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Indonesia: Government continues to jail Papuan activists, criminalise dissent and target journalists
Published at
28.06.2023
Country
Indonesia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- criminal defamation
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights

Papua New Guinea: Multiple protests against government actions and increasing restrictions on the press
Published at
20.06.2023
Country
Papua New Guinea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- indigenous groups
- protest
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- land rights

Protests at Tbilisi airport as direct flights from Russia resumed
Published at
15.06.2023
Country
Georgia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- travel ban
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
- public vilification

Journalist shot and killed in Paraguay
Published at
13.06.2023
Country
Paraguay
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest
- killing of journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights

Nauru: Refugees sew lips closed to protest conditions on island as press freedom restrictions remain
Published at
13.06.2023
Country
Nauru
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- refugees and migrants
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction

Local government in Bosnia looks to criminalise “fake news” with high fines for media and CSOs
Published at
07.06.2023
Country
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protest
- people with disabilities

Bolivia: 725 ataques contra el espacio cívico en 2022
Published at
05.06.2023
Country
Bolivia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- protest

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

New clashes against police and environmental activists in Šodroš
Published at
27.05.2023
Country
Serbia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- protest
- public vilification
- political interference
- private sector
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights

725 documented attacks on civic space in Bolivia in 2022
Published at
24.05.2023
Country
Bolivia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- protest

Ban on political street rallies ahead of Sierra Leone’s presidential, legislative and municipal elections
Published at
23.05.2023
Country
Sierra Leone
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- place restrictions
- time,
- attack on journalist
- censorship
- non state actors