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Niger Suspends Nine French Media Outlets in Sweeping Ban

The ban underscores a broader clampdown on independent media during Niger’s pivot from France to alternative security partners.

Ex-DHS Aide Warns Trump Could Exploit Secret ‘Doomsday Book’ of Emergency Powers

Hong Kong Seeks to Seize HK$127 Million Tied to Jailed Tycoon Jimmy Lai

Iran Escalates Arrests and Internet Blackouts in Crackdown on ‘Enemy’ Media

Hong Kong Arrests Bookstore Owner Over Jimmy Lai Biography as Security Rules Tighten

V-Dem 2026 Report Finds Unprecedented U.S. Democratic Decline Under Trump

CPJ Report Finds Record 129 Journalists Killed in 2025, Two-Thirds Attributed to Israeli Forces

Hong Kong Court Sentences Pro-Democracy Publisher Jimmy Lai to 20 Years Under Security Law

Press Groups Denounce House Subpoena of Journalist Seth Harp

Karnataka Hate Speech Bill Faces BJP Protests as Governor Weighs Assent

Jimmy Lai Conviction Fuels Global Fallout as China Rebukes G7 and EU Criticism

RSF Uncovers ‘ResidentBat’ Android Spyware Used by Belarus’s KGB as Google Plans Warnings

Hong Kong Convicts Jimmy Lai of Collusion With Foreign Forces and Sedition

Hong Kong Court Convicts Jimmy Lai of Sedition and Foreign Collusion

UNESCO Report Finds 10% Global Slide in Free Expression Since 2012

German Cabinet Backs Anti‑SLAPP Bill With Cross‑Border Scope Only

UN Experts Cite Widespread Rights Violations in Kashmir as Pakistan Endorses Findings

Mass Protests in Tunis Denounce Saied’s Rule and Demand Prisoners’ Release

European Parliament Cancels Italy Rule-of-Law Mission After Center-Right Vote

The New York Times Flags 12 Signs of Authoritarian Drift in Trump’s Second Term