Independent journalists and media fought numerous defamation lawsuits. Parliament introduced amendments prohibiting “LGBTI propaganda” in schools but rejected other amendments that would have further undermined LGBTI rights. Anti-immigrant attacks increased. A Saudi activist was at risk of deportation. Systematic failures continued to plague psychiatric care. Measures to strengthen protection for victims of domestic violence were pending.
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