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Philippines human rights body launches national inquiry as attacks against activists persist
- Published at
- 01.11.2019
- Country
- Philippines
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- youth
- women
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
- killing of journalist
- surveillance
- non state actors
- environmental rights
- land rights
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New law protects minority languages and expands their spheres of use
- Published at
- 06.11.2017
- Country
- Albania
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- positive CS development
- labour rights
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights
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More concerning cases of criminalisation of student protesters and activists
- Published at
- 15.08.2017
- Country
- Honduras
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- LGBTI
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- protest
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- censorship
- land rights
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Hostilities toward social activists grow, leading to at least three recent deaths
- Published at
- 08.08.2017
- Country
- Colombia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- journalist detained
- women
- attack on HRD
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- land rights
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Civil society to UN: "HRDs are victims of murder, stigmatization, assault, impunity"
- Published at
- 01.06.2018
- Country
- Honduras
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
- environmental rights
- land rights
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Authorities harass and intimidate land rights activists
- Published at
- 12.05.2017
- Country
- Rwanda
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- religious groups
- land rights
- minority groups
- intimidation
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Despite international scrutiny and criticism, Turkmen authorities restrict civic freedoms
- Published at
- 15.05.2017
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- religious groups
- political interference
- minority groups
- land rights
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Two indigenous and land rights activists killed in Rio Grande do Sul and Pará
- Published at
- 27.04.2017
- Country
- Brazil
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- protest
- killing of protestors
- journalist detained
- environmental rights
- land rights
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No improvement on civic space: Myanmar shuns international scrutiny
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- 05.05.2017
- Country
- Myanmar
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- religious groups
- travel ban
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- extractive industries
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights
- private sector
- non state actors
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Closing space for indigenous activists to protect communities' land rights
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- 04.09.2017
- Country
- Bolivia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- women
- excessive force
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights
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Court upholds sentencing of 11 campesinos for defending their land rights
- Published at
- 24.07.2017
- Country
- Paraguay
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- land rights
- indigenous groups
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- LGBTI
- public vilification
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Environmental and land rights defenders threatened and sued
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- 01.08.2017
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- excessive force
- protest
- environmental rights
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- private sector
- land rights
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Pipeline protestors met with force by Italian police
- Published at
- 24.07.2017
- Country
- Italy
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- surveillance
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- access to info. law
- non state actors
- environmental rights
- land rights
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HRDs at risk protecting environmental, indigenous and women's rights
- Published at
- 15.06.2017
- Country
- Guatemala
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- HRD acquitted
- excessive force
- environmental rights
- sexual assault
- positive court ruling
- women
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- killing of protestors
- land rights
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Activists attacked and arrested while impunity prevails
- Published at
- 20.06.2017
- Country
- Honduras
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- private sector
- women
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- land rights
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Police fire tear gas at peaceful demonstrators, including persons with disabilities
- Published at
- 29.06.2017
- Country
- Peru
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- environmental rights
- land rights
- excessive force
- protest
- extractive industries
- enabling law
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Harassment and intimidation of rights defenders and journalists on the rise in Guatemala
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- 09.08.2017
- Country
- Guatemala
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- excessive force
- labour rights
- killing of protestors
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- land rights
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People take a stand against corruption, protesting criminal code reform
- Published at
- 11.10.2017
- Country
- Guatemala
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
- violent protest
- labour rights
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- political interference
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights
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NGO bill under consideration poses "grave danger to democracy"
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- 14.09.2017
- Country
- Nigeria
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained
- indigenous groups
- office raid
- religious groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- land rights
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Closure of Cambodia Daily signals an escalating crackdown on dissent
- Published at
- 06.09.2017
- Country
- Cambodia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- CSO closure
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- protest disruption
- travel ban
- protest
- political interference
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- land rights