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Over 12000 NGOs ordered to stop operations, LGBTIQ community face increasing attacks
- Published at
- 29.01.2020
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- Uganda
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- Latest Developments
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- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- CSO closure
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- HRD detained
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- protest
- political interference
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- protestor(s) detained
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Activists criminalised and continuous delegitimisation of press in Brazil
- Published at
- 07.01.2020
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- Brazil
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- women
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
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- HRD prosecuted
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- political interference
- positive court ruling
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- environmental rights
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State financed civil society fund relocates from capital city, attacks on minority rights
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- 19.02.2020
- Country
- Estonia
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- Latest Developments
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- censorship
- political interference
- protest
- LGBTI
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Journalists threatened as people demand clean air in Skopje
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- 17.02.2020
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- North Macedonia
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- political interference
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Measures to combat "fake news" used to silence journalists
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- 18.02.2020
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- Montenegro
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- religious groups
- minority groups
- political interference
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- excessive force
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Investigative journalists in Albania walking a dangerous tightrope
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- 21.08.2019
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- Albania
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New law set to erode judicial independence and municipalities declared “LGBTI Free- Zones”
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- 16.03.2020
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- Poland
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- restrictive law
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Politically motivated trial of Cambodian opposition leader continues despite international pressure
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- 26.02.2020
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- Cambodia
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- harassment
- travel ban
- access to info. law
- political interference
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Protests erupt over gang attacks, critics challenge proposed constitutional amendments
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- 28.02.2020
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- Zambia
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Media watchdog criticises suspension of journalists in Tonga
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- 28.02.2020
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- Tonga
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Farmers stage several protests at The Hague, proposed Dutch law threatens civic space
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- 14.02.2020
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- Netherlands
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- religious groups
- political interference
- restrictive law
- environmental rights
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
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Police raid homes of pro-democracy activists
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- 03.03.2020
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- Eswatini
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- harassment
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Centre-right party leader becomes Prime Minister raising concerns for civic space
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- 17.03.2020
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- Slovenia
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- refugees and migrants
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Increased internet censorship; mass mobilisation for regime-praising events continues
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- 19.03.2020
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- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- internet restriction
- political interference
- intimidation
- travel ban
- excessive force
- censorship
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Activists concerned about plans for new NGO law and other restrictive legislation in Nepal
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- 23.03.2020
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- Nepal
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- protestor(s) detained
- attack on journalist
- protest disruption
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Media outlets face pressure as state innovates to silence criticism
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- 20.04.2020
- Country
- Serbia
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- Latest Developments
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- internet restriction
- political interference
- self censorship
- LGBTI
- funding restriction
- surveillance
- bureaucratic restriction
- attack on journalist
- censorship
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
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‘Corona virus bill’ seeks to erode freedom of expression even further
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- 27.03.2020
- Country
- Hungary
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- Latest Developments
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- positive court ruling
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- political interference
- restrictive law
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Poor resilience to misinformation sparks concern amid COVID-19
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- 22.04.2020
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- Albania
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- Latest Developments
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- women
- political interference
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- attack on journalist
- public vilification
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Pashtun activists targeted amid pandemic while press increasingly muzzled in Pakistan
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- 12.05.2020
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- Pakistan
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Attacks on journalists on the rise as religious groups clash with police
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- 03.04.2020
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- Montenegro
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- Latest Developments
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- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
- women
- religious groups
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- political interference