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China Media Bulletin, No. 118, December 2016

December 20, 2016
  • Feature: Beijing’s top censorship priorities in 2016
  • Minorities outnumber activists, journalists in expression-related incarcerations
  • Censors tighten grip on WeChat, video streaming, and foreign tech firms
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Poland: Law and Justice Party Should Stop Constitutional Crisis

December 21, 2016

Since taking office a year ago, Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has openly targeted Poland’s basic democratic institutions. 

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Aleppo: Urgent Need to Respect Civilian Lives

December 13, 2016

Freedom House issued the following statement in response to civilian casualties and suffering in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo.

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New Report: Mozambique: Violence, Refugees, and the Luwani Camp

December 15, 2016

Security forces of the Mozambican government are committing gross human rights abuses against civilians in central Mozambique, leading people to cross the border into Malawi as refugees, a report issued today by Freedom House finds.

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Poland: Some Hope in the Midst of Chaos
Zselyke Csaky
December 19, 2016

Law and Justice has run amok with its parliamentary majority, but the people are pushing back.

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The Gambia: Defeated President Moves against Election Officials

December 13, 2016

Freedom House issued the following statement in response to Gambian security forces today seizing the election commission headquarters, after President Jammeh’s defeat in presidential elections earlier this month.

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