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Des membres d’OSC condamnés pour enfeindre les lois contre l’homosexualité
- Published at
- 18.10.2023
- Country
- Burundi
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- HRD prosecuted
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Ireland ranks highly in freedom rankings but CSOs are concerned over LGBTQI+ and anti-immigrant incidents and surveillance laws
- Published at
- 18.10.2023
- Country
- Ireland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- refugees and migrants
- protest
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- access to info. law
- surveillance
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Gabon: General elections amid civic space violations, followed by military takeover
- Published at
- 17.10.2023
- Country
- Gabon
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- release of HRDs
- internet restriction
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Crackdown on Bedoon Rights Defenders unabating, Draft Law to restrict Freedom of Expression
- Published at
- 17.10.2023
- Country
- Kuwait
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- minority groups
- harassment
- HRD detained
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Papua New Guinea: Attack on media workers, flags taken down while mining company forced to talk to communities
- Published at
- 17.10.2023
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- environmental rights
- non state actors
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Vanuatu: Citizens holds protest against political instability while civil society submits information ahead of rights review
- Published at
- 17.10.2023
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- protest
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RDC : une manifestation fait une cinquantaine de morts ; arrestation et poursuites contre un journaliste de renom
- Published at
- 16.10.2023
- Country
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
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Protests and repression in Jujuy
- Published at
- 15.10.2023
- 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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Teachers’ protest continues despite government promises
- Published at
- 13.10.2023
- Country
- Suriname
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- labour rights
- protest
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Journalists face difficult civic space environment
- Published at
- 13.10.2023
- Country
- South Sudan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- positive CS development
- HRD threatened
- intimidation
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CSO members sentenced for LGBTQI+ related charges
- Published at
- 13.10.2023
- Country
- Burundi
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- HRD prosecuted