Tag: Free Speech

(Turkey/Free Speech) Turkey: Student Protesters at Risk of Prosecution (HRW)

Turkish authorities have placed hundreds of student protesters under possible criminal investigation, Human Rights Watch said today. The students were arrested during weeks of protests...

(Cambodia/Free Speech/Press Freedom) Cambodia: Internet Censorship, Control Expanded (HRW)

The Cambodian government’s new National Internet Gateway will enable the government to increase online surveillance, censorship, and control of the internet that will seriously infringe on...

(Belarus/Free Speech) Two Journalists in Belarus Jailed in Retaliation for Their Work (HRW)

Anastasiia Zlobina Today a district court in Minsk, Belarus sentenced journalist Katsiaryna Andreyeva and her colleague and camerawoman Daria Chultsova to two years in prison...

(Uzbekistan/Free Speech) Free Speech Under Threat in Uzbekistan (HRW)

Mihra Rittmann Uzbekistan’s parliament is considering worrying amendments to the country’s Criminal and Administrative Codes, and to its Informatization Law, that could threaten the right...

(Pandemic/Free Speech) Covid-19 Triggers Wave of Free Speech Abuse (HRW)

At least 83 governments worldwide have used the Covid-19 pandemic to justify violating the exercise of free speech and peaceful assembly, Human Rights Watch...

(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,...

(UAE/Free Speech) UAE: Jordanian Convicted for Criticizing Jordan on Facebook (HRW)

The decision of a United Arab Emirates (UAE) court to sentence a Jordanian resident of the UAE to 10 years in prison in October 2020 was based entirely...

(Technology/Free Speech) No Parler? No problem, as more apps claim to allow ‘free speech’ (Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Big tech’s decision to ban the Parler app and block outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump is stoking support for alternative social networking sites and...