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NetzDG law enacted to combat hate speech but raises fears of censorship
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- 06.12.2017
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- Germany
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- Latest Developments
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- self censorship
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- restrictive law
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Investigative journalism under attack: political influence impairs impartial reporting
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- 02.10.2017
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- Kosovo
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- Latest Developments
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- self censorship
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- women
- political interference
- protest
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Civil society mounts backlash against rampant attacks on journalists
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- 22.11.2017
- Country
- Serbia
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- public vilification
- attack on journalist
- violent protest
- labour rights
- non state actors
- self censorship
- funding restriction
- LGBTI
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- protest
- intimidation
- harassment
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Media impartiality under the spotlight in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- 12.09.2017
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- Bosnia & Herzegovina
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- Latest Developments
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Deadly repression of protests amid partial internet shutdown in Anglophone Cameroon
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- 10.10.2017
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- Cameroon
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- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
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Public opinion against Duterte's war on drugs intensifies in wake of continued killings
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- 18.10.2017
- Country
- Philippines
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Investigative journalism under attack: CIVICUS Monitor speaks to award-winning journalist
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- 17.08.2017
- Country
- Serbia
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- Latest Developments
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- political interference
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- women
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International civil society puts pressure on Sudanese authorities to respect human rights
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- 05.12.2017
- Country
- Sudan
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- self censorship
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- political interference
- release of HRDs
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Teachers strike due to pay freeze from IMF agreement
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- 24.01.2018
- Country
- Mongolia
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- Latest Developments
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- self censorship
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- labour rights
- environmental rights
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Passage of Digital Security Act could impose further restrictions on freedom of expression
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- 31.01.2018
- Country
- Bangladesh
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- Latest Developments
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- self censorship
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- restrictive law
- internet restriction
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Proposed laws could criminalise whistle-blowers and silence civil society
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- 14.02.2018
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- Australia
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- Latest Developments
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- self censorship
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- refugees and migrants
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- torture/ill-treatment
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- bureaucratic restriction
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Several journalists killed and more than 1,600 protesters injured in Gaza
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- 08.05.2018
- Country
- Palestine
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- killing of protestors
- restrictive law
- self censorship
- protest disruption
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- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- killing of journalist
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Human rights defenders face threats and judicial harassment
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- 01.06.2018
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- Cameroon
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- Latest Developments
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- self censorship
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- excessive force
- criminal defamation
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- censorship
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights
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Unending restrictions on civic freedoms
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- 02.05.2018
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- Turkey
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- censorship
- journalist detained
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Pashtun protests continue despite pressure from authorities
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- 01.05.2018
- Country
- Pakistan
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- Latest Developments
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- political interference
- censorship
- self censorship
- funding restriction
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- CSO closure
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- harassment
- surveillance
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- protestor(s) detained
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Demands for release of political prisoners in Bhutan
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- 20.04.2020
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- Bhutan
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- self censorship
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- intimidation
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Blatant attempts to manipulate elections and assault civic freedoms, says Pakistani civil society
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- 23.07.2018
- Country
- Pakistan
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- women
- attack on HRD
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Civic Space in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2018
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- 02.10.2018
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- Bosnia & Herzegovina
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- Latest Developments
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- prevention of protest
- self censorship
- positive CS development
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- protest disruption
- minority groups
- HRD detained
- LGBTI
- bureaucratic restriction
- excessive force
- women
- release of HRDs
- time,place restrictions
- criminal defamation
- attack on journalist
- public vilification
- labour rights
- refugees and migrants
- protest
- violent protest
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NGO faces shut down, as blogger is sentenced for tweet
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- 05.10.2018
- Country
- Kuwait
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- self censorship
- censorship
- CSO closure
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Civil society says shutting down of international NGOs an ‘attack on civic freedoms’
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- 17.10.2018
- Country
- Pakistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- women
- CSO closure
- minority groups
- travel ban
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- killing of journalist
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained