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Civic freedoms continue to deteriorate in the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
- Published at
- 28.04.2022
- Country
- Russia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- internet restriction
- political interference
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened

WHRD Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe returns home after years of prolonged arbitrary detention
- Published at
- 28.04.2022
- Country
- Iran
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- internet restriction
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights

Cuba: prosecutions against protesters continue; more restrictions are proposed in Penal Code reform
- Published at
- 20.04.2022
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- harassment
- funding restriction
- protest
- women
- torture/ill-treatment
- negative court ruling
- restrictive law
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted

New laws impose stiffer restrictions on CSOs & media, journalist killed
- Published at
- 12.04.2022
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- harassment
- protest
- killing of journalist
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- protestor(s) detained

Activists and journalists in China face persecution during and after Winter Olympics
- Published at
- 11.04.2022
- Country
- China
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- surveillance
- women
- HRD prosecuted

New repressive measures after January 2022 events in Kazakhstan, ahead of presidential elections
- Published at
- 25.03.2022
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted

Ongoing harassment, prosecution of activists and journalists in Hong Kong to silence dissent
- Published at
- 23.03.2022
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- women
- harassment
- journalist detained
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- HRD prosecuted

Nicaragua: el héroe sandinista y preso político Hugo Torres muere bajo custodia policial
- Published at
- 22.03.2022
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- torture/ill-treatment
- CSO closure
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted

Political dissident from Laos finds refuge as ethnic Hmong indigenous people remain at risk
- Published at
- 18.03.2022
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- indigenous groups
- minority groups

Nicaragua: Sandinista hero and political prisoner Hugo Torres dies in police custody
- Published at
- 10.03.2022
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- torture/ill-treatment
- CSO closure
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted

Iraqi Kurdistan: Ongoing retaliation against anyone who criticises the governing authorities
- Published at
- 08.03.2022
- Country
- Iraq
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- protest