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Venezuela: Forced Shut Down of CNN, Other News Channels

February 16, 2017

The Venezuelan government has ordered cable providers to take TV newsbroadcasts of CNN en Español off the air.

Kazakhstan: Authorities Arrest Editor of Last Independent Newspaper

February 13, 2017

Mamay was arrested February 10 on charges of using his position at the Tribuna newspaper to launder money allegedly embezzled from BTA Bank by business tycoon Mukhtar Ablyazov.

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Egypt: Government Closes Human Rights Center

February 10, 2017

Freedom House issued the following statement in response to the Egyptian government’s order closing the Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture.

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Russia Decriminalizes Domestic Violence

February 7, 2017

President Vladimir Putin signed into law a measure decriminalizing domestic violence.

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Romania Reverses Anti-Corruption Efforts

February 1, 2017

In response to Romania’s adoption of an emergency decree decriminalizing official misconduct and most acts of corruption, Freedom House issued a statement.

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Freedom in the World 2017: Freedom decline continues amid rising populism and autocracy

January 31, 2017

Populist and nationalist forces made significant gains in democratic states in 2016, while authoritarian powers engaged in brazen acts of aggression, according to Freedom in the World 2017, Freedom House’s annual report on political rights and civil liberties.

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Libertad en el Mundo 2017: La declinación de la libertad continúa en medio del populismo y la autocracia

January 31, 2017

Fuerzas populistas y nacionalistas obtuvieron incrementos significantes en los estados democráticos en el 2016, mientras que poderes autoritarios participaron en actos desvergonzados de agresión, de acuerdo a Freedom in the World 2017.

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