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Assault and harassment of HRD highlight severe repression of civic space in Equatorial Guinea
- Published at
- 29.03.2019
- Country
- Equatorial Guinea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- travel ban
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD detained
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
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La crisis política socava las libertades del espacio cívico
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- 01.04.2019
- Country
- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- office raid
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- non state actors
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Human rights defenders still at risk from state actors and businesses
- Published at
- 06.12.2018
- Country
- Mongolia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- protest
- HRD threatened
- criminal defamation
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String of attacks against journalists while growing calls for the passage of the RTI Bill
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- 11.12.2018
- Country
- Ghana
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- extractive industries
- attack on journalist
- protest
- violent protest
- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- land rights
- non state actors
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Despite smears, civil society remains defiant
- Published at
- 10.12.2018
- Country
- Serbia
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- public vilification
- political interference
- HRD threatened
- LGBTI
- women
- minority groups
- intimidation
- labour rights
- protest
- environmental rights
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Hydroplants drive protests as journalists express concern over media freedoms
- Published at
- 25.01.2019
- Country
- Albania
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- HRD threatened
- attack on journalist
- censorship
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- environmental rights
- internet restriction
- violent protest
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Public vilification of activism continues
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- 03.04.2019
- Country
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- protest
- public vilification
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- HRD threatened
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Lack of accountability for police violence, attacks on journalists and activists in Indonesia
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- 21.11.2019
- Country
- Indonesia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- restrictive law
- killing of journalist
- excessive force
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- killing of protestors
- criminal defamation
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- land rights
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Groups strike, protest, amid deteriorating economic conditions
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- 21.11.2019
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- negative court ruling
- protest disruption
- labour rights
- protest
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD threatened
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Civil society calls for accountability for killing of Maldives journalist and its cover-up
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- 06.09.2019
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- HRD killing
- HRD threatened
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Ongoing attacks against environmental activists and journalists in India while critics harassed
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- 10.09.2019
- Country
- India
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- environmental rights
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD detained
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- extractive industries
- time,place restrictions
- non state actors
- HRD threatened
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- restrictive law
- minority groups
- land rights
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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
- Country
- Sudan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- sexual assault
- violent protest
- youth
- protest disruption
- time,place restrictions
- torture/ill-treatment
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- protest
- attack on HRD
- killing of protestors
- excessive force
- intimidation
- harassment
- women
- prevention of protest
- HRD detained
- censorship
- HRD killing
- political interference
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
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Weekly "1 of 5 million" protests continue across Serbia
- Published at
- 08.03.2019
- Country
- Serbia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- protest
- political interference
- non state actors
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Political crisis undermines civic space freedoms
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- 19.03.2019
- Country
- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- office raid
- harassment
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- journalist detained
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- HRD threatened
- non state actors
- killing of protestors
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West Papuan protests met with internet shutdown, arrests of activists and excessive force
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- 11.09.2019
- Country
- Indonesia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- minority groups
- killing of protestors
- intimidation
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- prevention of protest
- protestor(s) detained
- harassment
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- violent protest
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Activists, lawyers and critics continue to face harassment and defamation charges in Thailand
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- 29.11.2019
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- positive court ruling
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- private sector
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Smears against journalists labelled as "traitors" increase
- Published at
- 26.04.2019
- Country
- Serbia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- public vilification
- self censorship
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD threatened
- non state actors
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Civic space in Gaza under severe restriction by both external and internal security forces
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- 22.05.2019
- Country
- Palestine
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
- excessive force
- killing of journalist
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- surveillance
- non state actors
- attack on journalist
- protest disruption
- office raid
- negative court ruling
- restrictive law
- HRD threatened
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Arbitrary arrests, judicial harassment and attacks on activists and critics in India persist
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- 13.05.2019
- Country
- India
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- extractive industries
- torture/ill-treatment
- youth
- women
- attack on HRD
- restrictive law
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- HRD threatened
- criminal defamation
- environmental rights
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- land rights
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30th April 2019: another peak in repression
- Published at
- 14.05.2019
- Country
- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- harassment
- protestor(s) detained
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- violent protest
- censorship
- HRD threatened