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June 20, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Rights Defenders, Journalists Jailed

New Crackdown Targets Activists for ‘Terrorism’

Ahmet Nesin, Şebnem Korur Fincancı and Erol Önderoğlu at the court house in Istanbul hours before being jailed pending investigation into spurious allegations of “making terrorist propaganda.”

June 10, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Indonesia’s Journalists Under Threat From Militants

Screenshot of a message addressed to Indonesian journalist Febriana Firdaus. The tweet reads, “Look out!! Floating around us (women) with fake hijabs, they are actually communist activists, LGBT lovers!! @febrofirdaus Don't be fooled by (her) hijab!!”

June 1, 2016 News Release

Ukraine: 17 Russian Journalists Banned

Drop Sanctions, Respect Media Freedom

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko

May 23, 2016 News Release

Kazakhstan: Crackdown on Peaceful Protest

Hundreds Detained, Journalists, Activists Rounded Up

Riot police officer gestures during protests in Almaty, Kazakhstan on May 21, 2016.

May 13, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Malaysian Corruption Scandal Threatens Free Speech

Malaysia's (L-R) Prime Minister Najib Razak and King Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah wave Malaysian national flags during National Day celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, August 31, 2015.

May 6, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Journalists Convicted for News Reports

Gunman Shoots at Editor Outside Court

Can Dundar, editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet, accompanied by his Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gul, talks to media as they leave the Justice Palace in Istanbul, Turkey on May 6, 2016. © 2016 Reuters

May 3, 2016 News Release

Iran: Flawed Convictions for Journalists

Intensified Crackdown on Media Freedom

Members of the revolutionary guard attend the anniversary ceremony of Iran's Islamic Revolution at the Khomeini shrine south of Tehran on February 1, 2012.

May 2, 2016 News Release

Iraq: Al Jazeera Closure a Blow to Free Speech

Officials Cite Parent Organization’s Stances

March 31, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Basic Rights Still a Pipe Dream in Angola

Some of the 17 activists who have been sentenced to jail terms of between two and eight years, after prosecutors introduced a new charge of “criminal conspiracy," Angola, 2015.

March 25, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Journalists’ Trial Closed to Public

Ruling Undermines Defendants’ Rights

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March 25, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Journalism on Trial

End Prosecution of Newspaper Editor and Ankara Bureau Chief

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March 23, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches - Media Freedom Under Threat in Kenya

Joseph Ole Nkaissery, Secretary for Internal Security and Coordination of National Government, Kenya.

March 18, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Afghanistan Journalists’ Worsening Reporting Perils

A cameraman films a news anchor at Tolo TV studio in Kabul, Afghanistan on October 18, 2015.

March 17, 2016 News Release

Dispatches: Good News from Azerbaijan (For a Change)

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March 16, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: The UAE’s Literary Festival in a Vacuum

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