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Trade union leader arrested for insulting royals on social media
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- 13.08.2018
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- Spain
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- censorship
- positive CS development
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- criminal defamation
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Continued attacks on independent journalists
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- 06.07.2018
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- Serbia
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Criminalisation of free speech creating chilling effect, as elections draws near
- Published at
- 08.08.2018
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- Fiji
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- Latest Developments
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- labour rights
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Anti-corruption journalist Rafael Marques and Mariano Bras acquitted
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- 09.07.2018
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- Angola
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Slow progress on human rights reforms as new government approaches 100-day mark
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- 10.08.2018
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- Malaysia
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- positive CS development
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- censorship
- land rights
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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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- prevention of protest
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CSOs documented over 130 attacks against the press in the context of elections
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- 23.07.2018
- Country
- Mexico
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- Latest Developments
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- attack on HRD
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- killing of journalist
- private sector
- positive court ruling
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- women
- refugees and migrants
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- journalist detained
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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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- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- negative court ruling
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Regulator settles dispute with Amnesty Ireland over foreign funding
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- 02.08.2018
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- Ireland
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La Corte Penal Internacional abre una investigación por crímenes de lesa humanidad en Venezuela
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- 24.11.2021
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- Venezuela
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- Latest Developments
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- bureaucratic restriction
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- access to info. law
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Civil society welcomes Supreme Court ruling over same-sex marriage
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- 11.09.2018
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- Costa Rica
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- Latest Developments
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- positive court ruling
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- women
- refugees and migrants
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NGO workers assisting migrants regularly harassed by police
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- 13.09.2018
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- France
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- public vilification
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- positive court ruling
- women
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- harassment
- restrictive law
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UN urges Somalia to ensure peaceful elections and guarantee freedom of expression
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- 19.09.2018
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- Somalia
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Environment for defenders continues to be hostile with one WHRD killed in July
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- 20.09.2018
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- Guatemala
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- internet restriction
- political interference
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- indigenous groups
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- land rights
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Court acquitted 11 rural farmers after six years in prison
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- 21.09.2018
- Country
- Paraguay
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- positive court ruling
- youth
- protest
- land rights
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One more HRD killed in Guatemala, 21 have been killed so far in 2018
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- 27.09.2018
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- Guatemala
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- Latest Developments
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- indigenous groups
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- HRD detained
- HRD killing
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Despite release of activists, suppression continues after ‘sham’ elections
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- 11.10.2018
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- Cambodia
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Political change offers opportunity for human rights reforms
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- 18.10.2018
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- Maldives
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- Latest Developments
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Kazakhstan: Rapid shrinking of civic space and freedoms
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- 17.10.2018
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- Kazakhstan
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- Latest Developments
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- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
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- protestor(s) detained
- positive court ruling
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- release of HRDs
- harassment
- HRD detained
- non state actors
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Union protest banned, court outlaws broad restriction of protests
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- 19.10.2018
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- positive court ruling
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- enabling law
- HRD detained
- protestor(s) detained
- protest