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No real space for opposition activities in ‘’new Kazakhstan’’
- Published at
- 25.07.2023
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- refusal of registration
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Conviction of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko: dozens killed in protests and clashes
- Published at
- 20.07.2023
- Country
- Senegal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- place restrictions
- protest disruption
- time,
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Niger: Despite the amendment of the repression of cybercrimes law, HRDs continue to be arrested and prosecuted
- Published at
- 14.07.2023
- Country
- Niger
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
- intimidation
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New report highlights unrelenting and severe restrictions on human rights in Oman
- Published at
- 13.07.2023
- Country
- Oman
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- political interference
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Bloggers face retaliation for peaceful online activism
- Published at
- 13.07.2023
- Country
- Kuwait
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
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Philippines: A year into the Marcos Jr presidency, arbitrary arrests, surveillance, attacks on journalists and enforced disappearances persist
- Published at
- 13.07.2023
- Country
- Philippines
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- public vilification
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- surveillance
- private sector
- non state actors
- women
- indigenous groups
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- youth
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In Somalia and Somaliland, no reprieve is in sight for journalists
- Published at
- 07.07.2023
- Country
- Somalia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- religious groups
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- non state actors
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Sri Lanka: Despite UN calls to protect civic freedoms, government targets activists and critics and stifles dissent
- Published at
- 07.07.2023
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- labour rights
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
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DRC: Violent repression of opposition protest as Senate adopts law on the protection of human rights defenders
- Published at
- 03.07.2023
- Country
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- prevention of protest
- violent protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
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OSC EXPRESÓ SU PREOCUPACIÓN POR LAS CRECIENTES AMENAZAS CONTRA PERIODISTAS Y MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN
- Published at
- 03.07.2023
- Country
- Honduras
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD killing
- intimidation
- protest
- land rights
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AUMENTAN LOS ATAQUES CONTRA LAS PERSONAS DEFENSORAS DE LOS DD. HH.
- Published at
- 03.07.2023
- Country
- Guatemala
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD threatened