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Controversy over Indonesia’s past sparks protests against human rights groups
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- 06.10.2017
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- Indonesia
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- Latest Developments
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- bureaucratic restriction
- protestor(s) detained
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- excessive force
- HRD threatened
- non state actors
- protest
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Indigenous community judge murdered and HRDs face continuous threats
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- 14.11.2017
- Country
- Nicaragua
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- Latest Developments
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- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- attack on journalist
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- protest
- political interference
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- environmental rights
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Investigative journalism under attack: CIVICUS Monitor speaks to award-winning journalist
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- 17.08.2017
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- Serbia
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- Latest Developments
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- political interference
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD threatened
- self censorship
- women
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Death knell for democracy as political opposition dissolved
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- 20.11.2017
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- Cambodia
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- Latest Developments
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- private sector
- intimidation
- environmental rights
- negative court ruling
- protest
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Pernicious threats against journalists hamper political and investigative reporting
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- 20.11.2017
- Country
- Montenegro
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- Latest Developments
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- access to info. law
- HRD threatened
- environmental rights
- LGBTI
- women
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- protest
- political interference
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
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Head of Chechen human rights NGO detained and staff threatened
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- 05.02.2018
- Country
- Russia
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- Latest Developments
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- religious groups
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- HRD threatened
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Lawyer threatened for advocating on behalf of indigenous communities' rights
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- 04.05.2018
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- Bolivia
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- indigenous groups
- office raid
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- excessive force
- protest
- political interference
- HRD threatened
- environmental rights
- land rights
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Alarming wave of attacks against human rights defenders and journalists
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- 09.03.2018
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- Colombia
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- Latest Developments
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- women
- attack on HRD
- positive court ruling
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- HRD threatened
- environmental rights
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Protests against toxic spill continue despite persecution of environmental activists
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- 22.03.2018
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- Vietnam
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- attack on HRD
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- negative court ruling
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- HRD detained
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- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
- surveillance
- women
- environmental rights
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Hundreds of NGOs demand an end to the state's repression of the right to peaceful assembly
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- 22.05.2018
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- women
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- non state actors
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Human rights defenders face threats and judicial harassment
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- 01.06.2018
- Country
- Cameroon
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- self censorship
- LGBTI
- harassment
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- non state actors
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights
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Inflammatory language from politicians sparks threats and attacks against journalists
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- 18.04.2018
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- Serbia
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- attack on journalist
- women
- HRD threatened
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Human Rights Defender Rivelino Zarpellon continues to face threats
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- 21.06.2018
- Country
- Brazil
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- HRD threatened
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- harassment
- positive CS development
- protest
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Activists threatened and attacked while families of the disappeared protest hearings
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- 07.08.2018
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- Sri Lanka
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- women
- attack on HRD
- religious groups
- minority groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD threatened
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Environmental activism targeted by illegal poachers
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- 09.08.2018
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- Costa Rica
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- restrictive law
- intimidation
- environmental rights
- labour rights
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- protest
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Repression and arbitrary detentions during protests continue in Honduras
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- 10.08.2018
- Country
- Honduras
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- Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- protest
- excessive force
- youth
- non state actors
- positive CS development
- negative court ruling
- extractive industries
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- land rights
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CSOs documented over 130 attacks against the press in the context of elections
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- 23.07.2018
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- Mexico
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- intimidation
- attack on HRD
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- killing of journalist
- private sector
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- women
- refugees and migrants
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- journalist detained
- HRD threatened
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Nationalist Groups Contribute to Constricted Media Freedoms
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- 24.07.2018
- Country
- Croatia
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- refugees and migrants
- political interference
- minority groups
- harassment
- HRD threatened
- labour rights
- protest
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CIVICUS Monitor Speaks to Lebanese Center for Human Rights
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- 30.07.2018
- Country
- Lebanon
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- HRD detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
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Investigative journalists harassed by authorities after publishing a report about corruption
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- 28.08.2018
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- Peru
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- non state actors
- indigenous groups
- political interference
- harassment
- HRD threatened
- land rights