Freedom and Repression

More than 60 Georgian media and civil society groups have been ordered to disclose donor and grant data under a new law,...

United Nations investigators say Myanmar’s military demolished Rohingya villages, hiring private companies to clear the land...

Freed after nearly 12 years in jail, following international and domestic pressure—and his mother’s nine-month hunger...

Rights groups warn Ethiopia is tightening its grip on independent media as at least six journalists have been arrested since...

Two journalists received prison terms and two accountants probation in a case critics say targets independent media and...

A draft law under consideration since 2023, meant to update Lebanon’s outdated Publications Law, could instead upend free...

Human Rights Watch warns that Yemen’s warring parties are detaining, torturing and assassinating journalists, seizing media...

One of Turkey’s biggest media and education groups is placed under state trusteeship as authorities pursue sweeping...

In the latest chapter of a decades-long human rights crisis, Egypt’s campaign to suppress dissent has escalated with the...

Violence outside a Tbilisi mayoral campaign office left journalists beaten and protesters injured, as reporters said police...

In Kyrgyzstan, authorities are no longer just reacting to stories — they are trying to stop them before they are told,...