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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

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

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

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

Iran cracks down on dissent on first anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in custody
- Published at
- 26.09.2023
- Country
- Iran
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- CSO closure
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification

Myanmar: Despite arrests, torture and failure of ASEAN, activists continue to mobilise against the junta
- Published at
- 19.09.2023
- Country
- Myanmar
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- women
- youth
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- labour rights
- enforced disappearance
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted

Laos: Human rights defender shot at while activists in exile face arrest and attacks
- Published at
- 18.09.2023
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- HRD detained
- attack on HRD