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European Commission takes Hungarian government to court over NGO law
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- 18.12.2017
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- Hungary
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- Latest Developments
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- positive court ruling
- restrictive law
- public vilification
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New Year starts with criminalisation of protests and continued repression
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- 24.01.2018
- Country
- Venezuela
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- Latest Developments
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- women
- release of HRDs
- positive court ruling
- travel ban
- protest disruption
- killing of protestors
- excessive force
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
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State continues relentless targeting of opposition leaders
- Published at
- 19.12.2017
- Country
- Rwanda
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- political interference
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Impunity for attacks on journalists draws international scrutiny
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- 20.12.2017
- Country
- Mexico
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- torture/ill-treatment
- labour rights
- protest
- HRD acquitted
- killing of journalist
- positive court ruling
- women
- extractive industries
- non state actors
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Opposition-led protests against the government's changes to the electoral law continue
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- 22.12.2017
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- Moldova
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- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- political interference
- protest
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Small but determined number of protesters make noise on environmental issues
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- 11.01.2018
- Country
- Canada
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- positive court ruling
- funding restriction
- protest disruption
- labour rights
- protest
- extractive industries
- time,place restrictions
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
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Chilean Supreme Court decision: "Right to information overrides the right to be forgotten"
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- 04.01.2018
- Country
- Chile
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- positive court ruling
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Government actions continue to drive people to the streets
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- 09.01.2018
- Country
- United States of America
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- Latest Developments
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- protestor(s) detained
- protest
- public vilification
- positive court ruling
- HRD acquitted
- protest disruption
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- time,place restrictions
- environmental rights
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Eritrean refugees take labour rights case to Canadian court
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- 23.01.2018
- Country
- Eritrea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- refugees and migrants
- labour rights
- protest
- excessive force
- extractive industries
- torture/ill-treatment
- protestor(s) detained
- private sector
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Government curtails freedoms and ignores court order to release its opponents
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- 05.02.2018
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- Maldives
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- Latest Developments
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- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- political interference
- harassment
- censorship
- excessive force
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Health rights activist arrested for contempt of court in Nepal
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- 17.01.2018
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- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- HRD detained
- protest
- release of HRDs
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Court rules in favour of locked out airport workers
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- 27.02.2018
- Country
- Fiji
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- private sector
- positive court ruling
- protest
- labour rights
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Civil society demands government transparency and access to information
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- 26.02.2018
- Country
- Montenegro
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- positive CS development
- political interference
- protest
- restrictive law
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Protests over Congress' inaction on immigration, racial justice and gun control
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- 27.02.2018
- Country
- United States of America
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- Latest Developments
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- protest disruption
- harassment
- public vilification
- private sector
- restrictive law
- positive court ruling
- women
- refugees and migrants
- enabling law
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
- sexual assault
- extractive industries
- violent protest
- environmental rights
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ECHR rules in favour of Lithuanian NGO's case on free expression
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- 08.03.2018
- Country
- Lithuania
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- censorship
- LGBTI
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SLAPP Lawsuits threaten critical voices in France
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- 09.03.2018
- Country
- France
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- positive court ruling
- private sector
- protest
- environmental rights
- censorship
- land rights
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Alarming wave of attacks against human rights defenders and journalists
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- 09.03.2018
- Country
- Colombia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- attack on HRD
- positive court ruling
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- HRD threatened
- environmental rights
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Artists and social media users impacted by Spain's legal restrictions on free expression
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- 06.03.2018
- Country
- Spain
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- censorship
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
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Authorities fail to investigate break-ins targeting human rights organisations
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- 08.03.2018
- Country
- Uganda
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- attack on HRD
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- positive court ruling
- non state actors
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Justice prevails in the case of murdered journalist Pablo Medina
- Published at
- 14.02.2018
- Country
- Paraguay
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- bureaucratic restriction
- public vilification