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Over 1,000 associations disbanded and hundreds of media outlets closed after coup attempt
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- 28.09.2016
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- Turkey
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- Latest Developments
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- censorship
- LGBTI
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- killing of protestors
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Bystander shot by police during mass anticorruption demonstration
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- 03.10.2016
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- Guinea
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- Latest Developments
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- protest disruption
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Tensions in Kashmir Reach Boiling Point
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- 11.10.2016
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- India
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- Latest Developments
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- positive court ruling
- minority groups
- travel ban
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- private sector
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Ethiopia declares state of emergency as crackdown intensifies
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- 17.10.2016
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- Ethiopia
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One dead and 20 injured in Las Bambas mine protests
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- 31.10.2016
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- Peru
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High inflation and attacks on LGBTIQ on the spotlight ahead of elections
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- 01.11.2022
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- Kenya
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- public vilification
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Turkish authorities suspend 370 CSOs as efforts to eradicate dissent escalate
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- 17.11.2016
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- Turkey
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Protest bans in Kano as at least ten protestors shot dead
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- 19.12.2016
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- Nigeria
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Political deal hangs in the balance as activists languish in DRC jails
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- 01.02.2017
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- Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Two journalists killed, as civic space attacked by state, non-state actors
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- 13.02.2017
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- Guatemala
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Despite releases, conditions remain dire for HRDs in Uzbekistan
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- 07.03.2017
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- Uzbekistan
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- release of HRDs
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
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Two environmental and indigenous rights defenders murdered in northern state of Chihuahua
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- 23.02.2017
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- Mexico
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Protest and expression rights still seriously violated in Nigeria
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- 14.04.2017
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- Nigeria
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Security forces employ excessive force against protesters in Kashmir
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- 21.04.2017
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- India
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Little room for dissent in Pakistan: Civic freedoms under constant attack
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- 12.05.2017
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- Pakistan
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- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- bureaucratic restriction
- non state actors
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At least five dead, dozens wounded and hundreds arrested in new wave of protests
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- 24.04.2017
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- Venezuela
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- protest disruption
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- protestor(s) detained
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- protest
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- killing of protestors
- violent protest
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Two indigenous and land rights activists killed in Rio Grande do Sul and Pará
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- 27.04.2017
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- Brazil
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Police abuse during protest captured on video
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- 01.05.2017
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- Niger
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- killing of protestors
- excessive force
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No sign of civic freedoms improving, despite activists' release
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- 25.04.2017
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- Sudan
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- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- minority groups
- release of HRDs
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Civil society mobilises to protest electoral changes pushed through the Moldovan Parliament
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- 08.05.2017
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- Moldova
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- Latest Developments
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- censorship
- killing of protestors
- political interference
- protest
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