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Activists and journalists in China face persecution during and after Winter Olympics
- Published at
- 11.04.2022
- Country
- China
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- surveillance
- women
- HRD prosecuted
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New repressive measures after January 2022 events in Kazakhstan, ahead of presidential elections
- Published at
- 25.03.2022
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- self censorship
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Venezuela: estigmatización y censura de los medios de comunicación a principios de 2022
- Published at
- 24.03.2022
- Country
- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- non state actors
- protest
- intimidation
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Ongoing harassment, prosecution of activists and journalists in Hong Kong to silence dissent
- Published at
- 23.03.2022
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- women
- harassment
- journalist detained
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- HRD prosecuted
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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
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Venezuela: stigmatisation and censorship of media in early 2022
- Published at
- 18.03.2022
- Country
- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- censorship
- attack on journalist
- non state actors
- protest
- intimidation
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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
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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
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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
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North Korean citizens punished severely for using mobile phones and watching foreign films
- Published at
- 07.03.2022
- Country
- North Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
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Mass anti-war protests, censorship, as population denounces Ukraine invasion
- Published at
- 02.03.2022
- Country
- Russia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- self censorship
- protest disruption
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted