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Protests held in Cape Town over Israel's siege on Gaza
- Published at
- 30.12.2023
- Country
- South Africa
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- protest
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Two land and environmental defenders killed in less than a month
- Published at
- 28.12.2023
- Country
- Peru
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- non state actors
- environmental rights
- land rights
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Represión de manifestantes: por lo menos una víctima mortal y varias personas heridas
- Published at
- 22.12.2023
- Country
- Guatemala
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- women
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
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Despite challenges, progress in Austria as CSOs work closer together
- Published at
- 21.12.2023
- Country
- Austria
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- funding restriction
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- positive CS development
- protest
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- extractive industries
- political interference
- restrictive law
- enabling law
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
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Crackdown on the opposition, fight against “false” information and publication of “foreign agent” list
- Published at
- 20.12.2023
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- protest disruption
- journalist detained
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- refusal of registration
- protest
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Journalists sentenced for reporting on Mahsa Amini's death
- Published at
- 20.12.2023
- Country
- Iran
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- religious groups
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
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over 60 activists hit with new fabricated charges while COP28 was in progress
- Published at
- 18.12.2023
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- intimidation
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Universities become flashpoints for Israel-Palestine conflict protests
- Published at
- 15.12.2023
- Country
- United States of America
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- CSO closure
- minority groups
- intimidation
- religious groups
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- political interference
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- non state actors
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Bangladesh: Crackdown on the political opposition and activists continues ahead of elections
- Published at
- 14.12.2023
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- labour rights
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
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Civic space under siege amid escalating Israeli attacks
- Published at
- 13.12.2023
- Country
- Palestine
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- office raid
- CSO closure
- public vilification
- internet restriction
- killing of journalist
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- non state actors
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Authorities continue to use excessive force to break up peaceful protests
- Published at
- 05.12.2023
- Country
- Angola
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained