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Government uses the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to curtail civic freedoms
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- 19.06.2020
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- Slovenia
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- environmental rights
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Three reporters killed in Mexico, showing increasingly more dangerous environment for journalists
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- 03.12.2020
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- Mexico
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- Latest Developments
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- funding restriction
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- women
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- sexual assault
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- journalist detained
- labour rights
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Draft law seeks to reduce funding to CSOs; PM attacks CSOs during pandemic
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- 11.08.2020
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- Czech Republic
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- Latest Developments
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- political interference
- protest
- restrictive law
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Civil dialogue continues, but no concrete support from government
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- 12.08.2020
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- Latvia
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- Latest Developments
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Nicaragua: ley sobre agentes extranjeros aumentará el control del gobierno sobre la sociedad civil
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- 06.10.2020
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- Nicaragua
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- torture/ill-treatment
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Attempts to ban CSOs; activists and journalists come under attack
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- 26.06.2020
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- Serbia
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Laws on Foreign Agents and Cybercrimes restrict civic space further in Nicaragua
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- 16.12.2020
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- Nicaragua
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- Latest Developments
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- positive CS development
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- internet restriction
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- LGBTI
- funding restriction
- women
- youth
- intimidation
- censorship
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Proposed Foreign Agents Law would expand government control over civil society in Nicaragua
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- 28.09.2020
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- Nicaragua
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- Latest Developments
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Media NGOs condemn state's obstruction of journalists
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- 11.10.2020
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- Moldova
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- Latest Developments
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Asesinato de tres reporteros apunta a un contexto cada vez más peligroso para los periodistas
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- 15.12.2020
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- Mexico
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- labour rights
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- violent protest
- enabling law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
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#KilltheBill protests continue amid police violence; Extinction Rebellion co-founder arrested
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- 21.05.2021
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- United Kingdom
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- protest
- public vilification
- people with disabilities
- extractive industries
- positive court ruling
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La loi controversée de « sécurité globale » scelle la création d'un état de surveillance généralisée
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- 21.05.2021
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- France
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Government continues its attack on CSOs
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- 04.02.2021
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- Slovenia
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- environmental rights
- positive CS development
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Russia: Thousands arrested, fined, charged in nationwide pro-opposition protests
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- 10.02.2021
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- Russia
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- torture/ill-treatment
- excessive force
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- protest
- internet restriction
- political interference
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Restrictions in response to the exercise of fundamental freedoms continue
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- 22.02.2021
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- Egypt
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- Latest Developments
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- women
- release of HRDs
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
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- restrictive law
- funding restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained
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Authorities embark on coordinated reprisals against CSOs, HRDs following mass 2020 protests
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- 17.03.2021
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- Belarus
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- protestor(s) detained
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Orbán’s government targets LGBTI rights amid the pandemic and bans protests
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- 06.04.2021
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- Hungary
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- bureaucratic restriction
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- non state actors
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CSOs call for protection of the right to peaceful assembly during the pandemic
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- 30.04.2021
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- Ireland
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- Latest Developments
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- labour rights
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- protest
- violent protest
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Amendments to Law on Charitable Associations and CSOs seek to restrict civic space further
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- 15.04.2021
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- Palestine
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- Latest Developments
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- restrictive law
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- attack on journalist
- funding restriction
- bureaucratic restriction
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Venezuela cracks down on civil society operation and funding
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- 27.05.2021
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- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- funding restriction
- office raid
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- protest
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained