July 2026. It would create a commission empowered to register, audit, sanction and suspend foreign grants and donor funds.
AnalysisPhoto: Columbia Global Freedom of Expression29 Jun 2026 · 6 min read
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ReportPhoto: CIVICUS Monitor29 May 2026 · 7 min read
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StatementPhoto: Broadcast Media Africa22 Jun 2026 · 4 min read
The Court of Appeal rejected the National Broadcasting Commission's appeal on 17 June 2026, leaving in place the order restraining it from imposing fines on broadcast stations.
