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China: Government elected to UN Human Rights Council as it prosecutes and jails human rights defenders and journalists
- Published at
- 30.10.2023
- Country
- China
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- minority groups
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
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General elections: use of excessive force against opposition gathering; journalists attacked
- Published at
- 30.10.2023
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- non state actors
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Cameroon: Newspaper The Post banned
- Published at
- 30.10.2023
- Country
- Cameroon
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- intimidation
- protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
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India: Raids on journalists and activists escalate while those reporting on Manipur and Kashmir are silenced
- Published at
- 30.10.2023
- Country
- India
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- women
- minority groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- extractive industries
- political interference
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights
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Les violations de l’espace civique se poursuivent: des manifestants tués, des journalistes et des défenseurs des droits de l’homme harcelés par la justice
- Published at
- 29.10.2023
- Country
- Senegal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Concerns about rule of law in France as protests met with brutality
- Published at
- 28.10.2023
- Country
- France
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- CSO closure
- minority groups
- intimidation
- religious groups
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
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Climate activists’ homes raided, communications monitored; Pro-Palestinian protests repressed
- Published at
- 28.10.2023
- Country
- Germany
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- office raid
- surveillance
- excessive force
- protest
- extractive industries
- violent protest
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
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Costa Rica: Activists call for end to police abuse; steps towards the first national anti-hate strategy
- Published at
- 27.10.2023
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- positive CS development
- excessive force
- protestor(s) detained
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Increase in threats to journalists
- Published at
- 27.10.2023
- Country
- Colombia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- self censorship
- women
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD killing
- protest
- censorship
- non state actors
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Security forces fired tear gas at an opposition protest
- Published at
- 27.10.2023
- Country
- Madagascar
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- time,place restrictions
- excessive force
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Les militaires prennent le pouvoir après les élections générales dans un context marqué par les violations de l’espace civique
- Published at
- 26.10.2023
- Country
- Gabon
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- release of HRDs
- internet restriction