May 22, 2019
May 22, 2019
Brunei: New Report on Abusive Penal Code
Law Retains Death Penalty for Private Consensual Sex
![The Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah listens during the first executive session of the CHOGM summit at Lancaster House in London, Thursday, April 19, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201904asia_brunei_president.jpg?itok=4_A_IuL_)
May 22, 2019
Austria’s Strache Scandal Shows Why Media Freedom Matters
EU Should Act on Curbs to Media Freedom in Hungary and other EU States
![201905europe_austria_strache](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905europe_austria_strache.jpg?itok=Q7_jWXI6)
May 22, 2019
What the Shake-up at Kommersant Says about Russia’s Media Landscape
Russia Needs More, not Less, Independent Reporting
![A general view shows the Spasskaya Tower and the Kremlin wall in central Moscow, Russia, May 5, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-11-russia-eca-moscow-kremlin.jpg?itok=iIJ5y6Qy)
May 18, 2019
Thailand: No Justice 9 Years After ‘Red Shirt’ Crackdown
Military Prosecutor Drops Case Against 8 Soldiers
![On August 30, 2017, Phayao Akhard wears the bloody nurses gown worn by her daughter, nurse Kamolkate “Kate” Akhard, when she was killed by Thai Special Forces soldiers while tending wounded persons at the front of Wat Pathum temple on May 19, 2010, to pro](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708asia_thailand_payao2.jpg?itok=bNiScv8c)
May 17, 2019
Bangladesh: New Arrests Over Social Media Posts
Poet, Lawyer, Activists Jailed in Free Speech Crackdown
![A Bangladeshi reads a news report that makes mention of Facebook along with other social networking service, on his mobile phone in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905asia_bangladesh_socialmedia.jpg?itok=mri35fxy)
May 17, 2019
Belarus: Media Under Attack as European Games Loom
Olympic Officials Should Ensure Reporters’ Safety
![The office of the Belarusian news website, Tut.by. The Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus has ordered the detention of some Tut.by staff, along with other media workers, alleging they had unauthorized access to information owned by governm](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905eca_belarus_mediaimage.jpg?itok=AulG4RKx)
![Keyvan Samimi, Neda Naji, Hassan Saeedi Atefeh Rangriz, Marzieh Amiri, and Nahid Khodajoo.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905mena_iran_may_day_arrests.jpg?itok=YJLEUiZJ)
May 12, 2019
Quasi Ban Imposed on Award-Winning Indonesian Film
![Still from the Indonesian film Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku (Memories of My Body).](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905aisa_indonesia_oped.jpg?itok=OW1EMPgT)
May 9, 2019
Thailand: Critics Feared ‘Disappeared’
3 Prominent Dissidents Missing After Secret Extradition From Hanoi
![Chucheep Chivasut is feared to have been forcibly disappeared along with two colleagues after they were extradited from Vietnam to Thailand in May 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905asia_thailand_chucheep.jpg?itok=_FWSSCJD)
May 7, 2019
Two Myanmar Journalists Freed, but Many Face Charges
Government Uses Draconian Laws to Keep a Grip on the Media
![201905asia_burma_journalists](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905asia_burma_journalists.jpg?itok=xZEd8m90)
May 7, 2019
Algeria: Judicial Harassment of Human Rights Lawyer
Prosecution, Judicial Control for Criticizing Courts on Facebook
![Lawyer, Mr. Salah Dabouz, former president of the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH).](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905mena_algeria_dabouz.jpg?itok=epw0MgTU)
May 3, 2019
Kenya Backsliding on Press Freedoms
Journalists Face Unjustifiable Restrictions, Threats
![A Kenyan journalist participates in a protest in the capital, Nairobi, against draconian new laws restricting media freedom that were presented in parliament, December 3, 2013.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rtx1625t.jpg?itok=UA9TfWoR)
May 2, 2019
Uganda’s Continued Attempts to Gag the Media
On Press Freedom Day, Authorities Should Commit to Supporting Free Expression
![201905africa_uganda_journalists_musevini](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905africa_uganda_journalists_musevini.jpg?itok=S_wYauCo)