Freedom House

China is taking systematic steps to expand its surveillance of people and communication channels within and outside the country.

Vague bans on glorification of terrorism and insulting the monarchy have ensnared a growing number of artists and social media users.

Uzbek authorities must ensure an impartial investigation into the alleged torture of detained journalist Bobomurod Abdullaev; he and other journalists jailed for peacefully exercising their right to freedom of expression should be freed immediately.

Antidemocratic leaders share a propensity for using scapegoats to weaken their opponents and break constraints on their own power.

Dissident convictions and acts of censorship seem timed to avoid lumps of coal from international observers.

Governments are dramatically increasing their efforts to manipulate social media, threatening the notion of the internet as a liberating technology, according to Freedom on the Net 2017.

Chinese censors leave no stone unturned as apps, human rights websites and critical scholars become increasingly targeted.

Three young leaders of Hong Kong’s democracy movement have been jailed for leading the 2014 protests.