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Journalist detained, charged with ‘interference with witnesses’
- Published at
- 10.10.2023
- Country
- Gambia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- protest
- journalist detained
- non state actors
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DRC: Over 50 killed in protest; renowned journalist arrested, prosecuted
- Published at
- 10.10.2023
- 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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Proposed anti-LGBTQI+ Law imposes harsher penalties
- Published at
- 10.10.2023
- Country
- Lebanon
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- harassment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
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Journalists and environmental HRDs face threats and attacks
- Published at
- 10.10.2023
- Country
- Uganda
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- CSO closure
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- environmental rights
- land rights
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Nicaragua: The government continues deepening its strategies to shut down civic space
- Published at
- 10.10.2023
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- religious groups
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- enforced disappearance
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Mongolia: UN raises concerns around investigation into environmental activist and need to amend human rights defenders law
- Published at
- 10.10.2023
- Country
- Mongolia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- women
- environmental rights
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Health care workers strike to improve working conditions
- Published at
- 09.10.2023
- Country
- Barbados
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- protest
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Indonesia: Crackdown on activists, expression and protests including in Papua as government seeks Human Rights Council membership
- Published at
- 06.10.2023
- Country
- Indonesia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- place restrictions
- indigenous groups
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- private sector
- land rights
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Vietnam: Criminalisation and ill-treatment of activists persists as government marks one year on the Human Rights Council
- Published at
- 05.10.2023
- Country
- Vietnam
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- attack on HRD
- minority groups
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
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Samoa: Political activist extradited from Australia to face charges
- Published at
- 04.10.2023
- Country
- Samoa
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
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Censorship takes front seat as authorities target government critics
- Published at
- 02.10.2023
- Country
- Tanzania
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- land rights