![Vodafone and Ooredo confirm Doha News, Qatar’s only independent news website, is blocked in Qater. Screengrab from Doha News website.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/doha_news.png?itok=np7s3RtJ)
![Vodafone and Ooredo confirm Doha News, Qatar’s only independent news website, is blocked in Qater. Screengrab from Doha News website.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/doha_news.png?itok=np7s3RtJ)
November 30, 2016
Western Balkans: Unchecked Attacks on Media
Investigate Crimes against Journalists, Protect Independent Press
![Balkan media under threat](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015_07_eca_western_balkans_media_jm.jpg?itok=4fXEkU82)
November 17, 2016
Unchecked Presidential Surveillance Powers are Dangerous
Obama, Congress Should Act Now to Avert Risks
![A surveillance camera is pictured in front of the U.S. flag, September 20, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-11-us-united-states-flag-surveillance.jpg?itok=BS4D3fFB)
November 16, 2016
Six Monarchs, 140 Dissidents, One Rule: Keep Your Mouth Shut
Restrictions on Free Speech and Protest in Bahrain and the Foreign Policy Responsibilities of Western Governments
![MENA Bahrain protesters Pearl roundabout February 2011](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/protesters_fests_toward_pearl_roundabout.jpg?itok=6_k1FziH)
November 7, 2016
Turkmenistan: Journalist Harassed, Assaulted
Series of Attacks on Radio Azatlyk Journalists
![2016-11-07-eca-turkmenistan-achilova](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/achilova-2011_003.jpg?itok=Pe0xDcpu)
![Somali photojournalist runs for cover while reporting on fighting between the Somali government and African Union forces against the Islamist armed group Al-Shabab in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia, April 2012.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/som_foe_photo1.jpg?itok=f4s2RIr4)
November 1, 2016
Arab Gulf States: Attempts to Silence 140 Characters
Region-Wide Crackdown on Social Media Activism
![Portraits of online activists in Gulf states.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/main.jpg?itok=qxn7mXej)
October 31, 2016
Turkey: Deepening Crackdown Over 2 Days
Cumhuriyet Journalists Held; Kurdish Media Closed; Mayors Jailed
![2016-10-31-turkey-newspaper-protest](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rtx2r5ps_0.jpg?itok=t9aG36VI)
October 21, 2016
Zohrab Ismayil–Defending Independent Voices
![2016-10-20-azerbaijan-zohrab-ismayil](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/zohrab2222_002.jpg?itok=HjZt21a_)
October 20, 2016
Media Freedom Under Attack in Somalia
Journalists Live in Fear While Government Promises to Investigate Ring Hollow
![People read newspapers in Somalia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-somalia-press-freedom.jpg?itok=XqUdh7DY)
October 7, 2016
Turkey: Independent TV News Silenced
Prolonged State of Emergency Used to Censor Media
![2016-10-eca-turkey-tv](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-10-eca-turkey-tv.png?itok=V_ztJma5)
October 6, 2016
Tajikistan: Long Prison Terms for Rights Lawyers
Serious Blow to Independence of Legal Profession
![Buzurgmehr Yorov. © 2015 RFE/RL](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/6df87a71-a2eb-41f3-8ba6-857a707e8963_w640_r1_s.jpg?itok=AjAV7xdj)
October 3, 2016
Oman: Journalists Sentenced Over Articles Alleging Corruption
Azamn Newspaper Permanently Closed
![Images of detained journalists Yousef al-Haj, Zaher al-Abri, and Ibrahim al-Ma’mari appearing on Azman's website along with announcement of the paper's closure.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/azamn_web_page_28129.jpg?itok=0LvNNHEj)
September 28, 2016
Tajikistan: Violent Retaliation Against Activists
OSCE, Governments Should Protest Collective Punishment, Worsening Crackdown
![2016-9-eca-tajikistan-osce-hdim](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-9-eca-tajikistan-osce-hdim.jpg?itok=1LVH0LUm)