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Thousands participate in the Women's march, while LGBTIQ group loses observer status with the ACHPR
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- 04.09.2018
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- South Africa
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- Latest Developments
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- prevention of protest
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Concerns over freedom of expression heighten as more media outlets are forced to shutdown
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- 07.09.2018
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- Venezuela
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Civil Society Shines A Light on Embattled Civic Space
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- 17.09.2018
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- Sudan
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- women
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Brazil continues to be a hostile place for journalists, two killed in recent months
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- 19.09.2018
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- Brazil
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Fake news law proposal, another tool to crackdown on critics
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- 24.09.2018
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- Singapore
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- censorship
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Crackdown on independent media continues in Belarus
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- 25.09.2018
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- Belarus
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India: Routine Repression of Civil Society
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- 25.09.2018
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- India
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'They treat us inhumanely', said campesino leader Medardo Mairena from prison
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- 09.10.2018
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- Nicaragua
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Kabila not running for another term, but human rights concerns persist
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- 27.09.2018
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- Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Intensification of conflict in Anglophone Cameroon: citizens targeted
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- 04.10.2018
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- Cameroon
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- enforced disappearance
- journalist detained
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Corruption findings result in pressure on media, intimidation of activists and civil society protest
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- 06.02.2020
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- Kyrgyzstan
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- Latest Developments
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Reprisals against activists for 2020 protests unabating
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- 30.09.2021
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- Belarus
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NGOs highlight suppression around virus outbreak in China while persecution of activists continue
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- 07.02.2020
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- China
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Tres personas defensoras de los DD. HH. hondureñas asesinadas en una semana
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- 07.02.2020
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- Honduras
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Tightening the screws on dissent: N1 under attack
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- 10.02.2020
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- Serbia
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Attacks against journalists and confiscation of equipment increasing in Venezuela
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- 14.11.2019
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- Venezuela
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Authorities use force to disperse protests, harass journalists
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- 11.12.2019
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- Azerbaijan
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Three Honduran human rights defenders killed in one week
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- 04.02.2020
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- Honduras
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Journalists and activists targeted as many fear regression of rights following Sri Lankan elections
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- 15.12.2019
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- Sri Lanka
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Death threats intensify after civil society questions changes to criminal code
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- 19.12.2019
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- Serbia
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- harassment
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