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Land rights defender arbitrarily detained for over 40 hours
- Published at
- 24.09.2017
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- prevention of protest
- women
- land rights
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Indigenous communities demonstrate in defense of their land
- Published at
- 07.11.2017
- Country
- Peru
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- indigenous groups
- extractive industries
- environmental rights
- land rights
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Central Yangon bans protests while critics are criminalised
- Published at
- 19.01.2018
- Country
- Myanmar
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- prevention of protest
- land rights
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
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Criminalisation and disruption of protests continue in Bolivia
- Published at
- 08.11.2017
- Country
- Bolivia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- attack on journalist
- land rights
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Indigenous rights community attacked and defenders harassed
- Published at
- 29.01.2018
- Country
- Guatemala
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- indigenous groups
- release of HRDs
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- public vilification
- killing of protestors
- land rights
- private sector
- non state actors
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Student activists ill-treated by security forces during protests
- Published at
- 31.01.2018
- Country
- Indonesia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- private sector
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- land rights
- attack on HRD
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Changes to security laws likely to have chilling effect, UN warns
- Published at
- 04.05.2018
- Country
- Australia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- minority groups
- protest
- extractive industries
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- funding restriction
- indigenous groups
- land rights
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Plans to release political prisoners as ethnic tensions spark clashes and protests
- Published at
- 09.01.2018
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- minority groups
- positive CS development
- excessive force
- protest
- land rights
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Lawyer threatened for advocating on behalf of indigenous communities' rights
- Published at
- 04.05.2018
- Country
- Bolivia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- office raid
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- protest
- political interference
- HRD threatened
- environmental rights
- land rights
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Attempt to shut down Rappler news site part of efforts to muzzle free expression
- Published at
- 01.02.2018
- Country
- Philippines
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- land rights
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SLAPP Lawsuits threaten critical voices in France
- Published at
- 09.03.2018
- Country
- France
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- private sector
- protest
- environmental rights
- censorship
- land rights
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Anti-US base activist faces imprisonment as Okinawa protests continue
- Published at
- 08.02.2018
- Country
- Japan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- restrictive law
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights
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Attacks on fundamental freedoms continue in the lead up to elections
- Published at
- 09.02.2018
- Country
- Cambodia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- HRD prosecuted
- women
- attack on HRD
- environmental rights
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- land rights
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New law censuring certain online content could restrict free expression
- Published at
- 09.02.2018
- Country
- Honduras
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- indigenous groups
- protest
- attack on HRD
- attack on journalist
- internet restriction
- excessive force
- censorship
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- environmental rights
- land rights
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Communities protest against plans for bauxite mine on Santa Cruz Island
- Published at
- 15.02.2018
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- extractive industries
- private sector
- environmental rights
- land rights
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Court jails anti-mining activist for "spreading Communist ideology"
- Published at
- 03.04.2018
- Country
- Indonesia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- HRD prosecuted
- intimidation
- protest
- environmental rights
- harassment
- non state actors
- HRD detained
- land rights
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Wave of attacks against HRDs and journalists continues unabated
- Published at
- 09.05.2018
- Country
- Colombia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- non state actors
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- HRD killing
- killing of journalist
- land rights
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Protest in Colon ends with 5 injured and 35 arrested
- Published at
- 28.05.2018
- Country
- Panama
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- violent protest
- intimidation
- harassment
- protestor(s) detained
- labour rights
- protest
- land rights
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More HRDs murdered: 3 killed in 5 days as civil society calls for better protection mechanisms
- Published at
- 25.05.2018
- Country
- Guatemala
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- HRD killing
- protest
- HRD prosecuted
- public vilification
- killing of journalist
- environmental rights
- land rights
- indigenous groups
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Human rights defenders face threats and judicial harassment
- Published at
- 01.06.2018
- Country
- Cameroon
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- LGBTI
- harassment
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- non state actors
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights