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Peoples Dispatch
Under the Cover of the Pandemic, States Cracked Down Even Harder
01 Jan 2021
Despite promises to focus all efforts towards combating the pandemic, many states used the pretext of the lockdown to intensify repression of people’s movements and dissenting voices
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Several Injured in Police Action Against Pro-Democracy Protesters in Thailand
19 Nov 2020
Protesters in Thailand are demanding a curb on the monarchy’s power. The government led by prime minister Prayush Cha-ocha has resorted to repression of the protesters and arrested several leaders.
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Government Crackdown on Press Continues in Philippines as Congress Denies a License for ABS-CBN
11 Jul 2020
In a vote at the congressional committee for franchises, pro-Duterte legislators blocked ABS-CBN franchise license over “political bias” against the president.
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Colombian Social Leaders Walked 15 Days and 600 km to Demand the Right to Life
11 Jul 2020
A group of social activists and human rights defenders have been marching from the southwestern Colombia for the past 15 days to demand respect for the life, territory and human rights of minority…
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Activists from Balochistan Province of Pakistan Found Dead in Mysterious Circumstances
06 May 2020
In separate incidents within the span of four days, as many as four activists from the Balochistan province in Pakistan have been found dead
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Persecution of Georgian Communist Leader Draws Widespread Condemnation
13 Apr 2020
Temur Pipia, leader of the Unified Communist Party of Georgia, was detained by the Georgian police while returning from Russia. The state authorities have registered a case against him invoking the…
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In 2020, Already 50 Social Leaders Assassinated in Colombia
20 Feb 2020
The massacre of Colombia’s social, peasant and Indigenous leaders continues unabated.
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Guatemalan Indigenous leader Daniel Pascual denounces political persecution
14 Jan 2020
He has been accused of defamation, slander and injury by the son of an army general from the era of the military dictatorship
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Five Activists Arrested in Police Raid in Swaziland Have Been Released
26 Dec 2019
According to police, the documents calling for democracy that were confiscated in the raids may be considered treasonous
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José Murillo, Latest Victim of Colombian State Persecution
10 Dec 2019
The social leader and human rights defender was arrested on Saturday December 7 in the midst of a historic wave of protests in the country