Taiwan is the only country in Asia with open civic space according to the People Power Under Attack report released Dec. 4 in Bangkok, spotlighting the nation’s status as a regional beacon of freedom and democracy.

Published by South Africa-headquartered nongovernmental organization CIVICUS, the report divides countries and territories into five groups—from best to worst: open, narrowed, obstructed, repressed and closed—based on a definition of civic space as having the freedoms of association, peaceful assembly and expression....