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Threatened Voices · May, 2025

Stories about Threatened Voices from May, 2025

Media groups call for repeal of Samoa’s defamation law

The defamation law is being used to silence journalists and media groups

Written by Mong Palatino

28 May 2025

Sam George’s ministry presents a major threat to media freedom and LGBTQ+ rights in Ghana

If Ghana’s democracy is to survive, it cannot afford to let its press be muzzled

Written by Guest Contributor

28 May 2025

AI, impunity, and ‘authoritarian media control’ in Southeast Asia

An overview on the state of media freedom in Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia

Written by Mong Palatino

21 May 2025

How Russian opposition media continue broadcasting from abroad

Even now, tens of millions of people inside Russia receive information from independent media — and that still has real influence.

Written by Daria Dergacheva

19 May 2025

Papua New Guinea radio host loses job after interviewing opposition leader

The parliament is launching an inquiry into the matter

Written by Mong Palatino

18 May 2025

Digital erasure: How social media platforms are silencing Palestinians in 2024

A new report shows how Palestinian voices are being silenced online just as global attention is most needed to document war crimes.

Written by Walid El Houri

12 May 2025

Pacific media groups cite AI, censorship, and limited resources as key challenges in their work

Media groups across the region marked World Press Freedom Day with various initiatives

Written by Mong Palatino

10 May 2025

Digital censorship and political repression: The blocking of the X account of Istanbul's jailed mayor

The authorities cited a tweet from Ekrem İmamoğlu’s account, which they claimed could incite criminal activity

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

9 May 2025

Hong Kong falls to 140th in global press freedom index with historic low score

Hong Kong has faced unprecedented deterioration in its press freedom record

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

5 May 2025

‘Every silenced voice matters’: Defending press freedom in Myanmar

“Independent media is one of the few weapons we have left.”

Written by Exile Hub

3 May 2025

Journalism in exile: Muwatin’s fight for independent media in the Gulf

A frank discussion of exile, the personal cost of independent journalism, and the struggle for support in the Gulf

Written by Walid El Houri

3 May 2025

Mizzima News: Surviving the junta and reporting Myanmar's ‘Spring Revolution’

After the 2021 coup, the news outlet set up operations in remote provinces and outside the country

Written by Mong Palatino

3 May 2025

Silenced witnesses: Israel is killing journalists in Gaza at historic rates

In the deadliest war on the press, journalists in Gaza are being killed with no accountability.

Written by Walid El Houri

2 May 2025

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