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Cuba: Government authorities crack down on activists and journalists during the G77+China Summit
- Published at
- 25.10.2023
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
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Afghanistan: Continued raids on and detention of activists, journalists, and crackdown on peaceful protests
- Published at
- 25.10.2023
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- self censorship
- protest disruption
- women
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
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Civic space violations continue in Senegal: protesters killed, HRD and journalists judicially harassed
- Published at
- 24.10.2023
- 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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Cambodia: Criminalisation of activists and the opposition continues following sham elections and transfer of political power
- Published at
- 23.10.2023
- Country
- Cambodia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- attack on HRD
- harassment
- travel ban
- negative court ruling
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights
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Bangladesh: Government continues targeting activists and criminalising opposition members ahead of UN human rights review
- Published at
- 23.10.2023
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Venezuela continues to crack down on civic space freedoms
- Published at
- 20.10.2023
- Country
- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- funding restriction
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
- political interference
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
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Protestas y represión en Jujuy
- Published at
- 20.10.2023
- Country
- Argentina
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Journalists punished for reporting on corruption & governance
- Published at
- 20.10.2023
- Country
- Somaliland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- journalist detained
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
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Journalists arrested, detained
- Published at
- 20.10.2023
- Country
- Somalia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- censorship
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HRD killed, CSOs villified, protests documented
- Published at
- 20.10.2023
- Country
- South Africa
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- killing of protestors
- censorship
- environmental rights
- land rights
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Anti-Government protests erupt over new Finance Act
- Published at
- 20.10.2023
- Country
- Kenya
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- killing of protestors
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained