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CIVICUS Monitor Speaks to Lebanese Center for Human Rights
- Published at
- 30.07.2018
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- Lebanon
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- HRD detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
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La Corte Penal Internacional abre una investigación por crímenes de lesa humanidad en Venezuela
- Published at
- 24.11.2021
- Country
- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- access to info. law
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From regulation to restriction: Tunisia's new law a threat to flourishing civil society
- Published at
- 06.09.2018
- Country
- Tunisia
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- restrictive law
- funding restriction
- women
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
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Thousands participate in the Women's march, while LGBTIQ group loses observer status with the ACHPR
- Published at
- 04.09.2018
- Country
- South Africa
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- extractive industries
- violent protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- surveillance
- labour rights
- protest
- non state actors
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Civil Society Shines A Light on Embattled Civic Space
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- 17.09.2018
- Country
- Sudan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- excessive force
- bureaucratic restriction
- travel ban
- restrictive law
- HRD detained
- violent protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD threatened
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Civic space suffers amid ongoing conflict in Tripoli
- Published at
- 26.09.2018
- Country
- Libya
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- protest
- censorship
- internet restriction
- refugees and migrants
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Civic Space in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2018
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- 02.10.2018
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- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- prevention of protest
- self censorship
- positive CS development
- funding restriction
- protest disruption
- minority groups
- HRD detained
- LGBTI
- bureaucratic restriction
- excessive force
- women
- release of HRDs
- time,place restrictions
- criminal defamation
- attack on journalist
- public vilification
- labour rights
- refugees and migrants
- protest
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained
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Bahrain's candidature to the HRC criticized in the wake of deteriorating human rights record
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- 04.10.2018
- Country
- Bahrain
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- HRD detained
- bureaucratic restriction
- intimidation
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Authorities arrest HRDs, target family members and sentence journalists to lashings & imprisonment
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- 08.10.2018
- Country
- Iran
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
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- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Journalists face legal and administrative challenges
- Published at
- 07.01.2020
- Country
- Belarus
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- enabling law
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
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Tightening the screws on dissent: N1 under attack
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- 10.02.2020
- Country
- Serbia
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- intimidation
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- HRD detained
- public vilification
- office raid
- political interference
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Activists disappeared or arrested in Pakistan while media faces restrictions and threats
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- 08.01.2020
- Country
- Pakistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- bureaucratic restriction
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- censorship
- enforced disappearance
- protestor(s) detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- HRD prosecuted
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Government tightens reins on civic freedoms during the last year
- Published at
- 14.01.2020
- Country
- Tanzania
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- attack on HRD
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- travel ban
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD threatened
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Investigative journalist sentenced to 18 months in prison
- Published at
- 30.01.2020
- Country
- Benin
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- negative court ruling
- bureaucratic restriction
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Journaliste d’investigation condamné à 18 mois de prison
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- 03.02.2020
- Country
- Benin
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- journalist detained
- negative court ruling
- bureaucratic restriction
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Smear campaign against green activists, anti-protest laws and media restrictions in Australia
- Published at
- 04.02.2020
- Country
- Australia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- environmental rights
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
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Activists criminalised and continuous delegitimisation of press in Brazil
- Published at
- 07.01.2020
- Country
- Brazil
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- office raid
- HRD prosecuted
- minority groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- public vilification
- political interference
- positive court ruling
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- environmental rights
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Evacuation of citizens from Wuhan sparks panic protests
- Published at
- 10.03.2020
- Country
- Ukraine
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
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Unprecedented executive action and rhetoric harm press freedom in the U.S.
- Published at
- 18.03.2020
- Country
- United States of America
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- enabling law
- harassment
- public vilification
- bureaucratic restriction
- surveillance
- non state actors
- journalist detained
- women
- indigenous groups
- protestor(s) detained
- refugees and migrants
- positive CS development
- environmental rights
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Media outlets face pressure as state innovates to silence criticism
- Published at
- 20.04.2020
- Country
- Serbia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- political interference
- self censorship
- LGBTI
- funding restriction
- surveillance
- bureaucratic restriction
- attack on journalist
- censorship
- protest
- protestor(s) detained