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(Ethiopia) Ethiopia: Unlawful Shelling of Tigray Urban Areas (HRW)

Ethiopian federal forces carried out apparently indiscriminate shelling of urban areas in the Tigray region in November 2020 in violation of the laws of war,...

(Nepal) Nepal Plans to Limit Women’s Travel for Work, Again (HRW)

Meenakshi Ganguly For decades, Nepal’s government has responded to incidents of abuse and exploitation of Nepali women working abroad by imposing one misguided rule after...

(Ghada Oueiss/Free Press) Al-Jazeera’s Ghada Oueiss on hacking, harassment, and Jamal Khashoggi (CPJ)

Justin Shilad/CPJ Senior Middle East and North Africa Researcher In a mid-2020 Washington Post opinion piece, Lebanese Al-Jazeera broadcast journalist Ghada Oueiss described hackers stealing private photos and videos...

(Myanmar/Free Press) Irrawaddy editor Aung Zaw speaks to fears of a post-coup media crackdown in Myanmar (CPJ)

Shawn W. Crispin/CPJ Senior Southeast Asia Representative On February 1, Myanmar military overthrew the country’s democratically elected government and imposed a year of emergency rule...

(Russia/Free Press) Meet Mediazona, the punk rock-founded Russian news outlet whose editor was jailed for a tweet (CPJ)

Elena Rodina, Europe and Central Asia Research Associate Of the more than 100 Russian journalists who have been arrested or fined covering rallies in support of jailed...

(DRC/Free Press) DRC journalist Pius Romain Rolland Ngoie detained since December over criminal defamation complaint (CPJ)

Congolese authorities should immediately release journalist Pius Romain Rolland Ngoie and reform their country’s laws to decriminalize defamation, the Committee to Protect Journalists said...

(Uzbekistan/Free Speech) Uzbekistan: Blogger Held on Dubious Extortion Charge (HRW)

An outspoken blogger from Uzbekistan faces up to 10 years in prison in a dubious extortion case brought by local authorities in the country’s southeast region,...

(Russia) Russia Cracks Down on Planned Valentine’s Day Protest (HRW)

Damelya Aitkhozhina Today, Russian authorities threatened to file charges against people who take part in protests scheduled for February 14. Prosecutors also threatened prosecution of social media and website...

(Australia/Israel/Palestine) Australia Should Stop Blocking International Justice in Israel and Palestine (HRW)

Sophie McNeill The International Criminal Court (ICC) last week handed down a historic ruling  confirming that the court’s prosecutor has the power to investigate war crimes and crimes against...

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