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Repressive laws and tactics used to silence critics as Bangladesh elected to UN Human Rights body
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- 26.10.2018
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- Bangladesh
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Questions grow over police killings, attacks and arrested journalists
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- 29.10.2018
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- Kenya
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Civil society highlights repressive sedition law in submission to UN
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- 29.10.2018
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- Brunei Darussalam
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Turkey's Civic Space Bulletin
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- 30.10.2018
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Victory for indigenous and environmental groups protesting a controversial pipeline project
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- 30.10.2018
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- Canada
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Despite international scrutiny, Vietnam continues to conduct surveillance, harass and jail activists
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- 25.03.2019
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- Vietnam
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Les manifestations de l'opposition tournent au carnage à la veille des élections du 20 décembre
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- 20.12.2018
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- Togo
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Proposed foreign agent law: a "mechanism for crushing civic initiatives"
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- 09.11.2018
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- Ukraine
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Civic space under pressure in France - a roundup of the latest developments
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- 11.01.2018
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- France
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Interview: Civil society activist speaks about situation of civic freedoms in Timor-Leste
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- 05.11.2018
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- Timor-Leste
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Activists fear Rajapaksa’s return to power
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- 05.11.2018
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- Sri Lanka
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France's parliament approves security law eroding civic freedoms
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- 10.10.2017
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- France
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Police in Hungary are already using a restrictive new law to ban protests
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- 06.11.2018
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- Hungary
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UN experts alarmed over systematic targeting of civil society
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- 06.11.2018
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- Egypt
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Police charged for unjustified use of violence, as Romanian politicians blame protestors
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- 02.11.2018
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- Romania
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Criminal defamation laws used to prosecute online criticism of religion and monarchy
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- 26.03.2019
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- Malaysia
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Judicial harassment against the members of Open Russia movement
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- 27.03.2019
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- Russia
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Hong Kong protests met with excessive force as activists suppressed around Tiananmen anniversary
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- 11.07.2019
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- China
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Attacks on journalists increasingly connected to government corruption and criminal investigations
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- 13.11.2018
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- Mexico
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Journalists ordered to reveal sources in corruption probe
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- 15.01.2019
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- Romania
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