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Nauru: Lack of transparency around new asylum seekers detained on island
- Published at
- 26.10.2023
- Country
- Nauru
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- refugees and migrants
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HRD killed, CSOs villified, protests documented
- Published at
- 20.10.2023
- Country
- South Africa
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- killing of protestors
- censorship
- environmental rights
- land rights
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Anti-Government protests erupt over new Finance Act
- Published at
- 20.10.2023
- Country
- Kenya
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- killing of protestors
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
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Papua New Guinea: Attack on media workers, flags taken down while mining company forced to talk to communities
- Published at
- 17.10.2023
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- environmental rights
- non state actors
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Journalist detained, charged with ‘interference with witnesses’
- Published at
- 10.10.2023
- Country
- Gambia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- protest
- journalist detained
- non state actors
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Proposed anti-LGBTQI+ Law imposes harsher penalties
- Published at
- 10.10.2023
- Country
- Lebanon
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- harassment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
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Indonesia: Crackdown on activists, expression and protests including in Papua as government seeks Human Rights Council membership
- Published at
- 06.10.2023
- Country
- Indonesia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- place restrictions
- indigenous groups
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- private sector
- land rights
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Republika Srpska moves forward with “foreign agents law” despite public outcry
- Published at
- 30.09.2023
- Country
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- restrictive law
- women
- criminal defamation
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Nepal: Environmental defenders at risk, journalists targeted and concerns around the new cyber security policy
- Published at
- 29.09.2023
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- environmental rights
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El Salvador's state of emergency regime is cracking down on human rights defenders and the media
- Published at
- 22.09.2023
- Country
- El Salvador
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- restrictive law
- non state actors
- land rights
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Authorities use the criminal justice system to harass journalists and activists
- Published at
- 18.09.2023
- Country
- Lebanon
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted