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Freedoms under attack with legislation restricting protests and hostility toward journalists
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- 25.11.2019
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- United States of America
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- public vilification
- youth
- restrictive law
- refugees and migrants
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- protestor(s) detained
- labour rights
- protest
- environmental rights
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State briefly suspends PNG journalist after critical reporting at APEC summit
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- 14.03.2019
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- Papua New Guinea
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Judicial harassment of Nauru 19 protesters continue
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- 18.03.2019
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- Nauru
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- refugees and migrants
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- protest
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Student activists detained during protest against evictions in Taiwan
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- 15.04.2019
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- Taiwan
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- indigenous groups
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- labour rights
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Whistleblower reveals government monitoring journalists and activists due to their work
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- 29.04.2019
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- United States of America
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- religious groups
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- surveillance
- environmental rights
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UK anti-terror legislative and judicial steps threaten civil rights and freedom
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- 16.05.2019
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- United Kingdom
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Dispersal of protests continues to be a major challenge to peaceful assembly
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- 23.05.2019
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- Kenya
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- positive court ruling
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- women
- refugees and migrants
- protest
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
- people with disabilities
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Espionage Act charges against Assange jeopardise press freedom
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- 17.07.2019
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- United States of America
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Two activists linked to the band “Pussy Riot” to receive asylum in Sweden
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- 06.06.2019
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- Sweden
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Migrant workers in Vanuatu protest repatriation plans fearing for their lives
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- 10.06.2019
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- Vanuatu
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Growing protection concerns as journalists in Greece targeted by violent actors
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- 18.06.2019
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- Greece
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Hungary continues its regressive course restricting civic space
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- 14.05.2019
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- Hungary
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Bangladesh authorities suppressing critics and restricting freedoms in refugee camps
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- 18.09.2019
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- Bangladesh
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- criminal defamation
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Sea rescue operations faced with high penalties for saving peoples’ lives in Italy
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- 27.06.2019
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- Italy
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Proposed money laundering register concerning for freedom of civil society
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- 25.02.2019
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- Greece
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Misuse of ICCPR Act and judicial system to stifle freedom of expression in Sri Lanka
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- 05.07.2019
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- Sri Lanka
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- internet restriction
- refugees and migrants
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- minority groups
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- journalist detained
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New Restrictions on White House press correspondents
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- 24.05.2019
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- United States of America
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Media Independence threatened as 80% Politically Affiliated
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- 31.01.2019
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- Lebanon
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Latvian CSOs continue to navigate relations with the government as civic space narrows
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- 29.05.2018
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- Latvia
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- funding restriction
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Court upholds right to religious expression for students, protests dispersed
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- 30.10.2019
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- Kenya
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- Latest Developments
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- positive court ruling
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- internet restriction
- youth
- restrictive law
- refugees and migrants
- labour rights
- religious groups
- violent protest
- protest
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained