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Nepal: Civic freedoms at risk with Tik Tok ban, social media directive and targeting of journalists and protesters
- Published at
- 02.02.2024
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- time,place restrictions
- protestor(s) detained
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Nepal: Environmental defenders at risk, journalists targeted and concerns around the new cyber security policy
- Published at
- 29.09.2023
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- environmental rights
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Nepal: Authorities continue to target journalists, stifle protests and seek to increase surveillance powers
- Published at
- 05.06.2023
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- violent protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
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Police disrupt protest in Dhangadhi while attacks on press freedom persist in Nepal
- Published at
- 31.12.2022
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- censorship
- excessive force
- protest
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Arrests, excessive force around protests in Nepal while journalists remain at risk
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- 05.09.2022
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- killing of protestors
- journalist detained
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
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Excessive force used against protesters while journalists at risk in Nepal
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- 16.03.2022
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
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Arbitrary arrest of activists, excessive use of force and targeting of journalists in Nepal
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- 28.10.2021
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- killing of protestors
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- minority groups
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- protest disruption
- women
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Critics and media face harassment amid political and COVID-19 crisis in Nepal
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- 16.06.2021
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- harassment
- restrictive law
- HRD detained
- protest
- journalist detained
- criminal defamation
- protestor(s) detained
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Protests disrupted by police, met with excessive force in Nepal as UN reviews its rights record
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- 05.02.2021
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
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Despite re-election to Human Rights Council, civic space concerns persist in Nepal
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- 21.10.2020
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- torture/ill-treatment
- minority groups
- restrictive law
- killing of journalist
- attack on journalist
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Protests in Nepal around COVID-19 met with excessive force while journalists face attacks
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- 03.07.2020
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- restrictive law
- protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained