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Opposition under assault and news websites blocked ahead of Bangladeshi elections
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- 20.12.2018
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- Bangladesh
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Smear campaign against leading human rights group, as elections loom
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- 29.11.2018
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- Bangladesh
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- public vilification
- refugees and migrants
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Persistent suppression of critics in Bangladesh following elections
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- 09.04.2019
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- women
- excessive force
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Bangladesh authorities suppressing critics and restricting freedoms in refugee camps
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- 18.09.2019
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Authorities tighten surveillance of CSOs in the wake of terror attacks
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- 28.09.2016
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Tougher laws choke civil society independence in Bangladesh
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- 15.12.2016
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In Bangladesh: Protests undermined, opposition persecuted and HRDs harrassed
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- 13.06.2017
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- Bangladesh
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- prevention of protest
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- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- killing of journalist
- environmental rights
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Journalists attacked by thugs aligned with ruling party
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- 06.11.2017
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Passage of Digital Security Act could impose further restrictions on freedom of expression
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- 31.01.2018
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- Bangladesh
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Students protesters attacked as ruling party cracks down on dissent
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- 19.04.2018
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Student wing of ruling party attacking activists, academics and journalists with impunity
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- 02.08.2018
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- Bangladesh
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- prevention of protest
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- protestor(s) detained
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- protest disruption
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- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- public vilification
- enforced disappearance
- non state actors
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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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News site blocked while critics and journalists arrested or attacked with impunity in Bangladesh
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- 19.02.2020
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Journalists in Bangladesh face criminalisation amid the pandemic while critics are silenced
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- 19.06.2020
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Suppression of journalists and activists by Bangladesh ruling party and supporters intensifying
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- 09.09.2020
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- Bangladesh
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- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
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- youth
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
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Artists, journalists and activists targeted in Bangladesh while protesters threatened and attacked
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- 26.01.2021
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Press freedom under assault in Bangladesh while critics, protesters also silenced
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- 28.05.2021
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Journalists covering Bangladesh face criminalisation, vilification and false copyright claims
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- 01.09.2021
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- Bangladesh
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Despite sanctions, abuses against activists, journalists and protesters persist in Bangladesh
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- 02.03.2022
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Bangladesh authorities intensify persecution of rights group Odhikar, journalists, and critics
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- 10.08.2022
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- protest disruption
- CSO closure
- journalist detained