Asia

October 1, 2024

Anti-Corruption Blogger Otabek Sattoriy Muzzled After Prison—RSF Raises Alarm

October 01, 2024 – Uzbekistan – Otabek Sattoriy, a prominent independent anti-corruption blogger in Uzbekistan, remains eerily silent and unreachable eight months after his judicial “release,” […]
October 1, 2024

Silenced for Spotlight: Award-Winning Investigative Journalist Mech Dara Arrested in Cambodia

October 01, 2024 – Cambodia –  Cambodian investigative journalist Mech Dara, renowned for uncovering human trafficking and online scam networks, was detained on September 30, 2024, by […]
September 27, 2024

Collateral Freedom: RSF Restores Access to Censored News in Russia and China

September 27, 2024 – China/Russia –  Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has reignited its digital resistance campaign, Operation Collateral Freedom, unblocking nearly 50 censored news websites in […]
September 26, 2024

Polarized Voices, Fragile Freedoms: Armenia’s Struggle for Independent Journalism

September 26, 2024 – Armenia –  Armenia’s media landscape has made important strides since the 2018 Velvet Revolution, but a new analysis by the International Press […]
September 26, 2024

Kyrgyzstan’s Media Under Siege: Prosecutors Push for Six‑Year Jail Terms for Investigative Journalists

September 26, 2024 – Kyrgyzstan –  In a troubling escalation of media repression in Kyrgyzstan, prosecutors have demanded six-year prison sentences for 11 journalists associated with […]
September 26, 2024

Crackdown Continues: Hong Kong Editors Sentenced to Jail Under Colonial-Era Sedition Law

September 26, 2024 – China –  In a stark signal of shrinking press freedoms in Hong Kong, two senior editors from the pro-democracy outlet Stand News—Chung Pui‑kuen […]
September 25, 2024

UN Demands Justice in Killing of Pakistani Journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya

September 25, 2024 – Pakistan/Kenya – Nearly two years after the fatal shooting of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya, calls for justice have intensified. The […]
September 25, 2024

Hong Kong Denies Entry to AP Photojournalist in Alarming Blow to Press Freedom

September 25, 2024 – China –  Hong Kong’s government has denied entry and refused a visa renewal for French photojournalist Louise Delmotte, who was working for […]
September 24, 2024

From Whistleblower to Accused: Cambodian Journalist Charged with the Crime He Exposed

September 24, 2024 – Cambodia – In a disturbing twist, Cambodian journalist Ouk Mao, who helped expose illegal deforestation in the Phnom Chum Rok Sat community […]