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CIVICUS calls for calm and respect of voters rights in Kenya elections
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CIVICUS article on how squeezing civil society hurts the economy and democracy
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CIVICUS and partners condemn extrajudicial killing of free speech activist
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CIVICUS expresses concern after Vietnam ramps up repression of activists
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CIVICUS and partners speak out against the attempt to deregister two human rights CSOs in Kenya
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CIVICUS and partners wrote a joint letter to the Bahrain government concerning activist detained incommunicado for nine months
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CIVICUS and partners urged the international community to support families of disappeared persons in Syria
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CIVICUS article says without civil society, BRICS lacks legitimacy
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Despite a narrowed civic space, there is hope in South Africa, says CIVICUS article
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CIVICUS article asks if civil society participation will improve after the elections
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CIVICUS article says harmonisation and participation are key to the realisation of 2030 Agenda
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ANGOLA: Protests banned ahead of election
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AZERBAIJAN: NGO focusing on transparency closed due to funding law
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BANGLADESH: 200 charities shut down for “terrorism.”
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BRAZIL: Proposed legislation changes will undermine freedom of association and assembly
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CAMBODIA: Court upholds jail term for land rights activist
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Despite release, every movement of five activists is still monitored
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CAMEROON: Trial adjournment of activists shows state has no case
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CANADA: Concerns for freedom of expression after worrisome court ruling
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CHAD: Police intimidate youth activists by surrounding their homes for hours
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CHINA: Activists say human rights defender is being forced to plead guilty to inciting subversion
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CUBA: Citizen journalists harassed by authorities
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: As opposition observes national shutdown, government blocks social media
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Police arrest over 100 and disperse anti-President protests
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Police raid Radio station charged for reporting on new tax
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Political activist shot allegedly by police during strike on corruption
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EGYPT: More human rights and news websites closed blocked
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Detained journalist's health seriously deteriorating
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HONG KONG: Journalist charged for covering 2014 protest
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INDIA: 17 NGOs blacklisted for allegedly “violating government guidelines”
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IRAN: Five arrested for supporting release of jailed civil rights activist
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KENYA: Human rights NGOs face closure
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MEXICO: Human rights lawyers investigating murders targeted
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Warrant of arrests issued against environmental rights activist
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MOLDOVA: Last-minute changes to draft NGO law risk stifling civil society
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MOROCCO: Protestor injured during protest passes on after weeks in coma
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MYANMAR: Journalist bailed but will face trial for defamation on social media
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NIGER: Journalist faces harassment and charge under Penal Code
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PALESTINE: Court extends detention of journalists for “leaking information”
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Presidential decree will allow jailing of those who harm national unity on social media
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PAKISTAN: Rights activists condemn enforced disappearance of activist
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New NGO tax will force civil society cutbacks
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Journalist threatened over story before election
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PERU: State of emergency declared after protests
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QATAR: Human rights lawyer banned from leaving country
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RUSSIA: NGO says activist arrested in protest is a prisoner of conscience
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Journalist appeals against deportation order
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Virtual private networks ban is a major blow to internet freedom
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SAUDI ARABIA: Four accused of participating in protest executed
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Appeals court upholds 8-year prison sentence against activist
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Combined 199-year jail sentence and travel bans for activists
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SOMALIA: Journalist arrested arbitrarily, no charge laid
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SOUTH SUDAN: News websites and blogs blocked for “hostile messages”
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THAILAND: Rights group says political activist abducted in Laos
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Journalist and critics charged with sedition for Facebook comments
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TOGO: Protestors killed as police violently disperse protests
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TURKEY: Orders issued to detain 35 people, including journalists, for using encrypted app
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Cartoonist arrested for suspicion of “aiding terrorist organisation”
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VENEZUELA: Activist shot dead in protest against controversial elections
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YEMEN: Armed gunmen abduct journalist
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CIVICUS: Civil society rights and the extractive industries
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Human Rights First: Poland’s new front: A government’s war against civil society
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BELARUS: Charges dropped against youth protestors, but situation remains worrisome
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BURKINA FASO: Journalist acquitted of defamation charges
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DENMARK: Freedom of speech improved by scrapping of blasphemy law
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ETHIOPIA: 10-month state of emergency lifted
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GHANA: President promises to sign long-awaited right to information Bill
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KUWAIT: Human rights defender released after one year in jail for peaceful protest
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SAUDI ARABIA: Human rights defender released from prison
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SOUTH KOREA: After three year battle, Supreme Court orders government to register LGBT rights foundation
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SUDAN: Activist pardoned and released
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SUDAN: Human rights activist released after presidential pardon
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TURKEY: Court sides with association, rules it can be registered
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VANUATA: Prime minister orders implementation of Access to Information law
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CIVICUS speaks to Héctor Ulloa, a student of Law and Economics, the vice-president of the Law Students’ Association of the National University of Honduras and founder of the Progressive University Movement.
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CIVICUS speaks to a Jordanian labour rights activist after successful campaigns for improvements in legal protections for workers and women have been heralded as a step forward for expanding civic freedoms in Jordan.
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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.