As prominent Saudi campaigner Loujain al-Hathloul is freed from jail, rights groups call for the release of columnist Nassima al-Sadah and other women’s rights activists
Media coalition calls on Serbia’s leaders to stand up for independent journalism as pro-government outlets and a member of ruling party attack investigative outlet
One year after the global coronavirus pandemic was declared, journalists and critics are still feeling impact of emergency laws and regulations, rights experts say
New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the country’s authorities to conduct an independent investigation and hold perpetrators to account
How Turkey smothered a free press — and made arresting its journalists a weapon
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