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Colombia: human rights defenders and local leaders impacted by violence in rural areas
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- 10.08.2022
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- Colombia
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- Latest Developments
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- minority groups
- protestor(s) detained
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- environmental rights
- youth
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- labour rights
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- indigenous groups
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Colombia: personas defensoras y líderes locales afectados por la violencia en las zonas rurales
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- 18.08.2022
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- Colombia
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- Latest Developments
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- women
- non state actors
- HRD killing
- minority groups
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- youth
- intimidation
- indigenous groups
- labour rights
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- LGBTI
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- environmental rights
- land rights
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Venezuela: Teachers protest for decent wages; killing and detention of HRDs
- Published at
- 25.08.2022
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- Venezuela
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- Latest Developments
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- self censorship
- indigenous groups
- non state actors
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- land rights
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Honduras: continúan los ataques contra los defensores de los derechos humanos garífunas
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- 28.11.2022
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- Honduras
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- Latest Developments
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- women
- attack on HRD
- minority groups
- HRD prosecuted
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- non state actors
- killing of journalist
- restrictive law
- HRD threatened
- land rights
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Honduras: HRDs criminalised while changes to protection system spark concern
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- 22.09.2022
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- Honduras
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- Latest Developments
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- indigenous groups
- minority groups
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- land rights
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Honduras: la criminalización de los DDH y los cambios en el sistema de protección generan preocupación
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- 27.09.2022
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- Honduras
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- Latest Developments
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- indigenous groups
- minority groups
- harassment
- protest
- political interference
- land rights
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Authorities continue to harass NagaWorld union strikers and criminalise activists and opposition members in Cambodia
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- 04.10.2022
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- Cambodia
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- Latest Developments
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- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- protest disruption
- women
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- excessive force
- sexual assault
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- land rights
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Worrying trends: Vilification of CSOs and killings of HRDs
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- 30.08.2022
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- South Africa
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- Latest Developments
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- land rights
- positive court ruling
- women
- refugees and migrants
- HRD killing
- public vilification
- extractive industries
- non state actors
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Bolivia: coca growers’ protests marked by violence and use of excessive force
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- 15.09.2022
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- Bolivia
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- Latest Developments
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- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- violent protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
- harassment
- land rights
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Mexico: attacks on environmental defenders on the rise
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- 02.11.2022
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- Mexico
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- Latest Developments
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- positive CS development
- protest
- violent protest
- enabling law
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- youth
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD killing
- enforced disappearance
- women
- indigenous groups
- refugees and migrants
- land rights
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Security laws being used to criminalise human rights defenders in Mongolia
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- 03.11.2022
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- Mongolia
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- Latest Developments
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- women
- private sector
- harassment
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights
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Indonesian authorities criminalise activists, violently suppress protests around Papua
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- 19.05.2022
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- Indonesia
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- Latest Developments
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- criminal defamation
- intimidation
- youth
- extractive industries
- protest disruption
- harassment
- women
- killing of protestors
- restrictive law
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights
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Guatemala: protests against corruption and rising cost of living
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- 01.10.2022
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- Guatemala
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- Latest Developments
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- positive court ruling
- indigenous groups
- protest
- land rights
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Civil society urges the UN to reject Vietnam’s bid for the Human Rights Council as it continues to arrest and jail activists
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- 21.09.2022
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- Vietnam
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- Latest Developments
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- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- protest
- women
- minority groups
- protest disruption
- travel ban
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights
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Peru: attacks on journalists as political polarisation remains prominent
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- 27.10.2022
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- Peru
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- women
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- HRD threatened
- HRD killing
- extractive industries
- indigenous groups
- journalist detained
- criminal defamation
- attack on journalist
- environmental rights
- restrictive law
- land rights
- protest disruption
- office raid
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Honduras: attacks on Garífuna human rights defenders continue
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- 22.11.2022
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- Honduras
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- Latest Developments
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- women
- attack on HRD
- minority groups
- HRD detained
- non state actors
- killing of journalist
- restrictive law
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights
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Paraguay: September marked by killings of a journalist and a campesino leader
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- 20.12.2022
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- Paraguay
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- Latest Developments
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- non state actors
- indigenous groups
- killing of journalist
- harassment
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- protest
- private sector
- land rights
- criminal defamation
- HRD killing
- prevention of protest
- negative court ruling
- positive court ruling
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Calls for accountability for disappeared activist Sombath Somphone, release of political prisoners as repression of civic space persists in Laos
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- 20.12.2022
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- Laos
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- Latest Developments
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- enforced disappearance
- censorship
- land rights
- harassment
- intimidation
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Brazil: anti-democratic demonstrations following presidential election
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- 21.12.2022
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- Brazil
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- internet restriction
- harassment
- HRD killing
- public vilification
- violent protest
- censorship
- non state actors
- political interference
- women
- indigenous groups
- environmental rights
- religious groups
- attack on journalist
- youth
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
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- protest
- land rights
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Argentina: economic crisis leads to recurrent protests
- Published at
- 30.12.2022
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- Argentina
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- restrictive law
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protestor(s) detained
- public vilification
- negative court ruling
- censorship
- surveillance
- labour rights
- non state actors
- positive court ruling
- environmental rights
- women
- indigenous groups
- protest
- land rights