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UN Warns of Sharp Clampdown on Free Speech Across Middle East After Strikes on Iran

The UN rights chief says sweeping security measures are eroding basic freedoms.

Oscar Nod for Iranian Documentary Collides With U.S. Travel Ban and Iran Internet Blackout

CPJ Report: 2025 Was Deadliest Year for Journalists With 129 Killed

CPJ: 129 Journalists Killed in 2025, Two-Thirds Attributed to Israel

Iran Frees Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Mehdi Mahmoudian on Bail After 17 Days

CAS Rejects Heraskevych Appeal, Upholds Olympic Disqualification Over Memorial Helmet

Jimmy Lai Sentenced to 20 Years Under Hong Kong’s National Security Law

Hong Kong Court Sentences Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai to 20 Years Under Security Law

Ségolène Royal Says She Secured Transfer of Jailed Journalist Christophe Gleizes Closer to Algiers

Germany Meets Venezuelan Exiles, Presses for Prisoner Releases and Media Freedom

IFJ Reports 128 Journalists Killed in 2025, Gaza the Deadliest Place

OAS Rights Commission Warns Brazil on Free-Speech Risks From Exceptional Court Measures

China Summons UK and US Envoys Over Jimmy Lai Verdict

G7 Demands Jimmy Lai’s Release as China Condemns ‘Interference’ After Hong Kong Verdict

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

Hong Kong Court Convicts Jimmy Lai of Sedition and Foreign Collusion

Hong Kong Court Convicts Jimmy Lai of Foreign Collusion, Sedition

Jailed French Journalist Christophe Gleizes Files Appeal to Algeria's Highest Court

RSF Annual Report Says 67 Journalists Killed Worldwide, Nearly Half in Gaza

RSF Counts 67 Journalists Killed Over Past Year, Naming Gaza the Deadliest Assignment