The authorities intensified their repression of dissent, prosecuting journalists and activists under broadly defined charges like “extremism” and “inciting mass unrest.” Legislation on “foreign representatives” continued to stifle civil society. The independent torture prevention institution was dismantled. A new law curtailed freedom of religion.
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