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Public meetings and protests banned; activist arrested for defamation
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- 25.03.2022
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- Niger
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Mass arrests of activists, restrictive draft laws and widening campaign against ‘’false’’ information
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- 11.11.2022
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- Kyrgyzstan
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Prominent HRD acquitted, several other HRDs and journalists targeted with detention
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- 28.02.2023
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- Burundi
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PCCA activist acquitted after 17 month detention
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- 30.12.2022
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- South Sudan
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Widespread impunity for ‘Bloody January’ violations, pressure on media and targeting of activists
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- 18.03.2023
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- Kazakhstan
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Ecuadorean environmental defenders at risk
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- 12.04.2023
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- Ecuador
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UN office faces termination, proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill raises concerns
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- 19.04.2023
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- Uganda
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En Ecuador, el peligro acecha a las personas defensoras del medioambiente
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- 24.04.2023
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- Ecuador
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Human rights organisations call for the release of journalists and woman human rights defender Fatima Saleh Al-Arwali
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- 25.04.2023
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- Yemen
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Landmark judgment affirms the rights to association and equality
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- 10.04.2023
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- Kenya
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Journalist’s sentence upheld, HRDs acquitted
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- 31.05.2023
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- Burundi
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Arbitrary arrest, judicial harassment of HRD
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- 20.02.2023
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- Niger
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No real space for opposition activities in ‘’new Kazakhstan’’
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- 25.07.2023
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- Kazakhstan
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- HRD acquitted
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Judicial harassment of activists continues; at least three killed in pro-democracy protests, clashes
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- 31.01.2023
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- Guinea
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Guinea: HRDs acquitted, but continue to face harassment; press freedom violations soar
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- 14.08.2023
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- Guinea
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Guinée : des défenseurs des droits humains acquittés, mais toujours harcelés ; explosion des violations de la liberté de la presse
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- 21.08.2023
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- Guinea
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Reprieve for Maasai protestors, MPs mull tougher anti-LGBTQI+ law
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- 28.04.2023
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- Tanzania
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Philippines: Activists face judicial harassment, abductions and being designated as terrorists
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- 11.10.2023
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- Philippines
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Alarm raised over increasing government censorship online, court frees detained journalist
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- 29.01.2024
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- Somalia
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Thailand: Activists criminalised including in the Deep South while Move Forward party faces disbandment
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- 20.03.2024
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- Thailand
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Pro-Palestine protesters arrested in Bahrain
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- 29.02.2024
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- Bahrain
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Indonesia: Civil society forum disrupted, protests stifled and repression in Papua continues despite UN review
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- 12.06.2024
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- Indonesia
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