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Crackdown on civil society continues: UN office ordered to leave, major NGO ceases operations
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- 28.01.2019
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- Burundi
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- Latest Developments
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LA RÉPRESSION DE LA SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE SE POURSUIT : LE BUREAU DES NATIONS UNIES EST EXPULSÉ
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- 29.01.2019
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- Burundi
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Women on front line of peaceful protests bear the brunt of violent crackdown amid state of emergency
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- 20.03.2019
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- Sudan
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- women
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- HRD detained
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Activists, lawyers and critics continue to face harassment and defamation charges in Thailand
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- 29.11.2019
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- Thailand
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Abelino Chub Caal released amid increasing attacks against HRDs
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- 07.05.2019
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- Guatemala
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Kuwait fails to implement UPR recommendations, HRDs defending Bedoon rights systematically targeted
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- 15.10.2019
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- Kuwait
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Uzbekistan: Reforming or Redecorating?
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- 25.10.2019
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- Uzbekistan
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Academics arrested, journalists silenced and blanket bans on LGBTI protests
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- 03.07.2019
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- Turkey
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Civil society under greater threat as draconian law comes into force
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- 05.06.2017
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- Egypt
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- funding restriction
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- HRD acquitted
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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
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- Latest Developments
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Burmese civil society fights back against restrictions on freedom of expression
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- 22.06.2017
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- Myanmar
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Litany of abuses continues, even under Expo-2017 spotlight
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- 01.08.2017
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- Kazakhstan
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Several activists released but human rights situation remains worrisome
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- 16.08.2017
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- Belarus
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Madagascar: "Almost if not all environmentalists are under threat"
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- 13.10.2017
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- Madagascar
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- extractive industries
- political interference
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- criminal defamation
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- time,place restrictions
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
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Deepening humanitarian crisis now coined a "catastrophe"
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- 30.10.2017
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- Myanmar
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- women
- refugees and migrants
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UN appoints group of experts to investigate human rights violations in Yemen
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- 14.11.2017
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- Yemen
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Military takeover: civil society calls for peaceful, inclusive political transition
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- 17.11.2017
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- Zimbabwe
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Uzbekistan: Some positive developments but critics and journalists still face reprisals
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- 20.12.2017
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- Uzbekistan
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- Latest Developments
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- bureaucratic restriction
- HRD acquitted
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- journalist detained
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- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- protestor(s) detained
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Impunity for attacks on journalists draws international scrutiny
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- 20.12.2017
- Country
- Mexico
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Protest over 2018 budget law: CSO banned and activists arrested
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- 03.01.2018
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- Niger
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- Latest Developments
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- extractive industries
- violent protest
- CSO closure
- HRD acquitted
- time,place restrictions
- HRD detained