Freedom and Repression

Leaked text files revealing widespread surveillance and wiretaps by the State Security Service of Georgia are roiling the...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned four Iranian intelligence officials on Friday for allegedly plotting to...

The last few months have been the most difficult for independent Russian journalists since the Soviet era. Here’s how the...

Belarus authorities continue to keep the editor of the country’s oldest weekly and one of the last independent news outlets...

An international media watchdog urged Myanmar authorities on Monday to promptly free two journalists working for foreign...

Polish lawmakers voted to pass a contentious bill last week, which has been seen by many to be a step toward suppressing...

Police in India arrested on Monday a suspended police officer and his brother who are believed to have brutally stabbed to...

A Nigerien court postponed on Monday the appeal trial of journalist Moussa Aksar, who was in May convicted in a defamation...

For the first time, forensic evidence shows that powerful Israeli spyware from notorious cyber-surveillance company NSO...

Four Democratic lawmakers called on the Biden administration to place sanctions on Israel-based NSO Group, and companies...

Pro-government tabloids in Serbia launched on Friday a smear campaign against independent investigative outlet KRIK after it...