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Local government in Bosnia looks to criminalise “fake news” with high fines for media and CSOs
Published at
07.06.2023
Country
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protest
- people with disabilities
Samoa: Minister intimidates journalist while criminal defamation law used against government critics
Published at
07.06.2023
Country
Samoa
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- intimidation
State continues to repress civil society
Published at
06.06.2023
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- protest disruption
- labour rights
- protest
231 acts of repression documented in April alone
Published at
06.06.2023
Country
Cuba
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- HRD detained
- women
Arson attack on the premises of a radio station
Published at
06.06.2023
Country
Argentina
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- women
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
Portugal: Climate Change Protests and HRD Faces Charges
Published at
06.06.2023
Country
Portugal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- protest
- criminal defamation
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Protest against the "pushback law"
Published at
06.06.2023
Country
Lithuania
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- refugees and migrants
- positive CS development
- protest
- restrictive law
Bolivia: 725 ataques contra el espacio cívico en 2022
Published at
05.06.2023
Country
Bolivia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- protest
Nepal: Authorities continue to target journalists, stifle protests and seek to increase surveillance powers
Published at
05.06.2023
Country
Nepal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- violent protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
UN experts, CSOs raise alarm about harsh prison conditions after blogger’s death
Published at
03.06.2023
Country
Belarus
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Turkmenistan: UN human rights body issues important findings as the authorities continue to reign in dissent
Published at
02.06.2023
Country
Turkmenistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained