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Iranian authorities block Iran's most widely used messaging app
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- 16.07.2018
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- Iran
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New cybercrime law: an assault on freedom of expression
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- 17.07.2018
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- Egypt
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Scores of anti-war protesters prosecuted across Myanmar
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- 18.07.2018
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- Myanmar
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Blatant attempts to manipulate elections and assault civic freedoms, says Pakistani civil society
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- 23.07.2018
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- Pakistan
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Jailed human rights defender denied treatment
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- 23.07.2018
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- Burundi
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Protests violently dispersed, while conditions for journalists sharply deteriorate
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- 22.08.2018
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- Uganda
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Attacks on journalists continue, as new law threatens expression
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- 02.08.2018
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- Syria
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Libya: journalist abducted, tortured and murdered
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- 21.08.2018
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- Libya
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Human rights defenders at risk as war continues in Yemen
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- 01.08.2018
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- Yemen
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Protests against human rights violations mark Duterte’s two years in power
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- 31.07.2018
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- Philippines
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Excessive force used by Taiwan police against eviction protesters
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- 28.08.2018
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- Taiwan
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La Corte Penal Internacional abre una investigación por crímenes de lesa humanidad en Venezuela
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- 24.11.2021
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- Venezuela
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Photojournalist Shahidul Alam still in jail and a hundred charged, a month after student protests
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- 10.09.2018
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- Bangladesh
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UN and rights group findings show systematic repression of Muslims from the Xinjiang Uighur region
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- 14.09.2018
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- China
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Kyrgyzstan: Follow up on promises
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- 18.09.2018
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- Kyrgyzstan
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'They treat us inhumanely', said campesino leader Medardo Mairena from prison
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- 09.10.2018
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- Nicaragua
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Kabila not running for another term, but human rights concerns persist
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- 27.09.2018
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Issue of 2.6 million modern day slaves should be raised as part of diplomatic talks, says NGO
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- 03.10.2018
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- North Korea
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Authorities arrest HRDs, target family members and sentence journalists to lashings & imprisonment
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- 08.10.2018
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- Iran
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Despite commitment to reforms in Malaysia, fundamental freedoms still being restricted
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- 08.10.2018
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- Malaysia
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