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Increasing internet censorship and ongoing persecution of dissenting voices, despite some releases
- Published at
- 30.12.2022
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- internet restriction
- release of HRDs
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- restrictive law
- HRD threatened
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International community turns a blind eye as Saudi Arabia increases oppression of HRDs and civil society
- Published at
- 30.12.2022
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- HRD prosecuted
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UAE civil society fears crackdown ahead of COP28
- Published at
- 30.12.2022
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- release of HRDs
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Prominent human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja convicted on new charges
- Published at
- 30.12.2022
- Country
- Bahrain
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
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New Law on Foreign Agents could undermine civil society work
- Published at
- 30.12.2022
- Country
- Russia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
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Bangladeshi government brutally cracks down on opposition rallies as well as journalists and dissidents
- Published at
- 22.12.2022
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- excessive force
- public vilification
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
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Nicaragua menosprecia los mecanismos internacionales de derechos humanos
- Published at
- 20.12.2022
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- CSO closure
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
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Calls for accountability for disappeared activist Sombath Somphone, release of political prisoners as repression of civic space persists in Laos
- Published at
- 20.12.2022
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- censorship
- land rights
- harassment
- intimidation
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Las autoridades cubanas acosan a periodistas y militantes para obligarlos a abandonar su labor
- Published at
- 15.12.2022
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- public vilification
- internet restriction
- self censorship
- LGBTI
- restrictive law
- harassment
- travel ban
- protest
- HRD threatened
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Repression continues with new wave of protests
- Published at
- 15.12.2022
- Country
- Iran
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- protest disruption
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Harassment and criminalisation of activists and journalists in Hong Kong continues unabated
- Published at
- 13.12.2022
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted