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Criminalized and silenced: The weaponization of Pakistan's PECA Act

Written by Ramna Saeed

1 week ago

Jailed Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong faces new foreign collusion charges

Written by Oiwan Lam

2 weeks ago

Cambodian journalist faces more than a dozen charges after reporting on deforestation

Written by Mong Palatino

3 weeks ago

Threatened by transnational repression, Hong Kong exile media outlets aim to preserve press freedom

Written by Oiwan Lam

23 April 2025

Stories about Legal Threats

Thailand-based US scholar faces prison term and deportation for alleged royal insult and cybercrime violations

Chambers has written extensively about the role of the military in Thai politics

Written by Mong Palatino

21 April 2025

In Turkey a controversial law on cybersecurity is widely seen as yet another censorship tool

Turkish experts, civil society groups, and international observers saw the law as a potential tool to restrict independent reporting and stifle dissent.

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

27 March 2025

Indonesian court acquits worker over defamation charges filed by prominent entrepreneur

Private actor litigation against workers’ rights advocacy looms large in Indonesia

Written by Ramzy Muliawan

28 January 2025

Activist Thai lawyer gets additional years in prison for ‘defaming’ the monarchy

His cumulative prison sentence is now 18 years, 10 months, and 20 days

Written by Mong Palatino

21 January 2025

How the UN Cybercrime Convention 2023 can pose a threat to human rights defenders and exiled journalists

Without adequate safeguards, the treaty could legitimize and facilitate the persecution of human rights defenders and journalists beyond national borders

Written by Guest Contributor

30 December 2024

Palau newspaper faces defamation charges over leaked tax report

The complainant is a company owned by the father of the country's president

Written by Mong Palatino

12 November 2024

Fresh threats to free press in Paraguay, Argentina, and Cuba

A round-up of threats against freedom of expression in October

Written by IFEX

10 November 2024

Where are the leaders of Hong Kong’s 2014 Umbrella Movement now?

September 28, 2024 marks the 10th anniversary of the start of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

13 October 2024

Hong Kong police told a US tech firm to take down diaspora media site on national security grounds

Flow HK was founded in early 2021 by a number of diaspora activists

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

9 October 2024

Alaa Abdel Fattah, a symbol of resistance, must be released on time

For many in Egypt and elsewhere in the region, Abdel Fattah has become a symbol of resistance against authoritarianism

Written by Walid El Houri

27 September 2024

Ex-editor of Hong Kong’s Stand News Chung Pui-kuen jailed for 21 months for sedition in landmark case

The duo are the first journalists convicted of sedition since HK's 1997 handover

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

27 September 2024

Ecuador: Two journalists who revealed corruption and drug trafficking forced into exile

Ecuador has become dangerous for journalists investigating corruption cases at the highest levels of state power

Written by Gina Yauri

Translated by Rowan Glass

24 September 2024

Two Hong Kong journalists found guilty of sedition after a 2-year trial

The court finds 11 interviews and commentaries on now-defunct Stand News seditious

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

30 August 2024

Website blocking in India: One arrow for all

In India, government power over online spaces has been expanding

Written by Shubhangi Heda

19 August 2024

‘Free at last': Aussies respond to Julian Assange homecoming

Wikileaks founder’s release from prison brings mixed reactions down under

Written by Kevin Rennie

8 July 2024

In Brazil, since Bolsonaro, attacks on journalists fell while lawsuits against them increased

Data for 2023 were presented by the National Federation of Journalists

Written by Pública - Agência de jornalismo investigativo

Translated by Liam Anderson

3 April 2024

From discredit to censorship: When power attacks the Latin American press

Without a free press there can be no democracy

Written by Connectas

Translated by Ameya Nagarajan

29 March 2024

Numerous journalists connected to Azerbaijani news site arrested

The arrests are connected to an ongoing investigation on government corruption

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

21 November 2023

Benin: Punitive online journalism legislation poses setback to press freedom

Several journalists have been arrested for their publications in Benin

Written by Arnauld Kassouin

Translated by Laura

7 November 2023

Despite change in government, another Thai activist is jailed for royal defamation

At least 257 individuals face the same charge of insulting the king

Written by Mong Palatino

11 October 2023

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