March 12, 2025 – Azerbaijan – Azerbaijan’s increasingly repressive media environment continues to draw international concern, as the regime of President Ilham Aliyev systematically silences foreign […]
January 28, 2025 – Tajikistan – Tajikistan is intensifying its crackdown on independent media, with recent developments marking a dramatic escalation under President Emomali Rahmon’s authoritarian […]
December 14, 2024 – Iran/USA – Iran’s latest wave of repression has drawn sharp condemnation from rights groups, following the arrest of prominent human rights advocate […]
December 13, 2024 – Russia – Nadezhda Kevorkova, a prominent 66-year-old journalist renowned for covering conflict zones in the Middle East, North Caucasus, and beyond, has […]
December 1, 2024 – Tbilisi – RFE/RL Georgian Service producer Beka Beradze was arrested and physically assaulted by security forces near Georgia’s parliament in Tbilisi during anti-government […]
December 27, 2023 – Azerbaijan – Azerbaijan is undergoing a severe assault on press freedom, with a wave of arrests, prosecutions, and media shutdowns targeting independent […]