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May 22, 2020 News Release

Belarus: Activists, Journalists Jailed as Election Looms

Authorities Arbitrarily Detain Peaceful Critics, Endangering Health

A nearly empty Oktyabrskaya Street in Minsk, Belarus amid coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic precautions on April 05, 2020.
May 13, 2020 Dispatches

Attack on Tajik Journalist Reporting on Covid-19

Authorities Should Investigate Beating of Abdulloh Ghurbati

Abdulloh Ghurbati receives medical help after an attack on May 11, 2020, Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
May 7, 2020 Dispatches

The Cruel Irony of Burundi’s Media Awards

State Regulator Insults Media as Journalists Appeal Conviction

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May 6, 2020 News Release

Philippines: Put Network Back on Air

Duterte Should Rescind ABS-CBN Shutdown; Congress Should Renew License

Employees light candles outside the headquarters of broadcast network ABS-CBN corp. on May 5, 2020, after the network was ordered to halt operations after its congressional franchise expired, in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines.
May 5, 2020 News Release

Jordan: Free Speech Threats Under Covid-19 Response

New Penalties for ‘Causing Panic’ About Pandemic

Jordanian police personnel guard at a checkpoint during the second day of a nationwide curfew, amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Amman, Jordan. © 2020 Reuters
May 4, 2020 Dispatches

Protect Kenya’s Journalists Reporting on Covid-19

Journalists Assaulted, Threatened, Harassed

Ferry passengers flee from police firing tear gas, after new measures aimed at halting the spread of the new coronavirus instead caused a crowd to form outside the ferry in Mombasa, Kenya Friday, March 27, 2020.
April 29, 2020 News Release

Cambodia: Covid-19 Spurs Bogus ‘Fake News’ Arrests

Renewed Crackdown on Opposition Supporters, Critics

A screenshot of TVFB journalist, Sovann Rithy, who was arrested on April 7, 2020 for allegedly “stirring chaos” by quoting a Hun Sen speech.
April 24, 2020 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Rights Pioneer Dies in Prison

Convicted for Criticizing Government Abuses

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April 23, 2020 News Release

Vietnam: Facebook, Pressured, Censors Dissent

Company Caves to Government After Local Servers Disrupted

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April 15, 2020 News Release

India: Activists Detained for Peaceful Dissent

Counterterrorism Law Politicized in Bhima Koregaon Case

Activist Anand Teltumbde (center), before he surrendered to the National Investigative Agency in Mumbai, on April 14, 2020. © Parth MN
April 10, 2020 News Release

Cambodia: Reporter Jailed for Quoting Hun Sen on COVID-19

Free Sovann Rithy, Respect Media Freedom

A screenshot of TVFB journalist, Sovann Rithy, at the General Commissariat of National Police in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on April 8, 2020.
April 2, 2020 News Release

Myanmar: Editor Wrongfully Charged

Counter-Terrorism Law Threatens Press Freedom, Freedom of Information

Myanmar press freedom and youth activists demonstrate for the release of two jailed Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, in Yangon, Myanmar, September 16, 2018.
April 2, 2020 News Release

Cambodia: Emergency Bill Recipe for Dictatorship

COVID-19 Crisis Pretext for Hun Sen to Seek Unlimited Powers, Go After Critics

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen gestures during a speech on the current state of a new virus from China in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020.
March 18, 2020 Dispatches

Prominent Journalist Freed in Azerbaijan

Afgan Mukhtarli Reunited with His Family in Exile

Journalist Afgan Mukhtarli rejoins his daughter in a Berlin airport following his release from prison in Azerbaijan, March 17, 2020.
March 17, 2020 News Release

China: Reverse Ban on American Journalists

Reporters at Major US Outlets to be Expelled, Hong Kong Reporting Restricted

Chinese Foreign Ministry new spokesman Zhao Lijian gestures as he speaks during a daily briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing, February 24, 2020.

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