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Protests against toxic spill continue despite persecution of environmental activists
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- 22.03.2018
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- Vietnam
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Court jails anti-mining activist for "spreading Communist ideology"
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- 03.04.2018
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- Indonesia
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Positive civic space developments: some activists hopeful, some still wary
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- 25.05.2018
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- Kyrgyzstan
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Thousands of activists, indigenous groups and others rally around environmental concerns
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- 23.05.2018
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- Canada
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Protests over corruption rock South Africa prior to Zuma's departure in February
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- 19.04.2018
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- South Africa
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Thousands of tear gas canisters fired as police clear anti-capitalist community
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- 01.05.2018
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- France
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Legitimacy of upcoming elections questioned with crackdown on media and opposition
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- 28.05.2018
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- Cambodia
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Attacks on civic space continue with threats to dissolve opposition and jailing of judges
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- 31.05.2018
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- Maldives
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Journalists in Belarus fined as the regime silences independent voices
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- 06.06.2018
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- Belarus
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Harsh sentences for 18 opposition protesters
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- 21.06.2018
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- Côte d'Ivoire
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Repression of protests killed 15 people in 2018
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- 07.08.2018
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- Venezuela
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Repression and arbitrary detentions during protests continue in Honduras
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- 10.08.2018
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- Honduras
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Environmental protests continue as fracking companies seek court injunction
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- 02.07.2018
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- United Kingdom
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One dead after police violently repress student protests
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- 10.07.2018
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- Bolivia
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Criminalisation of free speech creating chilling effect, as elections draws near
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- 08.08.2018
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- Fiji
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Activists continue to face persecution as thousands mark Tiananmen anniversary in Hong Kong
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- 05.07.2018
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- China
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Council of Europe demands release of political prisoners detained by Russia
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- 06.07.2018
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- Ukraine
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Hun Sen increases restrictions on media and online expression in Cambodia ahead of elections
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- 20.07.2018
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- Cambodia
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Human rights lawyer Emin Aslan sentenced to 30 days in detention
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- 23.07.2018
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- Azerbaijan
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Somaliland authorities continue attack on free expression
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- 24.07.2018
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- Somalia
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