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Afghanistan: Activists and journalists face arrest, detention, torture and new morality law, three years after the Taliban takeover
- Published at
- 04.09.2024
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
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Thailand: Opposition party dissolved while activists criminalised and attacked
- Published at
- 02.09.2024
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- positive court ruling
- women
- refugees and migrants
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- HRD prosecuted
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Vanuatu: UN body calls for repeal of criminal defamation laws, teachers’ union holds strike
- Published at
- 30.08.2024
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- protest
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Singapore: New Prime Minister continues policy of silencing dissent by criminalising protesters and harassing critics
- Published at
- 29.08.2024
- Country
- Singapore
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- harassment
- protest
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- HRD prosecuted
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Papua New Guinea: Media restrictions and cybercrime law undermine freedom of expression
- Published at
- 28.08.2024
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- protest
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights
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Japan: Press freedom ranking drops while new law passed to remove defamatory online posts
- Published at
- 27.08.2024
- Country
- Japan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- refugees and migrants
- protest
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Bhutan: Human rights groups call for release of political prisoners while journalists and civil society remain constrained
- Published at
- 26.08.2024
- Country
- Bhutan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- torture/ill-treatment
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India: Activists and journalists continued to be targeted around elections despite UN Human Rights Committee scrutiny
- Published at
- 22.08.2024
- Country
- India
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- women
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
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Tonga: Lack of progress on ratifying the ICCPR and establishing a human rights body as press freedom challenges remain
- Published at
- 21.08.2024
- Country
- Tonga
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
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Solomon Islands: News outlet exposing corruption temporarily blocked by Facebook
- Published at
- 14.08.2024
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
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Cambodia: Environmental, land and labour activists targeted by the government
- Published at
- 13.08.2024
- Country
- Cambodia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- labour rights
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights