It’s not too late for democratic leaders to establish a credible global deterrent against the murder of journalists.
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October 12, 2018Proposals to charge demonstrators a fee for protests on public land are deeply disturbing attacks on freedom of speech.
ⓒ Zselyke Csaky
October 4, 2018The largely unreformed media sector has contributed to the new government’s recent difficulties.
October 3, 2018More than 50 attacks on activists and human rights defenders in Ukraine have been recorded by local human rights groups in just the last nine months.
Street Protest, Oslo, July 2018 © Flickr
September 27, 2018China’s oppression of Muslims is cracking its de facto immunity from international criticism on human rights issues.
Montenegrin president Milo Djukanović. Photo credit: http://www.predsjednik.me/
September 20, 2018Journalists face violence from criminal groups and pressure from an entrenched political leadership.
Nicaraguan police present captured "terrorists."
September 11, 2018The regime has used deadly violence, but it’s the protesters who are punished as terrorists.