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February 14, 2023 News Release

Cambodia: Hun Sen Extinguishes Media Freedom

Shuttered ‘Voice of Democracy’ Among Last Independent News Outlets

Voice of Democracy staff inside their office
February 14, 2023 Dispatches

Tax Authorities Raid BBC Offices in India

G20 Leaders Should Urge Modi Government to Respect Free Speech

Police officers stand outside a building having BBC offices, where income tax officials are conducting a search, in New Delhi.
February 10, 2023 Dispatches

The Perils of Journalism in Cameroon

High-Level Arrests as Another Journalist Murdered

Martinez Zogo, right, and Jean Jacques Ola Bebe, left. 
February 10, 2023 News Release

UK/EU: Investigate, Sanction Visiting Xinjiang Official

Resist Chinese Government Efforts to Whitewash Crimes Against Humanity

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February 9, 2023 Dispatches

No Clarity Over Journalist’s Death in Rwanda

“Suspect” Convicted of Manslaughter After Hasty, Quiet Trial

 John Williams Ntwali
February 2, 2023 News Release

Burundi: Journalist’s Conviction Violates Free Speech Rights

Release Floriane Irangabiye; End Politicized Prosecutions

Floriane Irangabiye
February 1, 2023 Letter

Joint Letter to President Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan

January 31, 2023 News Release

Uzbekistan: 16-Year Sentence in Autonomous Region Protests

Still No Justice for Karakalpakstan Deaths, Injuries

Lolagul Kallykhanova, one of 22 defendants on trial in connection with July protests in Karakalpakstan, stands at the sentencing hearing at court in Bukhara, Uzbekistan on January 31, 2023.
January 27, 2023 News Release

Cameroon: Prominent Investigative Journalist Killed

Effective, Transparent Investigation Needed; Bring Killers to Justice

Mourners place candles in a room of Radio Amplitude FM where a portrait of journalist Martinez Zogo has been placed to pay tribute to him in Elig Essono district in Yaounde, Cameroon, on January 23, 2023. © DANIEL BELOUMOU OLOMO/AFP via Getty Images
January 26, 2023 News Release

Kyrgyzstan: Lawsuit Seeks to Shut Independent Media Outlet

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Under Pressure

Protesters flash the light of their mobile phones during a rally for freedom of speech and freedom for political prisoners in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on November 25, 2022.
January 24, 2023 Statement

Submission on the Implementation of Lashmankin and Others group v. Russian Federation (Application No. 57818/09)

Pursuant to Rule 9.2 of the Committee of Ministers’ Rules for the Supervision of the Execution of Judgments

January 23, 2023 Report

Chad: Justice Needed for October Crackdown

Investigate Killings, Torture, Deaths in Custody, Unlawful Detentions

Relatives and friends gather at the October 28 burial ceremony of Chadian journalist, Oredje Narcisse,  killed during a pro-democracy demonstration, in N'Djamena, Chad.
January 20, 2023 News Release

Thailand: Free Detained Critics of Monarchy

Activists on Hunger Strike Face Lengthy Pretrial Detention, Long Sentences

Orawan Phuphong and Tantawan Tuatulanon protest in front of the Bangkok Criminal Court by pouring red paint on themselves.
January 20, 2023 News Release

Rwanda: Suspicious Death of Investigative Journalist

Effective, Independent Investigation Needed to Establish Circumstances

John Williams Ntwali.
January 18, 2023 News Release

Politician Convicted for Harming Rwanda’s Image

Respect Free Speech; Free Detainees; Repeal Abusive Penal Code Provision

Théophile Ntirutwa

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