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Museveni signs controversial bill as crackdown on civic space continues
- Published at
- 23.01.2018
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- Uganda
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- Latest Developments
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- office raid
- killing of protestors
- women
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- prevention of protest
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New Year starts with criminalisation of protests and continued repression
- Published at
- 24.01.2018
- Country
- Venezuela
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- Latest Developments
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- women
- release of HRDs
- positive court ruling
- travel ban
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- excessive force
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
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Burundi: President silences critics and “illegally” taxes citizens in lead up to referendum
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- 22.02.2018
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- Burundi
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- Latest Developments
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- protestor(s) detained
- HRD detained
- political interference
- HRD prosecuted
- protest
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Uzbekistan: Some positive developments but critics and journalists still face reprisals
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- 20.12.2017
- Country
- Uzbekistan
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- Latest Developments
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- bureaucratic restriction
- HRD acquitted
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- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- protestor(s) detained
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Student activists ill-treated by security forces during protests
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- 31.01.2018
- Country
- Indonesia
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- Latest Developments
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- labour rights
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- criminal defamation
- protest
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- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- land rights
- attack on HRD
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Kazakhstan: Strikes, arrests and fears of new restrictions on fundamental freedoms
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- 31.01.2018
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- Kazakhstan
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- Latest Developments
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- CSO closure
- labour rights
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
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Changes to security laws likely to have chilling effect, UN warns
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- 04.05.2018
- Country
- Australia
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- minority groups
- protest
- extractive industries
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- funding restriction
- indigenous groups
- land rights
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Fundamental freedoms restricted in Honduras as socio-political crisis escalates
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- 21.12.2017
- Country
- Honduras
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- Latest Developments
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- protest disruption
- office raid
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- killing of protestors
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
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Citizens protest Supreme Court decision that allows Morales to run for fourth term in 2019
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- 03.01.2018
- Country
- Bolivia
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- Latest Developments
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- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- protest disruption
- harassment
- positive CS development
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State reportedly kept independent candidates off the ballot in municipal elections
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- 04.01.2018
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- protest disruption
- women
- prevention of protest
- journalist detained
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
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Small but determined number of protesters make noise on environmental issues
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- 11.01.2018
- Country
- Canada
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- positive court ruling
- funding restriction
- protest disruption
- labour rights
- protest
- extractive industries
- time,place restrictions
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
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Concerns over amendments to Georgia's laws on access to information and public broadcasting
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- 08.01.2018
- Country
- Georgia
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law
- LGBTI
- protest
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Government actions continue to drive people to the streets
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- 09.01.2018
- Country
- United States of America
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- Latest Developments
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- protestor(s) detained
- protest
- public vilification
- positive court ruling
- HRD acquitted
- protest disruption
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- time,place restrictions
- environmental rights
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Deadly crackdown on anti-government protests on New Years eve
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- 10.01.2018
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- Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Latest Developments
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- protest
- public vilification
- violent protest
- protest disruption
- attack on journalist
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- killing of protestors
- excessive force
- journalist detained
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Eritrean refugees take labour rights case to Canadian court
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- 23.01.2018
- Country
- Eritrea
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- Latest Developments
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- positive court ruling
- refugees and migrants
- labour rights
- protest
- excessive force
- extractive industries
- torture/ill-treatment
- protestor(s) detained
- private sector
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New penal code could threaten civic space in Oman
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- 02.02.2018
- Country
- Oman
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- HRD prosecuted
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- negative court ruling
- restrictive law
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Thousands protest over social ills in Iraqi Kurdistan, facing tear gas and live ammunition
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- 02.02.2018
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- Iraq
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- Latest Developments
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- office raid
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- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
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Local residents mobilised in protest over construction project in community
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- 06.02.2018
- Country
- Costa Rica
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- Latest Developments
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- excessive force
- private sector
- protestor(s) detained
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
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Thousands of Peruvians protest former President Fujimori's pardon
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- 16.01.2018
- Country
- Peru
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- attack on journalist
- protest
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Swaziland: State's heavy-handed suppression of civic space
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- 26.01.2018
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- Eswatini
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- excessive force
- protest
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained