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LGBTI activists, protestors and journalists targeted in Uganda
- Published at
- 07.10.2016
- Country
- Uganda
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- LGBTI
- women
- HRD detained
- protest
- protest disruption
- prevention of protest
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LGBTI rights threatened as civic space shrinks in Tanzania
- Published at
- 07.10.2016
- Country
- Tanzania
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- prevention of protest
- surveillance
- public vilification
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Demonstrations violently suppressed in Nigeria
- Published at
- 07.10.2016
- Country
- Nigeria
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- protest disruption
- censorship
- excessive force
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Tensions in Kashmir Reach Boiling Point
- Published at
- 11.10.2016
- Country
- India
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- minority groups
- travel ban
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- private sector
- non state actors
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High Court upholds ban on protests
- Published at
- 14.10.2016
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- prevention of protest
- negative court ruling
- public vilification
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Free association curtailed through denial of registration, travel bans
- Published at
- 11.11.2016
- Country
- Belarus
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
- refusal of registration
- prevention of protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- time,place restrictions
- travel ban
- attack on journalist
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Temporary protest ban sparks calls for change to peaceful assembly regulation
- Published at
- 21.10.2016
- Country
- Niger
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- time,place restrictions
- prevention of protest
- protest
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Activist arrested for holding allegedly unauthorised demonstration
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- 21.10.2016
- Country
- Malawi
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- HRD detained
- protest
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Authorities quell dissent as referendum success consolidates state power
- Published at
- 09.11.2016
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- attack on HRD
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
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Killing of jaffna students prompts unrest in northern Sri Lanka
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- 26.10.2016
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- religious groups
- minority groups
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- protest
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Turkish authorities suspend 370 CSOs as efforts to eradicate dissent escalate
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- 17.11.2016
- Country
- Turkey
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- protest disruption
- CSO closure
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- labour rights
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- time,place restrictions
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Protest bans in Kano as at least ten protestors shot dead
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- 19.12.2016
- Country
- Nigeria
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- religious groups
- HRD detained
- protest
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Free expression on Twitter carries a heavy penalty in Bahrain
- Published at
- 21.11.2016
- Country
- Bahrain
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- prevention of protest
- time,place restrictions
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- censorship
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Cuban authorities step up targetted repression of civil society, media and protestors
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- 22.11.2016
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- office raid
- attack on journalist
- prevention of protest
- intimidation
- censorship
- HRD detained
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Increasingly Blurred Lines Between State and Media Independence In Croatia
- Published at
- 13.09.2016
- Country
- Croatia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship
- prevention of protest
- protest
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Activist speaks to CIVICUS about conditions for citizen action in the Philippines
- Published at
- 22.11.2016
- Country
- Philippines
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- time,place restrictions
- prevention of protest
- excessive force
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Brutal repression of protests against Nicaragua Canal
- Published at
- 15.12.2016
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- intimidation
- harassment
- censorship
- excessive force
- protest
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Tougher laws choke civil society independence in Bangladesh
- Published at
- 15.12.2016
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- harassment
- HRD detained
- bureaucratic restriction
- indigenous groups
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- censorship
- prevention of protest
- time,place restrictions
- minority groups
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- protest
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Concerted crackdown on civil society in the wake of Castro's death
- Published at
- 13.01.2017
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- protest disruption
- prevention of protest
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- protest
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Dissidents in Gabon tortured, harrassed and arbitrarily detained
- Published at
- 08.02.2017
- Country
- Gabon
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- office raid
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship