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Bangladesh: Crackdown on the opposition and critical journalists escalates as elections loom
- Published at
- 14.06.2023
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
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Cuba: 231 actos represivos solo abril
- Published at
- 12.06.2023
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- HRD detained
- women
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El Estado continua su represión de la sociedad civil
- Published at
- 12.06.2023
- Country
- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- protest disruption
- labour rights
- protest
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State continues to repress civil society
- Published at
- 06.06.2023
- Country
- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- protest disruption
- labour rights
- protest
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231 acts of repression documented in April alone
- Published at
- 06.06.2023
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- HRD detained
- women
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UN experts, CSOs raise alarm about harsh prison conditions after blogger’s death
- Published at
- 03.06.2023
- Country
- Belarus
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Turkmenistan: UN human rights body issues important findings as the authorities continue to reign in dissent
- Published at
- 02.06.2023
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
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Lachin corridor blockade ended, seven arrested at protests against trans women’s detention
- Published at
- 01.06.2023
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- protest
- extractive industries
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
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Authorities target, harass, detain HRDs
- Published at
- 31.05.2023
- Country
- Djibouti
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD detained
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
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Crackdown on human rights defenders continues in Nicaragua
- Published at
- 30.05.2023
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- CSO closure
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Afghanistan: Activists, academics and journalists continue to be targeted as UN talks sideline women’s voices
- Published at
- 25.05.2023
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained