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February 13, 2019Freedom House calls on authorities to immediately release Maria Ressa, drop all related charges filed against her and other Rappler reporters.
January 23, 2019In this issue: Censorship and surveillance in the Year of the Pig, China’s defense of Huawei, Twitter crackdown, and Beijing influence in New Zealand, Thailand, and Zambia
February 9, 2019Ethiopia's new law is the Ahmed administration's first major reform measure taken towards ensuring a more open operating environment for civil society.
Togolese president Faure Gnassingbé (Flickr/Presidency of the Republic of Benin)
January 28, 2019Aided by weak regional oversight, the president may be getting away with a power grab.
January 14, 2019Though the United Nations is an imperfect body, UN special rapporteurs play an important role by examining potential human rights violations.
Hasan Minhaj at an event in California in November 2018 (Jesse Grant/Getty Images)
January 3, 2019How should companies like Netflix respond when repressive governments order the removal of critical content?