From strict press laws to internet blackouts, Iranians face a tightly controlled information landscape that affects daily ...

The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) on 7 September issued a public notice stating that anyone wishing to publish information online must be licensed ahead of a 5 October deadline. Amnesty ...

On World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, Reporters without Borders issued a map of the world with the status of press freedom in each country. Most Asian countries had restrictions on the media, and Nepal ...

The U.S. State Department stated on the 15th, “Foreign governments and international organizations are enacting laws and ...

We, the undersigned human rights organizations, note with alarm the number of arrests and incidents of harassment and violence against individuals and human rights defenders exercising their right to ...

Experts say the authorities in Montenegro are inconsistent in the way they respond to reported abuses of online freedom of speech - and who gets prosecuted often depends on who the target is. Earlier ...

Uzbek laws and their enforcement concerning online speech are overly vague and fail to differentiate between defamatory remarks and legitimate criticism of officials. On June 5, the Samarkand Criminal ...

We, the undersigned, strongly condemn the violent attacks on December 18, 2025 on the offices of Prothom Alo and The Daily Star, two of South Asia’s oldest and most reputed media institutions, and the ...