Threatened Journalists

The former freelancer was detained in Bishkek airport when he was going on a short personal trip. He was released after...

The Kyrgyz president signed a new law allowing fines for spreading “false information” online just after a court in...

On Friday, an Azerbaijani court handed lengthy prison sentences to staff members of the independent outlet Abzas Media and a...

Kyrgyz authorities are holding a Kloop cameraman without legal access in a secretive detention facility, raising alarm over...

Swiss authorities are probing whether a journalist has violated the country’s strict banking secrecy law.

Dozens of journalists, activists, and opposition members in Georgia have been called to court under a new legal amendment...

The Iranian regime has launched a fresh wave of intimidation against exiled Iranian journalists and their families back...

A relentless crackdown over the past 18 months has eradicated any semblance of independent media from authoritarian...

Ten human rights organizations released a joint statement calling on Kyrgyz authorities to end the crackdown on independent...

Georgia’s independent media and civil society groups are refusing to register under the new, stricter version of the...

Kyrgyz authorities have detained two former employees of the independent media outlet Kloop, placing them in pre-trial...

Kyrgyz authorities have detained four current and former members of the investigative outlet Kloop, in a continued crackdown...