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Despite international scrutiny, Vietnam continues to conduct surveillance, harass and jail activists
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- 25.03.2019
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- Vietnam
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- Latest Developments
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- travel ban
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
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- women
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- surveillance
- HRD detained
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EU highlights Serbia's failure to improve civic space
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- 08.07.2019
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- Serbia
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- Latest Developments
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- protest disruption
- women
- violent protest
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- attack on HRD
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- HRD killing
- protest
- public vilification
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Civic space under pressure in France - a roundup of the latest developments
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- 11.01.2018
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- France
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- positive court ruling
- public vilification
- refugees and migrants
- CSO closure
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- intimidation
- criminal defamation
- political interference
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
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Protests around corruption and censorship of eviction film ahead of APEC regional meeting
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- 08.11.2018
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- Papua New Guinea
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- Latest Developments
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- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- environmental rights
- censorship
- excessive force
- private sector
- land rights
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Media regulator HAC suspends several media outlets
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- 16.11.2018
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- Gabon
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- Latest Developments
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- prevention of protest
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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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- Latest Developments
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- torture/ill-treatment
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- women
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- enforced disappearance
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- restrictive law
- environmental rights
- land rights
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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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- Latest Developments
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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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- killing of journalist
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- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
- land rights
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Government bans NGOs for 3 months amid continued crackdown on civil society
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- 10.01.2019
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- Burundi
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
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- CSO closure
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State continues to undermine the right to protest and expression
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- 10.12.2018
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- Nicaragua
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- Latest Developments
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- attack on journalist
- prevention of protest
- women
- intimidation
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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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- torture/ill-treatment
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- positive court ruling
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- positive CS development
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- HRD acquitted
- intimidation
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- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
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- labour rights
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La HAC suspend plusieurs médias
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- 19.11.2018
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- Gabon
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- Latest Developments
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- journalist detained
- intimidation
- censorship
- prevention of protest
- bureaucratic restriction
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Land disputes undermine civic space in Honduras
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- 19.11.2018
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- Honduras
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- Latest Developments
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- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- protest
- non state actors
- environmental rights
- land rights
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17 journalists killed between 2015 and 2018
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- 22.11.2018
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- Guatemala
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- Latest Developments
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- harassment
- restrictive law
- land rights
- protest
- intimidation
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Civil society concerned about physical attacks and ongoing prosecution of Thai activists
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- 12.07.2019
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- Thailand
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- Latest Developments
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- harassment
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- enforced disappearance
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- women
- intimidation
- land rights
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Wave of killing of human rights defenders continues
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- 17.12.2018
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- Colombia
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- youth
- women
- indigenous groups
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- HRD killing
- protest
- land rights
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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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- Latest Developments
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- attack on journalist
- journalist detained
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Divisive rhetoric fuels attacks on expression
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- 29.11.2018
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- United States of America
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- bureaucratic restriction
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Abortion Rights Takes Groups to the Streets
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- 05.12.2018
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- Dominican Republic
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- Latest Developments
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- women
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Intimidation of journalists and actors in Venezuela
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- 15.08.2019
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- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
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- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
- intimidation