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CSOs raise more concerns ahead of COP28
- Published at
- 01.12.2023
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- environmental rights
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Expression continues to decline with ongoing threats, attacks and internet restrictions
- Published at
- 01.12.2023
- Country
- Yemen
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- protest
- internet restriction
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
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Atleast 4 killed in protests amid ethnic tensions
- Published at
- 01.12.2023
- Country
- Iraq
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- killing of protestors
- excessive force
- environmental rights
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Bangladesh: Government continues targeting activists and criminalising opposition members ahead of UN human rights review
- Published at
- 23.10.2023
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Venezuela continues to crack down on civic space freedoms
- Published at
- 20.10.2023
- Country
- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- funding restriction
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
- political interference
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
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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