![Ruslan Sokolovsky appears with his mother Yelena Chingina in a court during his sentencing in Yekaterinburg, Russia, May 11, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/sokolovsky_20170511.jpg?itok=cpAHyNLo)
![Ruslan Sokolovsky appears with his mother Yelena Chingina in a court during his sentencing in Yekaterinburg, Russia, May 11, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/sokolovsky_20170511.jpg?itok=cpAHyNLo)
May 9, 2017
Indonesia Sends Jakarta Governor to Prison for Blasphemy
Discriminatory Laws Put Religious Minorities at Risk
![Jakarta's first non-Muslim governor and Chinese-ethnic minority, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama also known as Ahok, arrives in court for his verdict in Jakarta, Indonesia May 9, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-05-indonesia-asia-ahok.jpg?itok=DqITwzlk)
May 8, 2017
Indonesia Still Restricting Foreign Media From Papua
President Jokowi Fails to Deliver on Promise to Lift Restrictions
![Cartoonist's depiction of Indonesian government restrictions on media freedom and rights monitoring in Papua.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/indonesia1115_reportcover.jpg?itok=yZh-icsG)
May 6, 2017
Ukraine: Prison Sentence for Academic in Separatist Region
Unjustly Convicted after Unfair Trial, Incommunicado Detention
![Ihor Kozlovsky.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/kozlovsky.jpg?itok=0Y9aVbDJ)
May 4, 2017
Morocco: Scrap Prison Terms for Nonviolent Speech
Harsh Penal Code Undercuts Press Law Reforms
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May 3, 2017
Crimea: ‘Not Our Home Anymore’
![2016-3-eca-crimea-man-children](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/10_original.jpg?itok=GOYuXGcw)
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![Freedom for Mehman Huseynov.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/mehman_poster_online_002.jpg?itok=2s0dolFI)
April 28, 2017
Thailand: Draft Media Law Threatens News Reporting
3 Years in Prison for Reporting Without License
![Thailand: Draft Media Law Threatens News Reporting PHOTO](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/18156946_10155082085028046_5616034175463153107_n.jpeg?itok=6RST4R9p)
April 27, 2017
Effort to Silence Ugandan Feminist Firebrand Speaks Volumes
High Profile Academic Jailed Over Facebook Posting
![Ugandan prominent academic Stella Nyanzi (L) speaks with her lawyer during court appearance for criticising the wife of President Yoweri Museveni on social media, at Buganda Road Court, Kampala, Uganda April 10, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-04-uganda-africa-nyanzi.jpg?itok=98bbIEj_)
April 26, 2017
Bahrain: Detained Activist’s Health Worsens
Nabeel Rajab Arbitrarily Held on Speech Charges for 10 Months
![Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab arrives for his appeal hearing at court in Manama, February 11, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-10-bahrain-mena-nabeel-rajab-activist.jpg?itok=prsKGLk-)
![MENA SAUDO activist Mohammad al-Oteibi Nov 2016](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/photo_2016-11-09_16-28-57.jpg?itok=xeanKV_p)
April 24, 2017
China Bans Many Muslim Baby Names in Xinjiang
Absurd Edict Part of Growing Restrictions on Uyghurs
![A man looks through a window on the door of an operating room as his wife undergoes a caesarean section at a hospital in Shaya county, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region June 4, 2012.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-04-china-asia-xinjiang-uighurbd.jpg?itok=PZd-TKyu)