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CIVICUS and Zambia Council for Social Development condemn attacks on the media in Zambia
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CIVICUS urges Tanzanian authorities to stop targeting human rights defenders
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CIVICUS joins letter urging UN Human Rights Council resolution on Cambodia
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CIVICUS and partners warn of complete eradication of independent human rights organisations in Egypt
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CIVICUS joins partners in highlighting escalating human rights crisis in Ethiopia
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CIVICUS article on how to protect and expand civil society space nationally and internationally
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CIVICUS article on human rights activists being portrayed as terrorists and foreign puppets
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CIVICUS article on southern philanthropy for social justice and human rights
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CIVICUS article on UN spotlight on civil society rights
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CIVICUS round-up from the 33rd session of the UN Human Rights Council
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ALGERIA: Journalist sentenced to two years imprisonment for posting poem on Facebook deemed offensive to President
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ANGOLA: National Assembly passes four bills to control and censor mass media outlets and free expression on the internet
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ARGENTINA: Human rights lawyers seeking justice for violations during military dictatorship threatened
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AZERBAIJAN: Ahead of referendum, state steps up repression to silence critics and activists
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BAHRAIN: Human rights defenders interrogated, charged and arrested for tweets and for promoting “illegal gatherings”
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Government bans human rights activists from travelling to UN Human Rights Council
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Imprisoned prominent activist charged for sending letter to newspaper
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BURUNDI: Journalist missing, abduction feared
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CAMBODIA: Appeals court upholds conviction and sentence against environmental activist
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Activists leading Black Monday anti-corruption protests arrested
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Civil society launches campaign to free five detained human rights activists
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Two activists sentenced for “insulting a police officer” during solidarity protest for detained human rights defenders
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Activist sentenced to six months and fined after press conference where he spoke out against arbitrary arrest of villagers
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CAMEROON: Youth development association members arbitrarily detained and subjected to judicial harassment
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CHINA: Human rights lawyer sentenced to seven years for “subversion of state power”
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Police use lethal violence against protestors
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Work permit of human rights researcher revoked
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EGYPT: Assets of NGOs frozen after state says they received foreign funding with no approval
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Petition for persecuted women’s rights activist
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Ongoing judicial harassment against human rights defenders
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ECUADOR: Proposal to dissolve oldest teacher’s union violates freedom of expression
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GABON: Security forces use excessive and lethal force on post-election protestors
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GUATEMALA: Gun shots fired at human rights defender
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HONDURAS: Human rights defender threatened with death for monitoring and recording human rights violations
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IRAN: Academic still in jail 100 days after arrest and questioning by intelligence
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Journalist sentenced to three years in jail for “propagating against the state”
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Hackers target online accounts of activists
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IRAQ: Kurdish journalist threatened by security forces, abducted and killed
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INDIA: Kashmiri human rights defender prevented from attending UNHRC session and arbitrarily detained
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INDONESIA: Defamation charges filed against leading activist for highlighting police complicity in drug trade
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LIBERIA: Journalist threatened by presidential spokesperson after radio debate
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KENYA: Media activists protest after mysterious death of two journalists
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KUWAIT: Human rights blogger detained for 21 days for posting “defamatory tweet”
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KYRGYZSTAN: Women human rights defenders threatened by MPs, state-owned media and law enforcement agents after participating in conference
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MALDIVES: Newspaper raided after documentary on corruption airs
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New law is a direct attack on freedom of expression
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MEXICO: Journalist flees for safety after publishing book
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NIGERIA: Onslaught against freedom of expression as government battles Boko Haram
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OMAN: Government closes newspaper, arrests editors after critical reporting on judicial interference
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Poet detained for posting tweets in solidarity with arrested journalists
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PAKISTAN: Cyber Crime Bill passed by National Assembly and Senate despite concerns
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Human rights defender harassed, NGO shut down temporarily
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Civil society fact finding mission to enquire into case of disappeared human rights defender
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PARAGUAY: Police attempt to remove security detail of journalist
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RUSSIA: More NGOs supporting democracy and media banned
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SOUTH SUDAN: NGO ordered by national security agents to immediately close its doors
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Activists harassed and intimidated after meeting with UN Security Council delegation
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SUDAN: 36 NGOs write to UN Human Rights Council raising concern on repression of civil rights
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TANZANIA: Justice Minister says will deregister NGOs that support homosexuality
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Minister shuts down two radio stations for “seditious” content
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THAILAND: Human rights activists and lawyer interrogated and charged for publishing report on torture
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Rights researcher sentenced to three years imprisonment and fined over report alleging labour abuses
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TUNISIA: Activist publicly shamed and assaulted for affiliation to LGBTI rights association
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TURKEY: 45 students sentenced to 10 months in jail for protests against president
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Activists visit Turkey and condemn crackdown on freedom of expression
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Acclaimed novelist detained for attempted coup being denied medical treatment
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Missing LGBTI rights defender found raped, mutilated and burnt
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UGANDA: Activists from various CSOs arrested for planning to protest constitutional amendment on presidential age limit
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VENEZUELA: Newspaper offices shot at and vandalised
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VIETNAM: Land activist documenting land seizures sentenced to 20 months in prison for “causing public disorder”
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ZAMBIA: Three broadcast stations suspended for “unprofessional conduct” in poll reporting
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ZIMBABWE: Proposed Computer and Cyber Crime Bill a threat to freedom of expression
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Amnesty International: DRC: Dismantling Dissent: Repression of Expression Amidst Electoral Delays

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Article 19 & CIEL: Deadly Shade of Green: Threats to environmental human rights defenders in Latin America

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Boell Foundation: Squeezed – Space for Civil Society

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Committee to Protect Journalists: Dangerous pursuit: In India, journalists who cover corruption may pay with their lives

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Euromed Rights: Shackled Freedoms: What Space for Civil Society in the EuroMed?

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Gulf Centre for Human Rights: Liberty at Risk: Reprisals against Human Rights Defenders in the Gulf Region and Neighbouring Countries

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United Nations Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai: 10 Principles for the proper management of Assemblies Checklist

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Protection International: Newsletter on human rights defenders

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CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness: GPEDC Indicator Two: Civil Society Operates within an environment that maximizes its engagement in and contribution to development

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International Center for Not-for-Profit Law: Global Trends - Closing Civic Space: Impact on Development and Humanitarian CSOs

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ARGENTINA: Activists celebrate 39 years of protest
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Four pro-democracy activists released
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EGYPT: Human rights activist freed after 140 days in pre-trial detention
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EL SALVADOR: Environmental rights defender acquitted after corporate charges her with slander and defamation
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IRAN: Student activist freed from prison after 2 410 days for insulting leader and publishing falsehoods
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KUWAIT: Human rights defender released after three months but charges remain
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OMAN: After one year sentence, human rights defender set free
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TUNISIA: Turning point as president signs Declaration on Media Freedom in the Arab World
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ZIMBABWE: Activists arrested in national protests for accountability released
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CIVICUS speaks to Gina Romero, Executive Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Network for Democracy on the Colombian peace process.

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CIVICUS speaks to Ana Cernov, Coordinator of the South-South Program at Conectas on threats to civic space and citizen’s rights in Brazil.

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CIVICUS speaks to human rights and climate change activist Thilmeeza Hussain about current restrictions in the space for civil society in the Maldives.

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CIVICUS speaks to Qamar Nassem from Blue Veins on challenges faced by CSOs working on women’s rights in Pakistan.

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Editors: Mandeep Tiwana | Teldah Mawarire

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DISCLAIMER: The views expressed in this bulletin are a reflection of those contained in the original reports to which they are linked here, and are not necessarily those of CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation.