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Several arrested during protests
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- 09.10.2019
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- Gambia
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Mexico: two journalists killed and several others attacked as government struggles to protect
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- 10.06.2019
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- Mexico
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Philippines human rights body launches national inquiry as attacks against activists persist
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- 01.11.2019
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- Philippines
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HRD detained without charge and journalist arrested for disobedience as Cuba increases repression
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- 04.11.2019
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- Cuba
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Netherlands introduces burqa ban in some public spaces
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- 01.05.2019
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- Netherlands
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Academics arrested, journalists silenced and blanket bans on LGBTI protests
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- 03.07.2019
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- Turkey
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Police arrested nine people linked to pro-Catalan independence groups
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- 27.09.2019
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- Spain
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CSOs call for independent and credible investigations
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- 01.10.2019
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- Sudan
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New law protects minority languages and expands their spheres of use
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- 06.11.2017
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- Albania
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Attacks and harassment of independent media continues unabated
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- 08.08.2018
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- Cuba
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Vietnamese activists face imprisonment, attacks and arbitrary prison transfers
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- 05.09.2018
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- Vietnam
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Freedom of expression under threat in the run up to 8th August elections
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- 07.08.2017
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- Kenya
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Hostilities toward social activists grow, leading to at least three recent deaths
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- 08.08.2017
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- Colombia
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Journalists continue to work in a hostile environment in Guatemala
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- 26.08.2016
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- Guatemala
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- killing of journalist
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- HRD killing
- women
Draft NGO law contains restrictions on freedom of association
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- 24.06.2016
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- Jordan
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Court sentences accomplice in 2011 murder of Dominican journalist
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- 04.06.2018
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- Dominican Republic
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Constant repression of protests in Honduras
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- 06.07.2016
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- Honduras
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- Latest Developments
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- women
- indigenous groups
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- attack on journalist
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- criminal defamation
- killing of journalist
Protest at post-election event disrupted
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- 11.08.2016
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- South Africa
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- censorship
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- women
- protest
Protests in Iran face repression
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- 09.08.2016
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- Iran
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Civil society outlawed in practice by Nicaragua’s authorities
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- 05.07.2022
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- Nicaragua
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