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Authorities criticised for slow response to human rights violations
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- 03.05.2019
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- Ukraine
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- Latest Developments
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- harassment
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- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- protest
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EU signs trade deal with Vietnam despite ongoing suppression of civic freedoms
- Published at
- 15.07.2019
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- Vietnam
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- Latest Developments
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- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest
- enforced disappearance
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- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
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Civic space in Gaza under severe restriction by both external and internal security forces
- Published at
- 22.05.2019
- Country
- Palestine
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- Latest Developments
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- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
- excessive force
- killing of journalist
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- surveillance
- non state actors
- attack on journalist
- protest disruption
- office raid
- negative court ruling
- restrictive law
- HRD threatened
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UN expert reports of ‘a near-total lack of space for freedom of expression’ in Laos
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- 06.05.2019
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- Laos
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- Latest Developments
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- enforced disappearance
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People protesting energy projects continue to be targeted for their activism
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- 06.06.2019
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- Canada
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- Latest Developments
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- youth
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Lack of accountability for Pashtun rights protesters killed and injured in North Waziristan
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- 04.07.2019
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- Pakistan
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- Latest Developments
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- protest disruption
- women
- harassment
- surveillance
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- killing of protestors
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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New mass surveillance system concerns Chilean civil society
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- 22.07.2019
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- Chile
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- Latest Developments
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- surveillance
- labour rights
- protest
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Kazakhstan: Change of power and marred elections, protests and crackdowns
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- 19.08.2019
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- Kazakhstan
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- Latest Developments
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- internet restriction
- protest disruption
- surveillance
- intimidation
- protest
- prevention of protest
- harassment
- labour rights
- HRD detained
- refusal of registration
- time,place restrictions
- LGBTI
- journalist detained
- non state actors
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- women
- positive court ruling
- criminal defamation
- youth
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Authoritarian constitutional amendments tighten Egypt’s iron grip on civic space
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- 09.05.2019
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- Egypt
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- Latest Developments
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- internet restriction
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- restrictive law
- LGBTI
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- protestor(s) detained
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Brazen threats against critics of the government signals a closing of spaces for dissent
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- 16.08.2019
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- Serbia
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- Latest Developments
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- public vilification
- HRD threatened
- protest disruption
- women
- political interference
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- protest
- surveillance
- environmental rights
- non state actors
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Intelligence agency coordinated with energy companies to spy on groups engaged in peaceful advocacy
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- 19.08.2019
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- Canada
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- Latest Developments
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- religious groups
- negative court ruling
- protest
- youth
- indigenous groups
- LGBTI
- extractive industries
- violent protest
- surveillance
- environmental rights
- non state actors
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Turkmenistan attacks the credibility of independent news sources and locks up critics
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- 27.08.2019
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- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- internet restriction
- religious groups
- intimidation
- surveillance
- labour rights
- public vilification
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Prominent Hong Kong activists arrested after weeks of police violence at protests
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- 30.08.2019
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- China
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- Latest Developments
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- women
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- attack on journalist
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- prevention of protest
- violent protest
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
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Freedoms at risk in Australia with media raids, silencing of whistleblowers and arrest of protesters
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- 29.08.2019
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- Australia
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- Latest Developments
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- protest disruption
- office raid
- harassment
- surveillance
- excessive force
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
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Sustained repression in North Korea with crackdown on international calls and foreign media content
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- 28.08.2019
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- North Korea
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- Latest Developments
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- censorship
- surveillance
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Journalists attacked, CSO event raided by authorities
- Published at
- 09.10.2019
- Country
- Uganda
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- Latest Developments
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Uzbekistan: Reforming or Redecorating?
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- 25.10.2019
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- Uzbekistan
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- Latest Developments
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- positive court ruling
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- release of HRDs
- travel ban
- refusal of registration
- labour rights
- protest
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- journalist detained
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
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CSOs appeal for a healthy relationship with the new government
- Published at
- 30.09.2019
- Country
- Moldova
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- surveillance
- protest
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Philippines human rights body launches national inquiry as attacks against activists persist
- Published at
- 01.11.2019
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- Philippines
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- Latest Developments
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- youth
- women
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
- killing of journalist
- surveillance
- non state actors
- environmental rights
- land rights
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South Africa issues warrants for two Rwandans in 2014 murder of ex spy chief
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- 04.11.2019
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- Rwanda
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- Latest Developments
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- surveillance
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- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- refugees and migrants
- criminal defamation