Social services were reduced and people struggled to access food and medicine. Freedom of expression was further restricted. Arbitrary arrests and the criminalization of activists, human rights defenders, journalists and protesters persisted. Detainees experienced harassment and ill-treatment. Discrimination continued against women, Afro-descendants and LGBTI people.
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