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Dos miembros del cuerpo de bomberos detenidos por un video satírico
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- 30.10.2018
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- Venezuela
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「六四」29周年:万人在港悼念多名异见者在中国面临检控
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- 05.07.2018
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- China
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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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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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Assault and harassment of HRD highlight severe repression of civic space in Equatorial Guinea
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- 29.03.2019
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- Equatorial Guinea
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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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Six years on, groups demand effective investigation into disappearance of activist Sombath Somphone
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- 17.01.2019
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- Laos
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Critics of military junta continue to be criminalised
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- 07.09.2018
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- Thailand
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European Parliament condemns detention of Ahmed Mansoor & other HRDs
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- 15.11.2018
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- United Arab Emirates
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Civil society highlights torture and ill-treatment of activists at UN review
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- 20.11.2018
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- Vietnam
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Human rights lawyer assisting families of slain sugar farmers in Sagay gunned down
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- 22.11.2018
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- Philippines
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Concern after brutal attack on women HRDs in prison
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- 27.11.2018
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- Nicaragua
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After 62 days in hunger strike, Tomas Nuñez was released
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- 13.12.2018
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- Cuba
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Arbitrary arrests of pro-democracy activists ahead of 23rd December elections
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- 19.12.2018
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- Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Brunei citizens fear speaking out on new cruel and inhuman punishments
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- 04.04.2019
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- Brunei Darussalam
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Authorities' growing intolerance of critical online voices
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- 11.02.2019
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- Côte d'Ivoire
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Groups strike, protest, amid deteriorating economic conditions
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- 21.11.2019
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- Zimbabwe
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Intolérance croissante des autorités face aux voix critiques en ligne
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- 15.02.2019
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- Côte d'Ivoire
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Prominent WHRD Israa Al-Ghomgham spared death penalty sentence
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- 27.02.2019
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- Saudi Arabia
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Fiji commits to free speech at UN while boy allegedly tortured for criticising the PM
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- 25.11.2019
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- Fiji
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