![Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui listens beside Mario Patron, Director of Human Rights Center Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez (PRODH) during a news conference in Mexico City, Mexico June 19, 2017](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706americas_mexico_aristegui.jpg?itok=4cEjHLCX)
![Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui listens beside Mario Patron, Director of Human Rights Center Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez (PRODH) during a news conference in Mexico City, Mexico June 19, 2017](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706americas_mexico_aristegui.jpg?itok=4cEjHLCX)
Vietnam: End Attacks on Activists and Bloggers
Pattern of Thuggish Assaults Against Rights Campaigners Across Country
![Activists protest violent assaults in Hanoi. The placards read “Strongly against villainous violence” and “Need to bring perpetrators to light”, May 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706asia_vietnam_main.jpg?itok=QAWcpNjS)
India: 20 Internet Shutdowns in 2017
Protecting Free Expression Online Serves Public Interest
![Indian authorities have shut down the internet 79 times since 2012, according to the Software Freedom Law Centre’s Internet Shutdown Tracker.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706asia_india_internet.png?itok=e-MDi7S5)
Egypt: Intensifying Repression of Basic Freedoms
Websites Blocked, Activists Charged with Terrorism
![Egyptian lawyer and ex-Presidential candidate Khaled Ali with supporters celebrating a ruling against the Egypt-Saudi border demarcation agreement, January 16, 2017. © 2017 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706mena_egypt_protest_khaled_ali.jpg?itok=aWpLBEJL)
Media Blocked, Threatened in Dispute with Qatar
Actions by Other Middle Eastern Countries a Blow to Free Speech
![The Al Jazeera Media Network logo is seen inside its headquarters in Doha, Qatar June 8, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706mena_qatar_media.jpg?itok=dEgAHWBz)
Public Opinion Sampling, Thai Military Style
Free Expression Hampered by Climate of Fear
![201706asia_thailand_prayuth](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706asia_thailand_prayuth.jpg?itok=uZ-HBAkh)
Don’t Roll Out the Red Carpet for Vietnam’s Autocratic Leader
Donald Trump May Not Care About Human Rights in Vietnam, but the US Congress Does
![Don’t Roll Out the Red Carpet for Vietnam’s Autocratic Leader PHOTO](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rtsob3y.jpg?itok=ugEsUS-8)
Pakistan: Internet Crackdown Intensifies
Activists and Journalists Targeted for Criticizing Military, Militant Groups
![Pakistan: Internet Crackdown Intensifies PHOTO](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rtsmuvl.jpg?itok=kbMQ_2D8)
Saudi Arabia: Counterterrorism Apparatus Targets Rights Activists
UN Envoy Criticizes Abuses Following Visit
![Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia addresses the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 21, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-05-saudi-mena-un-al-saud.jpg?itok=i46HSTUU)
Thailand: Junta Entrenched 3 Years After Coup
Empty Promises to Respect Rights, Restore Democracy
![Thailand: Junta Entrenched 3 Years After Coup PHOTO](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/prayuth3.jpg?itok=uWUqITyk)
Chelsea Manning is Free, Others Still at Risk
Whistleblowers, Transgender Prisoners Remain Vulnerable
![Chelsea Manning is pictured in this 2010 photograph obtained on August 14, 2013. Courtesy U.S. Army/Handout](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-01-united-states-us-chelsea-manning.jpg?itok=Ndl2UyR4)
Ukraine: Revoke Ban on Dozens of Russian Web Companies
Protect Freedom of Expression and Media Pluralism
![Logos of Vkontakte and Odnoklassniki social networks are seen on the screen of a payment terminal in this picture illustration taken May 16, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rtx362ob_002.jpg?itok=tQx_YQe2)
Hong Kong Rejects Asylum for Snowden Helpers
Lawyers Now Seek Refuge for Them in Canada
![Protesters supporting Edward Snowden confront policemen as they demand that US President Barack Obama grant Snowden a pardon, outside the US Consulate in Hong Kong, China, on September 25, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-asia-snowden-hong-kong.jpg?itok=QivfYRE7)
How Trump Appointee Proposal Undermines Free Expression on the Internet
Bid to Gut Net Neutrality Would be a ‘Serious Blow’
![Ajit Pai, US FCC Chair, at Mobile World Congress, February 28, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-05-us-fcc-internet-freedom-ajit-pai.jpg?itok=VrBXAYuD)