Myanmar: With 100 Days Until Elections, Free Press More Important Than Ever
Myanmar’s media outlets are widely seen as key players in maintaining free and fair elections, but as the south Asian country (also known as Burma) emerges from decades of… More
Political Turmoil and the Deterioration of Free Expression in Burundi
Over the past few months, political conflict and turmoil have fueled a sharp deterioration in the environment for free expression in Burundi. More
Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab Pardoned and Released from Prison
The release from prison on 14July 2015 after more than three months in solitary confinement, of Nabeel Rajab, human rights defender, writer and President of the Bahrain Centre for… More
Irony in China: Anti-Corruption Activist Xu Zhiyong Marks Two Years in Prison
Today marks the two-year anniversary of the arrest of Chinese activist Xu Zhiyong under charges of disrupting public order. More
China Levels Charges Against Hong Kong Protesters in Attempt to Chill Free Expression
The charges of obstructing the police leveled against two Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters, Joshua Wong and Nathan Law, represent an often-used tactic of the Chinese government to bring politically… More
Salman Rushdie Reads “Wild Garlic Gatherers” by Natalia Estemirova (Audio)
Listen to a piece from our archives in memory of Chechnya-based Russian journalist and leading human rights activist Natalia Estemirova, who was assassinated six years ago on July 15,… More
France’s Laws against Hate Speech Are Bad News for Free Speech
Following the horrific attacks at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris this January and an ensuing increase in arrests for hate speech, the state of freedom expression in France… More
New Bill Risks Transforming Egypt’s Media into Mouthpiece of the Regime
A new anti-terrorism bill in Egypt threatens to criminalize the publication of news that contradicts the official narrative of “terrorist operations” in the embattled North African country. More
Chinese Efforts to Quash Human Rights Campaigns Rippling Out of Control
A string of disappearances and arrests of over 100 human rights lawyers in China in the past week is the boldest move yet in Beijing’s sprawling campaign to destroy… More
Mexico: Four Journalists, Two Weeks, Zero Arrests
The recent deaths of four journalists in Mexico in the last month—three of them in the space of a week—is a harrowing reminder of the dangers facing media professionals… More