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Persiste la represión de OSC a pesar del escrutinio internacional de la CIDH y la ONU
- Published at
- 21.03.2024
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- religious groups
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- HRD prosecuted
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Vanuatu: Referendum on political parties law called as people demand political and legal reforms
- Published at
- 21.03.2024
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest
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Thailand: Activists criminalised including in the Deep South while Move Forward party faces disbandment
- Published at
- 20.03.2024
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- women
- minority groups
- transnational repression
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Qatari authorities continue to target prominent HRD Abdullah Al-Maliki
- Published at
- 15.03.2024
- Country
- Qatar
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- intimidation
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Philippines: Harassment and criminalisation of activists persist despite concerns raised by UN rights experts
- Published at
- 14.03.2024
- Country
- Philippines
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- killing of journalist
- HRD prosecuted
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Mongolia: Editor arrested for her criticism of the courts and activists criminalised
- Published at
- 13.03.2024
- Country
- Mongolia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- office raid
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
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Papua New Guinea: Cybercrime law used to criminalise expression while concerns remain around proposed media law
- Published at
- 12.03.2024
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- harassment
- excessive force
- protest
- criminal defamation
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Sri Lanka: Authorities continue to stifle protests, harass activists and push repressive laws
- Published at
- 07.03.2024
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
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Israel's bombardment of Palestine erodes civic freedoms for Palestinians
- Published at
- 05.03.2024
- Country
- Palestine
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- minority groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- killing of journalist
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained
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Despite international scrutiny at the IACHR and UN, crackdown on CSOs persists
- Published at
- 05.03.2024
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- religious groups
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- HRD prosecuted
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Tonga: Parliamentarian suspended from parliament while LGBTQI+ community still lacks protection
- Published at
- 04.03.2024
- Country
- Tonga
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- bureaucratic restriction