ALBANIA: Thousands join protests to demand resignation of conservative
government
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ALGERIA: Civil Society demands end to state of emergency
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BELARUS: EU imposes sanctions against President and cronies in response
to violent crackdown on protestors after controversial elections
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CAMBODIA: Concerns expressed over restrictive aspects of draft NGO law
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CHINA: Human rights defender Zhang Zhua abducted ahead of Nobel
Ceremony
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INDIA: UN Special Rapporteur expresses concerns about the targeting of
human rights defenders
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RWANDA: Media and civil society urge amendments in restrictive media
law
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SOUTH AFRICA: Civil society urges government to ratify International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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SOUTH KOREA: Human rights defenders convicted for organising
demonstration without police permission
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SUDAN: Protests erupt against President Bashir's regime
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YEMEN: Twenty thousand protestors gather as civil society and
opposition groups organise day of rage against the regime
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UNITED NATIONS: Governments remove sexual orientation from UN
resolution condemning extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
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