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An electronic billboard shows an advert for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with the hashtag '#ANewSaudiArabia' in London, England, 7 March 2018, Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images

Arrested in Saudi Arabia, and then disappeared: Yemeni writer Marwan Almuraisy

More than four months after he was arrested in Saudi Arabia, the whereabouts of Yemeni writer Marwan Almuraisy remain unknown.

A Syrian man and his family who have found refuge in Bloomfield Township, MI, speak to their daughter in Turkey using WhatsApp video chat, 29 January 2017, Fabrizio Costantini for the "Washington Post"

Will Syria follow in the UAE’s footsteps and censor VoIP services?

The Syrian Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) announced that it may soon begin blocking voice and video calls on WhatsApp and other Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services.

A group of VMRO-DPMNE members stand to boycott the vote as the Macedonian parliament passes constitutional changes to allow the country to change its name to the Republic of North Macedonia, in Skopje, 19 October 2018, REUTERS/Tomislav Georgiev

Macedonia: Former ruling party propagandist calls for rape of woman journalist

Macedonia’s state-owned news agency (MIA) suspended the prominent VMRO-DPMNE promoter Cvetin Chilimanov after he called for the rape of journalist Valerie Hopkins on Twitter.

Photo shared by the Freedom for Shawkan campaign on Facebook

When will Egypt release photojournalist Shawkan?

Despite hopes that he was going to be freed soon, Shawkan’s ordeal is yet to come to an end, and there has been no public explanation as to why he remains in jail to this date.

An Afghan boy helps unload ballot materials from an Mi-17 helicopter in Jaghuri, Afghanistan, 16 September 2010, Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford/Public Domain

How much blood will the right to vote cost Afghans?

Targeted attacks and other forms of violence are undermining Afghanistan’s parliamentary election scheduled for 20 October

A painting with Putin is seen during the protest against the planned increase in pension age nationwide in Moscow, Russia, 9 September 2018; Google reportedly caved in to pressure from Russian authorities and took down videos promoting the rally, Victor Kruchinin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Compare the world’s largest tech companies on human rights terms

In April 2018, Ranking Digital Rights released their third Corporate Accountability Index, a ranking of corporate policies affecting freedom of expression and privacy.

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India: Journalists share testimonies on the deteriorating state of media

Media workers in India describe their experiences of how the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is fostering a political culture that encourages hostility against journalists.

Members of the self-styled Libyan National Army fire mortars during clashes with militants in Benghazi's central Akhribish district, 19 July 2017, ABDULLAH DOMA/AFP/Getty Images

What role does Facebook play in Libya’s civil war?

While Facebook played a key role in the 2011 revolution against Gaddafi, different armed groups vying for control have since been using the platform to find, threaten and silence critics and opponents.