PEN America is proud to be a part of the #HoldtheLine coalition in support of @MariaRessa, Reynaldo Santos, and #pressfreedom in the Philippines. They have fearlessly persisted in standing up to strongman President Rodrigo Duterte and holding him to account.

Newly enforced media regulations that India says are to counter false news and incitement in Jammu and Kashmir will stifle government criticism and go against press freedom protections in the country’s constitution, critics say. https://bit.ly/2OmZAnb

The allegations against Ivan Safronov, who often broke news on sensitive arms deals when working for Kommersant newspaper and was an aide to the head of Russia’s state space agency, are part of an escalating number of espionage cases in the past decade. https://bloom.bg/2ObFyfa