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Finland's ranking drops on 2017 World Press Freedom Index
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- 03.05.2017
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- Finland
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- Latest Developments
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- extractive industries
- political interference
- intimidation
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Civil society mobilises to protest electoral changes pushed through the Moldovan Parliament
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- 08.05.2017
- Country
- Moldova
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- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- killing of protestors
- political interference
- protest
- positive CS development
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Latvian civil society's concerns grow over closing space
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- 10.04.2018
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- Latvia
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- Latest Developments
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- LGBTI
- refugees and migrants
- political interference
- intimidation
- environmental rights
- public vilification
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Hostile conditions for Kenyan journalists ahead of August elections
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- 15.06.2017
- Country
- Kenya
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- prevention of protest
- attack on journalist
- political interference
- censorship
- surveillance
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Tanzanian authorities threaten HRDs, LGBTI activists and journalists
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- 18.07.2017
- Country
- Tanzania
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- extractive industries
- political interference
- restrictive law
- intimidation
- harassment
- censorship
- HRD detained
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HRD killed and journalists attacked by Ugandan People's Defence Forces
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- 27.07.2017
- Country
- Uganda
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- political interference
- censorship
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- journalist detained
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- protestor(s) detained
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Serbian women in the media face threats, intimidation and harassment
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- 02.08.2017
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- Serbia
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- harassment
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- political interference
- LGBTI
- women
- religious groups
- intimidation
- HRD threatened
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New state laws increase penalties for protest actions in Oklahoma
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- 06.06.2017
- Country
- United States of America
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- extractive industries
- violent protest
- censorship
- political interference
- positive court ruling
- restrictive law
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
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Opposition candidates face intimidation and disqualification in lead-up to election
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- 11.07.2017
- Country
- Rwanda
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- Latest Developments
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- harassment
- internet restriction
- intimidation
- political interference
- bureaucratic restriction
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Civil society vilified for opposing electoral changes in Moldova
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- 12.07.2017
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- Moldova
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- Latest Developments
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- internet restriction
- political interference
- restrictive law
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- protest
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Harassment and intimidation of journalists as political instability continues
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- 26.01.2018
- Country
- Lesotho
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- political interference
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- protest
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Rights violations abound ahead of the Asiada Games
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- 21.07.2017
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- time,place restrictions
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
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Poland protests in defence of democracy and an independent judiciary
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- 25.07.2017
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- Poland
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- Latest Developments
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- political interference
- protest
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Police disperse pro and anti-immigrant protesters encamped in downtown Helsinki
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- 26.07.2017
- Country
- Finland
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- refugees and migrants
- time,place restrictions
- prevention of protest
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- political interference
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Over a year on from the coup: civil society still under siege
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- 06.10.2017
- Country
- Turkey
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- excessive force
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
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Bridenapping case in southern Georgia sparks protests in Tbilisi
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- 26.06.2017
- Country
- Georgia
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- negative court ruling
- women
- political interference
- protest
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Exiled journalist kidnapped in Georgia and now in the hands of Azerbaijani police
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- 16.06.2017
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- journalist detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
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Tajik NGOs, journalists and lawyers under pressure in a repressive state
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- 23.06.2017
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- Tajikistan
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- Latest Developments
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- censorship
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- political interference
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- HRD prosecuted
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LGBTI activist targeted with extortion and forced to leave home
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- 06.07.2017
- Country
- El Salvador
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- labour rights
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- LGBTI
- attack on HRD
- political interference
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Civil society criticises parties' manipulation of media prior to snap elections
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- 09.08.2017
- Country
- Kosovo
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- attack on journalist
- political interference
- minority groups
- intimidation