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Vietnamese activists face imprisonment, attacks and arbitrary prison transfers
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- 05.09.2018
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- Vietnam
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- Latest Developments
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- HRD prosecuted
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- environmental rights
- internet restriction
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- HRD detained
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- journalist detained
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- women
- protestor(s) detained
- religious groups
- positive CS development
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Civil society raises alarm over incidents of intimidation of environmental rights defenders
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- 23.03.2018
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- Peru
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- Latest Developments
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- environmental rights
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- labour rights
- excessive force
- killing of protestors
- non state actors
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Government official oversteps mandate threatening to fire reporters with state broadcaster
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- 24.05.2018
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- Austria
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- positive court ruling
- public vilification
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- funding restriction
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- censorship
- environmental rights
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Civil society outlawed in practice by Nicaragua’s authorities
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- 05.07.2022
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- Nicaragua
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- Latest Developments
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- environmental rights
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Attacks against journalists continue
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- 09.12.2021
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- Bosnia & Herzegovina
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- Latest Developments
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- harassment
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- environmental rights
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Civil society to UN: "HRDs are victims of murder, stigmatization, assault, impunity"
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- 01.06.2018
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- Honduras
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- Latest Developments
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- women
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- excessive force
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- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
- environmental rights
- land rights
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Community and labour union leaders harassed and intimidated
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- 03.04.2018
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- Honduras
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- Latest Developments
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- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- labour rights
- excessive force
- extractive industries
- private sector
- environmental rights
- non state actors
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Immigration and impending elections lead to protests in Bulgaria
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- 27.04.2017
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- Bulgaria
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- Latest Developments
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- protest
- positive court ruling
- refugees and migrants
- religious groups
- environmental rights
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Two indigenous and land rights activists killed in Rio Grande do Sul and Pará
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- 27.04.2017
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- Brazil
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Chilean environmental rights defender receives death threat
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- 18.05.2017
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- Chile
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- Latest Developments
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- protest
- attack on HRD
- excessive force
- environmental rights
- HRD threatened
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Kyrgyz president slams HRDs' efforts
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- 03.07.2017
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- Kyrgyzstan
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- Latest Developments
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- HRD threatened
- environmental rights
- protest disruption
- harassment
- travel ban
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- surveillance
- minority groups
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
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Latvian civil society's concerns grow over closing space
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- 10.04.2018
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- Latvia
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- Latest Developments
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- LGBTI
- refugees and migrants
- political interference
- intimidation
- environmental rights
- public vilification
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Environmental and land rights defenders threatened and sued
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- 01.08.2017
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- Nicaragua
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- Latest Developments
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- women
- excessive force
- protest
- environmental rights
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- private sector
- land rights
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Pipeline protestors met with force by Italian police
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- 24.07.2017
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- Italy
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- Latest Developments
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- protest disruption
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- criminal defamation
- access to info. law
- non state actors
- environmental rights
- land rights
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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
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- time,place restrictions
- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
- religious groups
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- killing of journalist
- environmental rights
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HRDs at risk protecting environmental, indigenous and women's rights
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- 15.06.2017
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- Guatemala
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- HRD detained
- HRD acquitted
- excessive force
- environmental rights
- sexual assault
- positive court ruling
- women
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- killing of protestors
- land rights
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Police use excessive force to quell protest in Duraz - 5 killed, hundreds arrested
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- 16.06.2017
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- Bahrain
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- Latest Developments
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- torture/ill-treatment
- women
- sexual assault
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD threatened
- killing of protestors
- negative court ruling
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- protest disruption
- censorship
- bureaucratic restriction
- attack on HRD
- environmental rights
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#IAmMyOwnGuardian activists detained and harassed for defending women's rights
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- 19.06.2017
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- women
- religious groups
- protestor(s) detained
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- travel ban
- negative court ruling
- internet restriction
- environmental rights
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Spirit of candlelight revolution continues as Moon Jae-in takes power
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- 26.06.2017
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- South Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- protest disruption
- negative court ruling
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Police fire tear gas at peaceful demonstrators, including persons with disabilities
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- 29.06.2017
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- Peru
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- environmental rights
- land rights
- excessive force
- protest
- extractive industries
- enabling law