Violent Threats

Mass pager attack in Lebanon raises concerns over cyber warfare and terrorism

Written by Walid El Houri

18 September 2024

Hong Kong journalists are under systematic and organized attacks

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

16 September 2024

The murder of a young girl in Ethiopia reveals TikTok’s content moderation failures

Written by Endalkachew Chala

6 September 2024

Fact-checkers condemn physical attack against journalist of Croatian fact-checking service Faktograf

Written by Metamorphosis Foundation

24 July 2024

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Iran’s women, digital rights and human freedoms

A year after Mahsa Amini's death, Iran intensifies surveillance on women

Written by Guest Contributor

28 September 2023

Zimbabwe election aftermath sees human rights defenders and opposition supporters under siege

Calls mount for the international community to speak out

Written by Guest Contributor

20 September 2023

Cameroon: Report the Anglophone conflict and perish

The state comes down hard on critical reporting

Written by Leocadia Bongben

30 May 2023

‘Post at your own risk': An interview with Indian journalist Srishti Jaswal

“My crime is the expression of critical thoughts”

Written by Rezwan

23 May 2023

Unfreedom Monitor Report: Philippines

An excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in the Philippines

Written by Advox

22 May 2023

Unfreedom Monitor Report: Cameroon

An excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in Cameroon

Written by Advox

5 May 2023

What is red-tagging and why it is dangerous in the Philippines?

Labeling individuals as "communist" leads to harassment and sometimes death

Written by Advox

27 April 2023

Pakistan's war on journalism: Abduction and arrest of prominent journalists

The situation for journalists in Pakistan has been steadily declining

Written by Ramna Saeed

26 April 2023

Against journalists, violence without borders in Kazakhstan

2022 saw four times the number of attacks as 2021

Written by Vlast.kz

9 March 2023

President Bukele harasses independent journalists on Twitter in El Salvador

Women journalists are also at risk

Written by Jose Luis Benitez

20 January 2023

Infrastructural content moderation: the case of Mariupol

Manipulating information can be done physically, by hitting infrastructure

Written by Sofia Kovalevskaya

13 January 2023

Kosovo: Six attacks against journalists in December following escalating tensions

All six incidents occurred in Serb-majority municipalities in the north of Kosovo

Written by Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe

6 January 2023

TikToker Nekoglai was deported from Moscow to Moldova with signs of torture

Russian state uses public shaming to punish and repress dissent

Written by Daria Dergacheva

14 November 2022

Civil society groups call for justice after a radio broadcaster is killed in the Philippines

A second journalist has been killed under the Marcos government

Written by Mong Palatino

7 October 2022

An estate under siege: How the press in Zimbabwe is being gagged

Several have faced physical harm for doing their jobs

Written by Kudzai Chimhangwa

12 September 2022

In Georgia, six months after the tragic death of journalist, authorities blame drug overdose

Civil society organizations question the state's conclusion and motives

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

14 January 2022

Mozambican journalist receives international prize for press freedom

Matias Guente won the 2021 press freedom award

Written by Global Voices Lusofonia Translated (en) by Giovana Fleck

20 July 2021

Myanmar journalists endure attacks for reporting the coup

"Most of us are struggling and our families are suffering"

Written by Mong Palatino

28 June 2021

A Zimbabwean journalist, two opposition politicians jailed for tweets about police brutality

'Impunity continues to prevail on human rights violations in Zimbabwe'

Written by GV Sub-Saharan Africa

25 January 2021

Building safer online spaces in Myanmar

Facebook faces great scrutiny in Myanmar

Written by Guest Contributor

14 August 2020

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