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Protesters in Myanmar face arbitrary arrest, prosecution and excessive force
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- 01.04.2019
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- Myanmar
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- minority groups
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- journalist detained
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- land rights
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Hundreds arrested as clashes reported during a series of anti-government protests
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- 25.01.2019
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- Belgium
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Human rights defenders arrested and journalists injured
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- 03.12.2018
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- Syria
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Protesters killed, journalists detained and media outlets set ablaze during wave of protests
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- 03.12.2018
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- Iraq
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Protests violently dispersed, journalists detained
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- 22.01.2019
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- Uganda
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After 62 days in hunger strike, Tomas Nuñez was released
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- 13.12.2018
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- Cuba
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Atlantic Council declared an undesirable organisation by authorities
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- 02.09.2019
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- Russia
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Arbitrary arrests of pro-democracy activists ahead of 23rd December elections
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- 19.12.2018
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- Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Yemen's human rights record examined by the UN as human rights defenders arrested
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- 19.02.2019
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- Yemen
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Activists continue to face detention for opposing law restricting artistic expression
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- 24.01.2019
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- Cuba
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Government shutdown drives workers to protest Washington's inaction
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- 31.01.2019
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- United States of America
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- indigenous groups
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- journalist detained
- environmental rights
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Activistas siguen siendo detenidos por oponerse a una ley que restringe la expresión artística
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- 29.01.2019
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- Cuba
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Concerns about freedom of expression in Nigeria: journalists arrested, protests repressed
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- 19.11.2019
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- Nigeria
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- killing of protestors
- bureaucratic restriction
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- private sector
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- religious groups
- release of HRDs
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Six people arrested during clashes with the police
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- 28.01.2019
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- Panama
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Ongoing attacks on journalists and activists, as elections draw near
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- 12.02.2019
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- India
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- killing of journalist
- funding restriction
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- youth
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- attack on journalist
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- environmental rights
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Reinforced authoritarianism – sentencing of opposition activists, surveillance of citizens
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- 01.02.2019
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- Kazakhstan
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HRD and media activist killed, government found culpable for killing of foreign correspondent
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- 18.02.2019
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- Syria
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Freedom of expression under severe threat as journalist and writer killed in Iraq
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- 26.02.2019
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- Iraq
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- Latest Developments
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- journalist detained
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Human rights groups decry deteriorating situation as peace agreement remains unimplemented
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- 05.09.2019
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- South Sudan
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- Latest Developments
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- HRD detained
- journalist detained
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Two leaders of Nicaraguan protests sentenced to more than 200 years in prison
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- 22.02.2019
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- Nicaragua
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- Latest Developments
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- office raid
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- negative court ruling
- prevention of protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
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