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20 people killed as Iranian authorities crack down on protesters
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- 10.01.2018
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- Iran
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- Latest Developments
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- women
- excessive force
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
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More than 100 detained during protests, including 15 journalists
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- 07.09.2017
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- Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Latest Developments
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- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- violent protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- non state actors
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Tensions remain high as internet is restored in Angolphone areas
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- 23.03.2018
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- Cameroon
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- Latest Developments
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- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- labour rights
- political interference
- positive CS development
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
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Deadly repression of protests amid partial internet shutdown in Anglophone Cameroon
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- 10.10.2017
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- Cameroon
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- Latest Developments
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- protest disruption
- self censorship
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- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
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- protestor(s) detained
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Tajikistan: Fundamental freedoms continue to be restricted
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- 21.03.2018
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- Tajikistan
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- Latest Developments
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- internet restriction
- surveillance
- political interference
- restrictive law
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Crackdown on activists, critical media, dissident voices intensifies in Tanzania
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- 23.10.2017
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- Tanzania
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- Latest Developments
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- CSO closure
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No end to repression after the Asian Games
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- 27.11.2017
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- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- attack on HRD
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- internet restriction
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- surveillance
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Fundamental rights remain under siege in the shadow of the economic crisis
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- 18.01.2018
- Country
- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- women
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained
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Controversy over NetzDG law continues with tech companies beginning to censor social media accounts
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- 25.01.2018
- Country
- Germany
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- Latest Developments
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- restrictive law
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- internet restriction
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Uzbekistan: Some positive developments but critics and journalists still face reprisals
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- 20.12.2017
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- Uzbekistan
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- bureaucratic restriction
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- journalist detained
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- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- protestor(s) detained
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Passage of Digital Security Act could impose further restrictions on freedom of expression
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- 31.01.2018
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- self censorship
- censorship
- restrictive law
- internet restriction
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Kazakhstan: Strikes, arrests and fears of new restrictions on fundamental freedoms
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- 31.01.2018
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- CSO closure
- labour rights
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
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Crackdown on journalists and protests in the run-up to and after Somaliland election
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- 21.12.2017
- Country
- Somalia
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- protest
- killing of journalist
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- political interference
- censorship
- journalist detained
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Civic freedoms under threat from new laws in UK
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- 08.01.2018
- Country
- United Kingdom
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- Latest Developments
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- funding restriction
- positive CS development
- internet restriction
- political interference
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- access to info. law
- surveillance
- private sector
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Tajikistan: LGBT CSO forced to close and state restricts online communications
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- 09.01.2018
- Country
- Tajikistan
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- Latest Developments
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- LGBTI
- censorship
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- CSO closure
- journalist detained
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Fears of further crackdown in deepening Anglophone crisis
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- 31.01.2018
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- Cameroon
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- Latest Developments
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- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- harassment
- journalist detained
- criminal defamation
- non state actors
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Qatar praised for human rights reforms as deported human rights defender sentenced to jail
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- 05.02.2018
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- Qatar
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- internet restriction
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CIVICUS Monitor speaks to award-winning Yemeni WHRD
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- 24.01.2018
- Country
- Yemen
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- internet restriction
- women
- office raid
- HRD detained
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
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Activists detained and prosecuted in Vietnam
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- 15.01.2018
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- Vietnam
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- Latest Developments
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- HRD prosecuted
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- surveillance
- environmental rights
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Banned anti-austerity protests met with arrests and police violence
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- 05.02.2018
- Country
- Chad
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- political interference
- censorship
- protest disruption
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- labour rights
- violent protest
- protest
- internet restriction
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained