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A year of Taliban rule leaves civic space decimated in Afghanistan
- Published at
- 08.09.2022
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- journalist detained
- restrictive law
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
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Nicaragua: cierre de OSC, radios comunitarias y un canal de televisión por cable
- Published at
- 02.09.2022
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- travel ban
- HRD prosecuted
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- women
- indigenous groups
- religious groups
- labour rights
- protest
- self censorship
- youth
- protest disruption
- office raid
- restrictive law
- CSO closure
- harassment
- journalist detained
- environmental rights
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Amid protests, censorship and persecution of Uyghurs and activists in China, Xi Jinping seeks third term
- Published at
- 01.09.2022
- Country
- China
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- censorship
- surveillance
- women
- minority groups
- negative court ruling
- protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Venezuela: Teachers protest for decent wages; killing and detention of HRDs
- Published at
- 25.08.2022
- Country
- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- indigenous groups
- non state actors
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- HRD killing
- environmental rights
- labour rights
- protest
- censorship
- land rights
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Nicaragua: closure of CSOs, community radio stations, and television cable channel
- Published at
- 23.08.2022
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- office raid
- censorship
- religious groups
- journalist detained
- environmental rights
- restrictive law
- harassment
- women
- labour rights
- travel ban
- HRD prosecuted
- indigenous groups
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- self censorship
- youth
- protest
- protest disruption
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Reports and monitoring missions document extreme repression and violence against activists
- Published at
- 18.08.2022
- Country
- Iraq
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest disruption
- protest
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
- attack on HRD
- release of HRDs
- censorship
- harassment
- positive CS development
- HRD killing
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Ongoing attacks on freedom of expression spark international concern
- Published at
- 17.08.2022
- Country
- Yemen
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- killing of journalist
- HRD prosecuted
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Cuba: todavía se sienten las repercusiones de las manifestaciones multitudinarias de julio de 2021
- Published at
- 16.08.2022
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- people with disabilities
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Bangladesh authorities intensify persecution of rights group Odhikar, journalists, and critics
- Published at
- 10.08.2022
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- youth
- protest disruption
- CSO closure
- journalist detained
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CSOs report new wave of oppression against human rights defenders and civil society
- Published at
- 08.08.2022
- Country
- Iran
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
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Cuba: Repercussions of July 2021 mass protests still felt
- Published at
- 08.08.2022
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- youth
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- people with disabilities