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Journalist arrested and charged for expressing political views
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- 27.04.2017
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- Somalia
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- Latest Developments
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- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- non state actors
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Activist released then detained by police two weeks later
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- 22.03.2017
- Country
- Russia
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- Latest Developments
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- HRD detained
- labour rights
- protest
- internet restriction
- positive CS development
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- access to info. law
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Shrinking space for civil society in pre-election Kyrgyzstan
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- 01.05.2017
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
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- Latest Developments
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- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- time,place restrictions
- journalist detained
- surveillance
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New constitutional amendments - a false hope for democratisation
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- 06.04.2017
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- Kazakhstan
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- Latest Developments
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- intimidation
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- office raid
- religious groups
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Repression of civic freedoms in Azerbaijan only worsens
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- 07.04.2017
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- Azerbaijan
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- Latest Developments
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- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
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19 activists have been murdered in Colombia since January 2017
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- 03.04.2017
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- Colombia
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- torture/ill-treatment
- women
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- extractive industries
- non state actors
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Egyptian authorities continue their brazen curtailment of civic space
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- 28.03.2017
- Country
- Egypt
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- Latest Developments
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- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- labour rights
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- harassment
- travel ban
- torture/ill-treatment
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Human rights situation still appalling in post-election Turkmenistan
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- 29.03.2017
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- release of HRDs
- harassment
- bureaucratic restriction
- intimidation
- public vilification
- HRD killing
- HRD detained
- enforced disappearance
- censorship
- torture/ill-treatment
- access to info. law
- surveillance
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Unrelenting human rights violations heightened under martial law
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- 19.07.2017
- Country
- Philippines
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- Latest Developments
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- self censorship
- LGBTI
- women
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
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Israeli security forces use excessive force against solidarity protesters in Palestine
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- 06.06.2017
- Country
- Palestine
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- Latest Developments
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- protestor(s) detained
- prevention of protest
- protest disruption
- torture/ill-treatment
- excessive force
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China increases pressure on dissidents ahead of Communist Party Congress
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- 12.10.2017
- Country
- China
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- refugees and migrants
- HRD detained
- protest disruption
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- surveillance
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North Korea crowned worst in the world for freedom of expression
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- 06.06.2017
- Country
- North Korea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- surveillance
- torture/ill-treatment
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Rights violations abound ahead of the Asiada Games
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- 21.07.2017
- Country
- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- time,place restrictions
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
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HRDs arrested and subjected to ill-treatment in UAE prisons
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- 09.06.2017
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- United Arab Emirates
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- Latest Developments
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- censorship
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
- internet restriction
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Undaunted by severe state suppression of peaceful assembly, Venezuelans protest
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- 09.06.2017
- Country
- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- protest disruption
- office raid
- censorship
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- protestor(s) detained
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Two months after mass protests, activists remain in custody and journalists harrassed
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- 15.06.2017
- Country
- Belarus
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Police use excessive force to quell protest in Duraz - 5 killed, hundreds arrested
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- 16.06.2017
- Country
- Bahrain
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- Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- women
- sexual assault
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD threatened
- killing of protestors
- negative court ruling
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- protest disruption
- censorship
- bureaucratic restriction
- attack on HRD
- environmental rights
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Exiled journalist kidnapped in Georgia and now in the hands of Azerbaijani police
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- 16.06.2017
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- journalist detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
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Litany of abuses continues, even under Expo-2017 spotlight
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- 01.08.2017
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- religious groups
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- labour rights
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
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Saudi authorities execute four men for participating in protests
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- 10.08.2017
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- negative court ruling
- torture/ill-treatment
- release of HRDs