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Ethiopian court lays fresh criminal charges against two Zone 9 bloggers
- Published at
- 13.04.2017
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- negative court ruling
- public vilification
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Free expression on Twitter carries a heavy penalty in Bahrain
- Published at
- 21.11.2016
- Country
- Bahrain
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- prevention of protest
- time,place restrictions
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- censorship
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Journalists and writer convicted as clampdown on free expression continues
- Published at
- 13.12.2016
- Country
- Oman
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
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Worrying use of judicial system to prosecute activists in Armenia
- Published at
- 06.02.2017
- Country
- Armenia
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- LGBTI
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
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Conflict over mining on indigenous lands leads to widespread civic space abuses
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- 08.02.2017
- Country
- Ecuador
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- CSO closure
- extractive industries
- indigenous groups
- private sector
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
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Journalists taking great risks to report on sensitive issues in Brazil
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- 02.03.2017
- Country
- Brazil
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- harassment
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- non state actors
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Growing concern over the continuous persecution of civil society, journalists and activists
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- 13.03.2017
- Country
- Bahrain
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- CSO closure
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
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Media freedom threatened in Georgia
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- 08.03.2017
- Country
- Georgia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- access to info. law
- negative court ruling
- protest
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Special series on threats to civic space in Kazakhstan - Part 2: Expression
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- 14.02.2017
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- access to info. law
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Journalist sentenced to death in a trial marred by a non-transparent judicial process
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- 10.05.2017
- Country
- Yemen
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- attack on journalist
- journalist detained
- negative court ruling
- non state actors
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Journalist arrested and charged for expressing political views
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- 27.04.2017
- Country
- Somalia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- non state actors
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Kyrgyz president slams HRDs' efforts
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- 03.07.2017
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD threatened
- environmental rights
- protest disruption
- harassment
- travel ban
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- surveillance
- minority groups
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
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New constitutional amendments - a false hope for democratisation
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- 06.04.2017
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- office raid
- religious groups
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Repression of civic freedoms in Azerbaijan only worsens
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- 07.04.2017
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
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Arrest of activist in UAE marks a new low in state repression of civic freedoms
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- 07.04.2017
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- harassment
- censorship
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
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Canadian police orders and court decision endanger freedom of expression
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- 07.04.2017
- Country
- Canada
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- access to info. law
- censorship
- negative court ruling
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Journalist and trade unionist charged with defamation for criticising an arbitrary arrest
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- 25.07.2017
- Country
- Gabon
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- protest
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- protest disruption
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- journalist detained
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Offshore oil rig employees prohibited from protesting over working conditions
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- 07.06.2017
- Country
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- extractive industries
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest disruption
- protest
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Court upholds sentencing of 11 campesinos for defending their land rights
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- 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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Omani authorities restrict free expression through censorship and arrests of activists
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- 09.06.2017
- Country
- Oman
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- journalist detained
- censorship
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted