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October 19, 2026 News Release

Lebanon: Amend Media Law to Protect Free Expression

Provision Criminalizing ‘Spreading Disinformation’ Risks Continued Abuse

Lebanese lawmakers at the parliament building in downtown Beirut, January 9, 2025.
October 18, 2026 Dispatches

Indonesian Author Faces Blasphemy Probe for Short Stories

Authorities Target Feby Indirani’s Book Rather than Alleged Threats

Feby Indirani.
October 14, 2026 Dispatches

Turkish Government Takes Over Independent TV News Channel

Latest Move in Crackdown on Opposition Voices

Halk TV general news coordinator Serhan Asker gives an interview to media after the government takeover of the channel, a police raid on the premises, and the announcement of an arrest warrant against its owner and 16 others. Halk TV, Istanbul, October 14, 2026.
October 8, 2026 Dispatches

Niger’s Junta Tightens Its Grip on Free Expression

Lawyer Tried on Bogus Charges; Journalist Feared Forcibly Disappeared

Moussa Kala
October 8, 2026 Letter

Singapore: Drop New Wave of Charges Against Human Rights Defenders, End Criminalization of Freedom of Expression and Peaceful Assembly

October 8, 2026 Dispatches

Blogger Jailed for Four Years in Uzbekistan

Procedural Violations, Free Speech Concerns Mar Case

Sirojiddin Adilov, September 2026.
October 5, 2026 News Release

Sri Lanka: Counterterrorism Bill Retains Abusive Powers

Draft Law Won’t Meet Commitments to EU, Others

A police officer holds handcuffs as he walks inside a court premises in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 6, 2026.
October 2, 2026 News Release

Egypt: Authorities Arrest Entire Investigative Newsroom

End Enforced Disappearance, Reveal Journalists’ Whereabouts, Ensure Access to Lawyers

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September 30, 2026 News Release

United Arab Emirates: A Year On, Critic Remains in Detention

South Sudanese Commentator Held Without Charge

Samuel Peter Oyay
September 23, 2026 News Release

Canada: Press Vietnam’s Leader on Rights

President To Lam to Visit Ottawa Amid Hanoi’s Heightened Repression

Vietnam's President To Lam leads his delegation in a meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, June 1, 2026.
September 23, 2026 Dispatches

Trump’s Latest Media Attacks Again Hit Women Journalists

Reporters Subjected to Sexist Language, Insulting Personal Comments

MS NOW White House Correspondent Akayla Gardner prepares for a television report on a street corner outside the White House grounds in Washington, DC, on September 21, 2026.
September 21, 2026 Dispatches

Another Journalist in Mali Sentenced to Prison

Quash Charges and Release Abdramane Keïta

Abdramane Keïta, director of the newspaper Le Témoin (The Witness), Bamako, Mali.
September 18, 2026 News Release

Pakistan: Rights Lawyers Rearrested after Bail

Release, Drop Charges against Imman Mazari, Hadi Chattha

Human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari (right) and Hadi Ali Chattha, during a court hearing in Islamabad, Pakistan, December 5, 2025.
September 11, 2026 Dispatches

Prominent Rights Lawyer Imprisoned in Belarus

Immediately Release Dmitri Laevski

The Minsk District Court, Belarus, August 4, 2021.
September 11, 2026 Dispatches

Russia Punishes Independent Researcher for Being Cited

‘Undesirable Organization’ Case Takes Repression to New Heights of Absurdity

Olga Sibireva.

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