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A Congolese man puts on an homemade gas mask during a protest called by the Catholic Church, to push for the President to step down, in Kinshasa, 25 February 2018, JOHN WESSELS/AFP/Getty Images

DRC’s latest internet blackout condemned

Once again, authorities in DRC ordered the disruption of internet services just before demonstrations organised by the Catholic Church and the Lay Coordination Committee over the weekend.

A woman in chador sits outside the tomb of a great Sufi leader in Mahan, Iran, 26 March 2011, Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images

Two Iranian journalists arrested, beaten, now reportedly in a coma

Witnesses say Reza Entesari and Kasra Nouri were badly beaten and arrested on the night of 19 February. The authorities have not as yet issued any statement about their arrest.

A man reads a newspaper in the street in N'Djamena, Chad, 12 April 2016, ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images

Day of shutdown for Chadian media outlets in protest against violations of media freedom

On 21 February, media outlets throughout Chad shut down for the day in protest against the often brutal harassment of journalists and the shutdown of radio stations.

Protesters march in Budapest, Hungary, on 21 May 2017, in a demonstration against tough laws targeting foreign-backed NGOs and higher education institutions, STR/AFP/Getty Images

In solidarity with civil society in Hungary

Rights groups protest draft legislation that would seriously restrict the work of human rights defenders in Hungary.

A journalist takes a photo of a live feed of President Xi Jinping at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, 14 May 2017, GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images

From Snake to Dog, five dark years for journalism in China

From anti-rumour campaigns to Liu Xiaobo, China has built a new reality on the ruins of the freedom to inform.

A Maldives soldier stands guard outside the president's residence in Male, 8 February 2018, Contributor/AFP/Getty Images)

Press freedom watchdogs urge Maldivian authorities to respect media rights

The media in Maldives are enduring “unprecedented restrictions” as the country continues to be under a state of emergency.

Photojournalists take pictures as a Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) official shows them a scrap of a prison uniform found at Tripoli's notorious Abu Salim prison, 25 September 2011, LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images

Seven years after its revolution, Libya is losing its journalists

The crisis for press freedom in Libya has reached an unprecedented level seven years after the country’s revolution as journalists continue to flee the country.

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#FreeJournalistsKH: Cambodian journalists Oun Chhin and Yeang Sothearin remain in detention for treason

The two former reporters of U.S. broadcaster Radio Free Asia face seven to 15 years in jail for treason and espionage.