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Cuba: las autoridades reprimen a activistas y periodistas durante la cumbre del G77+China
Published at
02.11.2023
Country
Cuba
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained

One month after the start of the Azerbaijani offensive, 20 arrested so far for speaking out against Nagorno-Karabakh war
Published at
30.10.2023
Country
Azerbaijan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- excessive force
- labour rights
- protest
- internet restriction
- extractive industries
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted

China: Government elected to UN Human Rights Council as it prosecutes and jails human rights defenders and journalists
Published at
30.10.2023
Country
China
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- minority groups
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted

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

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

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

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

EU accused of illegally funding Azerbaijani civil society, opposition condemns torture of activists
Published at
06.10.2023
Country
Azerbaijan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- sexual assault
- religious groups
- public vilification

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

Ethiopian Police Crack Down on Opposition Leaders and Protesters
Published at
29.09.2023
Country
Ethiopia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- journalist detained

Tajikistan: Suppressing critical voices
Published at
26.09.2023
Country
Tajikistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- public vilification
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted