The ruling party continued to usurp power and suppress dissent. New legislative amendments expanded state and police powers while unduly restricting peaceful protests and undermining civil society. Police repeatedly used unlawful force to disperse peaceful protesters, arresting and ill-treating hundreds. Parliament adopted new discriminatory legislation. Reports of civilians subjected to inhumane detention conditions in the breakaway territories persisted.
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