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Private security company hired by authorities to research anti-base protesters in Okinawa
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- 02.04.2019
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- Japan
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Despite smears, civil society remains defiant
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- 10.12.2018
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- Serbia
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Anti-corruption reporting under threat as investigations into media attacks stall
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- 12.02.2019
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- Montenegro
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Laos increases controls on social media news sites while anti-land grab protesters jailed
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- 05.09.2019
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- Laos
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Persecution of activists continue while abuses against Uighurs remain in the spotlight
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- 07.03.2019
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- China
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Freedoms under attack with legislation restricting protests and hostility toward journalists
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- 25.11.2019
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- United States of America
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Ongoing attacks against environmental activists and journalists in India while critics harassed
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- 10.09.2019
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- India
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Lhotshampa minority remain displaced and their electoral rights restricted
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- 18.03.2019
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- Bhutan
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Civic freedoms in Cuba becoming increasingly restrained
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- 04.07.2019
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- Cuba
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West Papuan protests met with internet shutdown, arrests of activists and excessive force
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- 11.09.2019
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- Indonesia
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Anti-corruption protests force removal of Mongolian politician while judicial independence at risk
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- 03.05.2019
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- Mongolia
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New Australian law to crackdown on violent videos on social media may lead to censorship
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- 17.04.2019
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- Australia
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State orchestrated civil society a threat to independent groups
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- 17.05.2019
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Growing protection concerns as journalists in Greece targeted by violent actors
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- 18.06.2019
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- Greece
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Misuse of ICCPR Act and judicial system to stifle freedom of expression in Sri Lanka
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- 05.07.2019
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- Sri Lanka
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Peaceful protests in Kosovo amid growing ethnic tensions
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- 07.08.2019
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- Kosovo
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Civil society concerned about risks to fundamental freedoms in Kashmir as special status revoked
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- 13.08.2019
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- India
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Macedonia's civic space roundup
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- 16.05.2019
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Kuwait fails to implement UPR recommendations, HRDs defending Bedoon rights systematically targeted
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- 15.10.2019
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- Kuwait
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Restrictive bills still being pushed by Nepali lawmakers as protests around Xi’s visit stifled
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- 16.10.2019
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- Nepal
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- indigenous groups