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Reprisals against Hmong, religious freedom violations and search for Sombath continues
Published at
01.11.2021
Country
Laos
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- indigenous groups
- refugees and migrants
- religious groups
- minority groups
- protest

Severe disconnect between carefully curated international image & suppression of civil society
Published at
30.10.2021
Country
Saudi Arabia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- release of HRDs

Demonstrators protest alleged rigging of parliamentary elections
Published at
29.10.2021
Country
Russia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD detained
- CSO closure
- protest
- intimidation

CSOs expose hypocrisy of the UAE's attempts to project a positive self-image at the Dubai Expo
Published at
29.10.2021
Country
United Arab Emirates
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship

Students, youth, lead calls for democracy in Eswatini
Published at
29.10.2021
Country
Eswatini
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- excessive force
- protest
- censorship
- internet restriction
- political interference
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- youth

Journalists released, media outlet resumes online publication after suspension
Published at
29.10.2021
Country
Ethiopia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- journalist detained
- release of HRDs
- positive CS development

Increasingly Unstable Environment for Human Rights and Civic Freedoms as Iraqi Elections Take Place
Published at
29.10.2021
Country
Iraq
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- censorship
- release of HRDs
- attack on HRD
- attack on journalist
- religious groups
- protest
- intimidation
- negative court ruling
- harassment
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted

Peaceful march prohibited by Cuban authorities while its supporters face harassment
Published at
26.10.2021
Country
Cuba
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- HRD detained
- intimidation
- harassment
- surveillance
- public vilification
- release of HRDs
- prevention of protest
- HRD threatened

Nicaragua: continúa la persecución de líderes de la sociedad civil a dos meses de las elecciones
Published at
22.10.2021
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- youth
- women
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- surveillance
- non state actors
- land rights

Ongoing threats and attacks against civil society, media in Afghanistan while protests restricted
Published at
21.10.2021
Country
Afghanistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- harassment
- killing of journalist
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
- protest
- protest disruption
- HRD killing
- women
- attack on HRD
- CSO closure
- excessive force
- intimidation

Nicaragua: persecution of civil society leaders continues unabated two months ahead of elections
Published at
13.10.2021
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- youth
- women
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- surveillance
- non state actors
- land rights