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UN expresses serious concern for NGOs and HRDs in Burundi
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- 07.03.2017
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- Burundi
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- Latest Developments
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- attack on journalist
- CSO closure
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Growing concern over the continuous persecution of civil society, journalists and activists
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- 13.03.2017
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- Bahrain
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- Latest Developments
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- protest disruption
- CSO closure
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
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Upcoming referendum could further curtail civic freedoms
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- 15.03.2017
- Country
- Turkey
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- women
- protest disruption
- CSO closure
- travel ban
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- internet restriction
- violent protest
- censorship
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New measures put in place to protect journalists under threat
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- 16.03.2017
- Country
- Kosovo
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- CSO closure
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- excessive force
- protest
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The purge continues: protests turn violent, websites blocked and 4,000 civil servants dismissed
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- 02.05.2017
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- Turkey
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- censorship
- protest disruption
- CSO closure
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- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- violent protest
- time,place restrictions
- protestor(s) detained
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Russian government continues to prevent protests and suppress dissent
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- 16.05.2017
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- Russia
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- killing of journalist
- prevention of protest
- office raid
- CSO closure
- protestor(s) detained
- minority groups
- religious groups
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- HRD prosecuted
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Egyptian authorities continue their brazen curtailment of civic space
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- 28.03.2017
- Country
- Egypt
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- labour rights
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- harassment
- travel ban
- torture/ill-treatment
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Surge in neo-nazi activity harms space for civil society
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- 19.07.2017
- Country
- Sweden
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- LGBTI
- refugees and migrants
- CSO closure
- minority groups
- intimidation
- protest
- non state actors
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New Russian laws to further limit internet use and curtail freedom of expression
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- 24.07.2017
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- Russia
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- Latest Developments
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- protest
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
- CSO closure
- HRD prosecuted
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Rubber bullets, tear gas and arrests as police break up pride protest
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- 03.07.2017
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- Turkey
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- Latest Developments
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- protest disruption
- LGBTI
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- excessive force
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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UN expert raises concerns over restrictions on civic space in Sudan
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- 21.08.2017
- Country
- Sudan
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- office raid
- torture/ill-treatment
- CSO closure
- funding restriction
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- HRD detained
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Closure of Cambodia Daily signals an escalating crackdown on dissent
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- 06.09.2017
- Country
- Cambodia
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- women
- CSO closure
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- protest disruption
- travel ban
- protest
- political interference
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- land rights
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Crackdown on activists, critical media, dissident voices intensifies in Tanzania
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- 23.10.2017
- Country
- Tanzania
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- LGBTI
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- censorship
- surveillance
- non state actors
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Cubans protest slow state response to Hurricane Irma damage and destruction
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- 08.11.2017
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- women
- CSO closure
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- negative court ruling
- protest
- protest disruption
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Unrest continues in aftermath of controversial election rerun
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- 01.12.2017
- Country
- Kenya
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- killing of protestors
- excessive force
- protest disruption
- CSO closure
- harassment
- violent protest
- prevention of protest
- time,place restrictions
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Kazakhstan: Strikes, arrests and fears of new restrictions on fundamental freedoms
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- 31.01.2018
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- labour rights
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
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Protest over 2018 budget law: CSO banned and activists arrested
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- 03.01.2018
- Country
- Niger
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- extractive industries
- violent protest
- CSO closure
- HRD acquitted
- time,place restrictions
- HRD detained
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Tajikistan: LGBT CSO forced to close and state restricts online communications
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- 09.01.2018
- Country
- Tajikistan
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- Latest Developments
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- LGBTI
- censorship
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- CSO closure
- journalist detained
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Decree on Associations imposes severe restrictions on civil society
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- 14.03.2018
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- enforced disappearance
- funding restriction
- CSO closure
- restrictive law
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Increased restrictions as Egyptians go to the polls: A growing gulf between rhetoric and reality
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- 27.03.2018
- Country
- Egypt
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- journalist detained
- funding restriction
- women
- CSO closure
- restrictive law
- public vilification