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Lieutenant Fouad Youssouf Ali sentenced to 10 years in prison for speaking out on corruption
- Published at
- 28.01.2022
- Country
- Djibouti
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
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Nicaragua: reports of torture and ill-treatment of political prisoners
- Published at
- 24.01.2022
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- torture/ill-treatment
- CSO closure
- harassment
- surveillance
- public vilification
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Repression persists as Vietnam jails human rights defender Pham Doan Trang and other activists
- Published at
- 21.01.2022
- Country
- Vietnam
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights
- women
- restrictive law
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
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Arrests and attacks on activists persist in Myanmar as civil society slams Hun Sen’s rogue diplomacy
- Published at
- 17.01.2022
- Country
- Myanmar
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
- protest
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- HRD prosecuted
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Las autoridades cubanas impiden las marchas prodemocracia
- Published at
- 28.12.2021
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
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Cuban authorities prevent pro-democracy marches
- Published at
- 17.12.2021
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- censorship
- harassment
- journalist detained
- attack on journalist
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- protestor(s) detained
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Nicaragua anuncia su decisión de retirarse de la OEA mientras continúan las detenciones arbitrarias
- Published at
- 13.12.2021
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- youth
- women
- harassment
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Threats and attacks against activists and journalists as Afghanistan faces a humanitarian crisis
- Published at
- 11.12.2021
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- protest disruption
- excessive force
- killing of journalist
- journalist detained
- HRD threatened
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Journalist killed in a targeted car bomb attack, WHRDs targeted and citizens executed
- Published at
- 09.12.2021
- Country
- Yemen
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD detained
- women
- killing of journalist
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Arbitrary detentions continue as Nicaragua announces decision to withdraw from OAS
- Published at
- 02.12.2021
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- youth
- women
- harassment
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Protesters call for release of political prisoners, imprisoned journalist appeals for support
- Published at
- 30.11.2021
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- torture/ill-treatment
- release of HRDs
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- protest