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Malaysia: Use of restrictive laws and harassment of protesters persist under new government despite reform commitments
- Published at
- 05.04.2023
- Country
- Malaysia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- protest
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- censorship
- environmental rights
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Media under attack during and after the presidential election
- Published at
- 31.03.2023
- Country
- Brazil
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- indigenous groups
- harassment
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- protest
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
- non state actors
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New legislative measures seek to expand civic freedoms
- Published at
- 30.03.2023
- Country
- Zambia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive CS development
- journalist detained
- release of HRDs
- enabling law
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El Salvador: detienen a cinco personas defensoras del medioambiente bajo falsas acusaciones
- Published at
- 28.03.2023
- Country
- El Salvador
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD detained
- protest
- public vilification
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
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Bhutan: New report highlights situation of several dozen political prisoners imprisoned for decades
- Published at
- 28.03.2023
- Country
- Bhutan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- minority groups
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Press freedoms continue to decline
- Published at
- 23.03.2023
- Country
- Poland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- women
- refugees and migrants
- religious groups
- harassment
- protest
- people with disabilities
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
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SLAPP lawsuits contribute to growing trend of pressure on critical voices
- Published at
- 23.03.2023
- Country
- Serbia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- protest
- political interference
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
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El Salvador: five environmental defenders arrested on trumped-up charges
- Published at
- 23.03.2023
- Country
- El Salvador
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD detained
- protest
- public vilification
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
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Ukraine: New UN report details violations of civil liberties in Russian-occupied territories
- Published at
- 21.03.2023
- Country
- Ukraine
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- religious groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- restrictive law
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Ongoing criminalisation of solidarity, ‘Predatorgate’ continues to unravel
- Published at
- 14.03.2023
- Country
- Greece
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- refugees and migrants
- minority groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- protestor(s) detained
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
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Civic space in decline: Restrictions on protests, attacks on migrant rights, & protesters behind bars
- Published at
- 13.03.2023
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- refugees and migrants
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights