![A television shows the cut signal of the France 24 channel, hours after Burkina Faso’s military government suspended the channel on March 27, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/03/202303africa_burkinafaso_France24.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=NMPR56rI)
![A television shows the cut signal of the France 24 channel, hours after Burkina Faso’s military government suspended the channel on March 27, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/03/202303africa_burkinafaso_France24.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=NMPR56rI)
Libya: Revoke Repressive Anti-Cybercrime Law
Release People Held Merely for Peaceful Expression
![Map of Libya](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/201910mena_libya_map_eng.jpg?itok=lPj3xTLg)
Russia’s Security Service Arrests American Reporter
Free Evan Gershkovich Immediately
![ID photo of Evan Gershkovich, an American reporter for the Wall Street Journal.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/03/202303eca_russia_Evan_Gershkovich.jpg?h=fee7ea1a&itok=gBzFMcay)
Burkina Faso: TV News Broadcasts Suspended
Lift Ban on France 24; Protect Freedom of Expression
![A television shows the cut signal of the France 24 channel, hours after Burkina Faso’s military government suspended the channel on March 27, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/03/202303africa_burkinafaso_France24.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=NMPR56rI)
Kyrgyzstan: Free the 22 ‘Kempir-Abad’ Protest Detainees
Protesters’ Due Process Rights Violated; Ensure Effective Investigation
![Demonstrators protest against a controversial border demarcation deal… and demand to free detained opposition politicians and activists, in Bishkek on October 24, 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/03/202303eca_Kyrgyzstan_KemperAbad.jpg?h=b6769d01&itok=IXppK54y)
Thailand: Drop Charges Against Rights Defenders
Repeal Criminal Defamation, Strengthen Anti-SLAPP Measures
![Three Thai human rights defenders—Angkhana Neelapaijit, Puttanee Kangkun, and Thanaporn Saleephol—face criminal defamation charges for reporting abuses.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/03/202203asia_thailand_rightsdefenders.jpg?h=a6478870&itok=7I6p5doJ)
Cambodia: Labor Leader, Activists Face Baseless Charges
Release Union President and Drop Case Against Members
![202211asia_cambodia_tradeunionsreport](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/11/202211asia_cambodia_tradeunionsreport.jpg?h=ef2b5049&itok=CSY-n5vT)
Bahrain: 4 Arrested Over Tweets
Crackdown on Free Speech Ahead of Inter-Parliamentary Union
![A Bahraini anti-government protester holds up a poster calling for the freedom of jailed human rights activists Nabeel Rajab (who was released in 2020), left, and Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, right, in Manama, Bahrain, May 1, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/03/202303mena_bahrain_protestor.jpg?h=f429dfec&itok=q1m__x9X)
Zimbabwe: Police Shut Down Popular Musician’s Show
Ensure Free Expression, Peaceful Assembly Ahead of Elections
![Zimbabwean reggae-dancehall artist Wallace Chirumiko, known as Winky D, performs at the Africa Unplugged festival in London, August 27, 2012.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/03/202303africa_zimbabwe_WinkyD.jpg?h=a7c4a0ee&itok=vMSOSl-k)
Belarus Equates Rights Protection to Extremism
Authorities Label Belarusian Association of Journalists an “Extremist Formation”
![The door of the Belarusian Association of Journalists main office in Minsk, Belarus on June 2021](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/08/202108belarus_baj_shuttered.jpg?h=01843c4d&itok=Aneh84Nb)
Thailand: Man Jailed for Selling ‘Yellow Duck’ Calendars
3-Year Sentence for ‘Defaming Monarchy’
Use Global Meeting to Highlight Bahrain’s Abuses
Joint Letter to Delegates to the Inter-Parliamentary Union
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Bahrain: 3 On Trial for Religious Dialogue
New Case of Persecution for Peaceful Speech
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Satire in Congo is No Laughing Matter
Intelligence Services Arbitrarily Detain Comedian Junior Nkole
![Junior Nkole](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/02/202302afr_drc_Junior_Nkole.jpg?h=6dfd575b&itok=GVRRuThE)