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Belize signs Escazú Agreement but delays its ratification
- Published at
- 23.02.2023
- Country
- Belize
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- environmental rights
- enabling law
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Journalist covering forgery case beaten in “shocking” attack
- Published at
- 22.02.2023
- Country
- Albania
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- environmental rights
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Climate activists charged for throwing paint at Senate building, facing possible prison sentences
- Published at
- 21.02.2023
- Country
- Italy
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- environmental rights
- attack on journalist
- HRD prosecuted
- criminal defamation
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Attempts to weaken the ability of CSOs to protect public interest & concerning cyber security law
- Published at
- 15.02.2023
- Country
- Romania
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- environmental rights
- CSO closure
- restrictive law
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Investigative journalist’s controversial conviction for drug trafficking overturned
- Published at
- 08.02.2023
- Country
- Montenegro
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- women
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
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Demonstration for asylum seeker rights, as the government fails to deal with refugee reception crisis
- Published at
- 07.02.2023
- Country
- Belgium
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- violent protest
- positive court ruling
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- journalist detained
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protestor(s) detained
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Anti-Racism CSO KISA continues to fight its dissolution, banks treat CSOs as ‘high-risk’
- Published at
- 01.02.2023
- Country
- Cyprus
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- refugees and migrants
- CSO closure
- harassment
- restrictive law
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Protests erupt after two recent cases of femicide
- Published at
- 01.02.2023
- Country
- Kosovo
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- people with disabilities
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
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Police raid climate activists’ homes over oil refinery protest
- Published at
- 31.01.2023
- Country
- Germany
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- office raid
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights
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Journalists continue to face threats and attacks
- Published at
- 31.01.2023
- Country
- North Macedonia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- censorship
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UN body raises concerns about laws restricting press freedom and stifling of protests while foreign journalists in Japan face threats
- Published at
- 30.01.2023
- Country
- Japan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- non state actors