![A copy of the El Nacional newspaper is seen among others on a shelf at a kiosk in Caracas on May 14, 2015. © 2015 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015ven_threatcritic.jpg?itok=o32vX1Fh)
August 6, 2015
Tunisia: Journalist, Blogger Facing Charges
Counterterrorism Law Used to Curb Free Speech
August 6, 2015
Burundi: Spate of Arbitrary Arrests, Torture
Intelligence Officials, Ruling Party Youth Target Suspected Opponents
![Residents look on as police and soldiers guard a voting station in the Burundian capital, Bujumbura, during presidential elections on July 21, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015-7-burundi-africa-protest-abuse_copy.jpg?itok=RtLOvq92)
August 5, 2015
Thailand: End 2010 Violence Cover-Up
Prospects for Justice Bleak Under Military Junta
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August 5, 2015
China: Urgently Release Seriously Ill Journalist
15 Organizations Urge President Xi Jinping to Free Gao Yu, Others
![Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong hold up signs during a demonstration calling for the release of Chinese journalist Gao Yu on April 17, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/201506_asia_china_gao_yu.jpg?itok=vafWBudq)
August 5, 2015
South Sudan’s War on Women
Survivors say rape has become "just a normal thing" for women caught up in South Sudan's civil war
![Roda, 20, fled to Bentiu from Mayendit county in late May 2015 when Bul fighters attacked her village, burning everything in sight.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015_07_afr_south_sudan_dsc_5610_resize.jpg?itok=Hib5TscG)
August 5, 2015
Dispatches: Fresh Blows to South Sudan’s Media Freedom
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August 5, 2015
Barrel Bombs, Not ISIS, Are the Greatest Threat to Syrians
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August 5, 2015