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Growing concern over the continuous persecution of civil society, journalists and activists
- Published at
- 13.03.2017
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- Bahrain
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- protest disruption
- CSO closure
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
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Upcoming referendum could further curtail civic freedoms
- Published at
- 15.03.2017
- Country
- Turkey
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- women
- protest disruption
- CSO closure
- travel ban
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- internet restriction
- violent protest
- censorship
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Regional and national civil society condemn Thai government's new media law
- Published at
- 06.06.2017
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- HRD prosecuted
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Cameroon's crackdown continues as journalist convicted on terrorism charges
- Published at
- 21.04.2017
- Country
- Cameroon
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- minority groups
- protest
- internet restriction
- access to info. law
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The purge continues: protests turn violent, websites blocked and 4,000 civil servants dismissed
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- 02.05.2017
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- Turkey
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- censorship
- protest disruption
- CSO closure
- labour rights
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- violent protest
- time,place restrictions
- protestor(s) detained
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Police use excessive force to disperse teachers' protest
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- 11.05.2017
- Country
- Argentina
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- HRD detained
- labour rights
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- access to info. law
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Iranian authorities censor media ahead of presidential elections
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- 12.05.2017
- Country
- Iran
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- Latest Developments
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- internet restriction
- women
- prevention of protest
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- protestor(s) detained
- censorship
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Civil society under greater threat as draconian law comes into force
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- 05.06.2017
- Country
- Egypt
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- censorship
- HRD threatened
- funding restriction
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- HRD acquitted
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Civil society pushes for changes in Ecuador with new President in power
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- 11.08.2017
- Country
- Ecuador
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- internet restriction
- release of HRDs
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Digital rights organisation forced to censor post on gender-based violence
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- 22.03.2017
- Country
- Paraguay
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- attack on journalist
- access to info. law
- women
- LGBTI
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Activist released then detained by police two weeks later
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- 22.03.2017
- Country
- Russia
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- HRD detained
- labour rights
- protest
- internet restriction
- positive CS development
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- access to info. law
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Kyrgyz president slams HRDs' efforts
- Published at
- 03.07.2017
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD threatened
- environmental rights
- protest disruption
- harassment
- travel ban
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- surveillance
- minority groups
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
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Civil society mobilises to prevent social media regulation
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- 24.03.2017
- Country
- South Africa
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- internet restriction
- access to info. law
- violent protest
- labour rights
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Security forces fire on protesters in Baghdad and journalist killed in Mosul
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- 30.03.2017
- Country
- Iraq
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- killing of journalist
- time,place restrictions
- access to info. law
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Despite the severe crackdown, protests endure, marking 100 days on the streets
- Published at
- 11.07.2017
- Country
- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- killing of protestors
- attack on journalist
- censorship
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- protestor(s) detained
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Repression and criminalisation of protests continue in Venezuela
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- 19.05.2017
- Country
- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- excessive force
- harassment
- public vilification
- attack on journalist
- protest disruption
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
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Russian social media, websites and TV blocked in Ukraine on national security grounds
- Published at
- 07.06.2017
- Country
- Ukraine
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- protest
- censorship
- internet restriction
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HRD killed and journalists attacked by Ugandan People's Defence Forces
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- 27.07.2017
- Country
- Uganda
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- political interference
- censorship
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- journalist detained
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- protestor(s) detained
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Civil society calls for the immediate release of women human rights defender Atena Daemi
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- 14.07.2017
- Country
- Iran
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- women
- release of HRDs
- travel ban
- journalist detained
- labour rights
- excessive force
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- protestor(s) detained
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China increases pressure on dissidents ahead of Communist Party Congress
- Published at
- 12.10.2017
- Country
- China
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- refugees and migrants
- HRD detained
- protest disruption
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- surveillance