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May 25, 2023 Background Briefing

A Human Rights Agenda for Nigeria

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari (R) and Nigeria's newly declared winner of 2023 presidential election, Bola Ahmed Tinubu (L) pose for a photograph in Daura, Nigeria, March 1, 2023.
May 24, 2023 Report

Uzbekistan: Backsliding on Religious Freedom Promises

Muslims Prosecuted; Faith Face Registration Obstacles

Muslim worshippers pray during Friday prayers at the Khazrati Imam Mosque in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, October 22, 2021.
May 5, 2023 Dispatches

Greece Stuck at Bottom of EU on Press Freedom

Low Ranking Latest Sign of Deteriorating Media Freedom

Newspapers on a kiosk at Omonoia square in Athens, Greece.
May 4, 2023 Dispatches

Burundi Court Upholds Journalist’s Conviction

Authorities Should End Cynical Assault on Media, Civil Society

Floriane Irangabiye
May 3, 2023 News Release

Human Rights Press Awards Announce 2023 Winners

Reporting on Covid, Myanmar Military Take Top Prizes

Graphic of an open pad lock that says "Human Rights Press Awards" on it.
April 14, 2023 News Release

Russia: Sentencing for Prominent Kremlin Critic

Free Vladimir Kara-Murza; Vacate Brazenly Unjust Charges

Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza is escorted to a hearing in a court in Moscow, Russia, February 8, 2023
April 4, 2023 Report

Central African Republic: Closing Civic Space

Journalists, Civil Society, Opposition Parties Face Harassment, Restrictions

Selection of Central African Republic newspapers, Bangui, January 2023
April 4, 2023 Dispatches

Burkina Faso Expels Two French Reporters

Reverse Expulsions, Protect Media Freedom

A television shows the cut signal of the France 24 channel, hours after Burkina Faso’s military government suspended the channel on March 27, 2023.
March 30, 2023 Dispatches

Russia’s Security Service Arrests American Reporter

Free Evan Gershkovich Immediately

ID photo of Evan Gershkovich, an American reporter for the Wall Street Journal.
March 29, 2023 News Release

Burkina Faso: TV News Broadcasts Suspended

Lift Ban on France 24; Protect Freedom of Expression

A television shows the cut signal of the France 24 channel, hours after Burkina Faso’s military government suspended the channel on March 27, 2023.
March 21, 2023 News Release

Haiti/France: Journalist Sued for Exposing Sex Abuse in Haiti Soccer

FIFA Appeals Reversal of Its Lifetime Ban on Federation President

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March 15, 2023 Statement

Rwanda: Questionable Trial after Journalist's Death

86 Organizations Reiterate Call for an Independent Investigation

John Williams Ntwali.
March 14, 2023 News Release

Cambodia: Labor Leader, Activists Face Baseless Charges

Release Union President and Drop Case Against Members

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March 10, 2023 Dispatches

Belarus Equates Rights Protection to Extremism

Authorities Label Belarusian Association of Journalists an “Extremist Formation”

 The door of the Belarusian Association of Journalists main office in Minsk, Belarus on June 2021
March 3, 2023 News Release

Cambodia: Opposition Leader Convicted on Bogus Charges

Quash ‘Treason’ Case Against Kem Sokha

Cambodia’s opposition leader Kem Sokha talks to the media at his home before leaving for a court hearing in Phnom Penh.

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