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Pandemic in Brazil aggravates democratic backslide
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- 25.08.2020
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- Brazil
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Upheaval in Peru as president removed
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- 19.11.2020
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- Peru
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Judicial harassment of journalist and attacks against Indigenous rights defenders in Guatemala
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- 29.10.2020
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- Guatemala
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El Salvador’s Congress creates group to investigate harassment of the press using state funds
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- 14.09.2020
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- El Salvador
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Honduras: land rights defender Arnold Joaquín Morazán Erazo and journalist Luis Almendares killed
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- 30.10.2020
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- Honduras
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El Congreso crea un grupo para investigar el acoso a la prensa financiado con fondos estatales
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- 17.09.2020
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- El Salvador
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Activists protest to demand investigations into death of HRD
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- 18.09.2020
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- Ukraine
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Mass protests against reduced budget for social policies in Guatemala
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- 17.12.2020
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- Guatemala
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Colombia en alerta: aumentan las masacres, el asesinato de líderes sociales y la represión
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- 30.09.2020
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- Colombia
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- killing of protestors
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Government critic pardoned, journalists assaulted, detained
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- 29.01.2020
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- South Sudan
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Tension in Haiti: protests, attacks against defenders and journalists
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- 31.10.2020
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- Haiti
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- killing of protestors
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Rwandan government continues to target opposition in exile.
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- 16.10.2020
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- Rwanda
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Chilean police forces repress protests with COVID-19 regulations
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- 29.06.2020
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- Chile
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Continued violence and harassment of HRDs and journalists as UN extends arms embargo
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- 21.10.2020
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- South Sudan
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- Latest Developments
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- journalist detained
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Protests against insecurity in eastern DRC: at least 10 killed
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- 31.01.2020
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- Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Activists and journalists subjected to threats, offices independent weekly set on fire
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- 31.10.2020
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- Mozambique
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Closing civic space in Brazil: censorship, harassment and attacks on journalists and activists
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- 18.12.2020
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- Brazil
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Free speech under siege as government launches new unit to tackle ‘misinformation’
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- 09.11.2020
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- Turkey
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Revueltas en Perú tras la destitución del presidente
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- 02.12.2020
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- Peru
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Two environmental defenders killed in Honduras
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- 14.01.2021
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- Honduras
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- Latest Developments
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- journalist detained
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