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Crackdown on activists, protesters continue in Myanmar despite ASEAN summit and global calls
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- 12.05.2021
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- Myanmar
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Systematic persecution of activists, journalists and critics in mainland China and Hong Kong
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- 19.05.2021
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- China
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Protests against tax reform lead thousands to the streets in Colombia, face brutal police repression
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- 19.05.2021
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- Colombia
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Repression of activists and journalists persists in Myanmar despite ASEAN rebuke
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- 09.11.2021
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- Myanmar
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Killings and fabricated charges against activists persist as ICC investigation moves forward
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- 18.06.2021
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- Philippines
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Haiti: President Moïse assassinated, launching country into further uncertainty
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- 22.07.2021
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- Haiti
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Death of Fr Swamy and increasing online restrictions highlights risk facing activists in India
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- 09.07.2021
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- India
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Increasing insecurity in Burkina Faso: mass protests, two journalists, one conservationist killed
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- 12.07.2021
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- Burkina Faso
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Civil society alarmed by rise of lese majeste cases and proposed NGO law in Thailand
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- 16.07.2021
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- Thailand
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Insécurité croissante au Burkina : manifestations de masse, deux journalistes et un écologiste tués
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- 19.07.2021
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- Burkina Faso
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L'assassinat du président Moïse enfonce le pays dans l'incertitude
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- 26.07.2021
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- Haiti
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Dissolved parliament, and ongoing crackdown on peaceful assembly and expression
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- 11.08.2021
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- South Sudan
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Human Rights Organisations Mourn the Loss of Human Rights Champions
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- 22.06.2021
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- United Arab Emirates
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Afghan authorities failing to protect activists, journalists as attacks against civilians surge
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- 10.11.2020
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- Afghanistan
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Police excesses during protests a worrying trend, company in spotlight for using SLAPP
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- 29.10.2021
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- Kenya
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- youth
- attack on HRD
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- killing of protestors
- LGBTI
- attack on journalist
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- journalist detained
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Mexico: wave of killings of journalists, environmental and Indigenous rights defenders
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- 23.08.2021
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- Mexico
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Academics, Journalists, Actors and Lawyers Targeted for Exercising Right to Freedom of Expression
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- 25.08.2021
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- Yemen
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CSOs Denounce Recent Intensification in the Persecution of HRDs and Dissenting Voices
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- 25.08.2021
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- Saudi Arabia
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Afghan human rights defenders and journalists killed as US-Taliban talks collapse
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- 08.10.2019
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- Afghanistan
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- Latest Developments
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Despite formation of a commission to protect rights defenders, attacks persist in Afghanistan
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- 18.03.2021
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- Afghanistan
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- Latest Developments
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- killing of journalist
- women
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- HRD killing