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Crackdown on the opposition, fight against “false” information and publication of “foreign agent” list
Published at
20.12.2023
Country
Kazakhstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- protest disruption
- journalist detained
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- refusal of registration
- protest
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted

Bangladesh: Crackdown on the political opposition and activists continues ahead of elections
Published at
14.12.2023
Country
Bangladesh
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- labour rights
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law

Authorities continue to use excessive force to break up peaceful protests
Published at
05.12.2023
Country
Angola
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained

New draft Law threatens freedom of association
Published at
02.12.2023
Country
Tunisia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted

Singapore: Authorities ban expression on Israel-Palestine conflict and use POFMA law to harass critics, block site
Published at
30.11.2023
Country
Singapore
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights

Crackdown on protesters: at least one person killed and several injured
Published at
24.11.2023
Country
Guatemala
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- women
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors

Repression against the Otomí community; NAFTA continues to put union rights under the microscope
Published at
16.11.2023
Country
Mexico
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- women
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- labour rights
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- environmental rights
- land rights

Security forces used excessive force against peaceful protesters
Published at
09.11.2023
Country
Mozambique
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- killing of protestors
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained

Niger: Les violations contre la liberté de la presse s’intensifient après le coup d’état militaire
Published at
09.11.2023
Country
Niger
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors

Deadly floods spark protests, authorities respond with restrictions
Published at
09.11.2023
Country
Libya
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship

Foreign agent style law advances; pressure on media and criminal proceedings against government critics continue
Published at
08.11.2023
Country
Kyrgyzstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- LGBTI
- intimidation
- harassment
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted