![Maldivian police secure area following a blast targeting former President Mohamed Nasheed, Malé, Maldives, May 6, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/12/202112asia_maldives_wr.jpg?h=76f4724b&itok=TI3PbuFB)
![Maldivian police secure area following a blast targeting former President Mohamed Nasheed, Malé, Maldives, May 6, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/12/202112asia_maldives_wr.jpg?h=76f4724b&itok=TI3PbuFB)
January 13, 2022
India: Dangerous Backsliding on Rights
Activists, Critics Targeted; Growing Attacks on Muslims, Groups at Risk
![Women farmers attend a gathering to mark the first anniversary of their protests against controversial farm reforms at Haryana's Bahadurgarh, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, November 26, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/12/202112asia_india_wr.jpg?h=0d27ee61&itok=pj1BfO4w)
December 13, 2021
Vietnam: Free Prominent Blogger
Drop Politically Motivated Charges Against Pham Doan Trang
![Pham Doan Trang with two books that she co-authored, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/202110asia_vietnam_phamdoantrang.jpg?h=9e499333&itok=1fcmXWtd)
December 10, 2021
Killing of Journalist, Criminal Libel in the Philippines
Assault on Media Shouldn’t Dim Maria Ressa’s Nobel Triumph
![People in face masks hold signs that read "Defend Press Freedom"](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/12/202112asia_philippines_pressfreedom.jpg?h=2ee86bec&itok=1_9x_sc4)
December 2, 2021
France Should Stop Selling Arms to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
Macron Should Address Rights Abuses in Gulf Region
![Macron-MBZ](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/12/202112france_uae_mbz_macron.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=vruvc2xI)
November 30, 2021
Guatemalan Journalists Protest Attacks on Media
Government’s Harassment Threatens Freedom of Expression
![A group posing for a photo with raised fists](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111americas_guatemala_journalist_protest.jpg?h=59f9d53c&itok=hJf3weRF)
November 25, 2021
Morocco: Journalist in Prison After Unfair Trial
Violations, Flimsy Evidence, Speculative Reasoning Led to 6-Year Sentence
![Supporters of Omar Radi in front of the Casablanca Courthouse, Morocco.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111mena_morocco_radi_courthouse.jpeg?h=0d27ee61&itok=DtQB1xtl)
November 22, 2021
Afghanistan: Taliban Crackdown on Media Worsens
Journalists Threatened; New ‘Religious Guidelines’ Ban Women Actors
![Taliban guards at the entrance of the Ministry of Vice and Virtue, which oversees the implementation of religious regulations, Kabul, Afghanistan on September 21, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111asia_afghanistan_media.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=-cfXMd-z)
November 18, 2021
How are the Authorities in Central Asia Trying to Control the Internet?
An Interview with Hugh Williamson
![Uzbekistan’s media landscape, made up of independent, state-sponsored, and international Uzbek and Russian language media outlets, is in a period of growth and change, as journalists test the boundaries of respect for free expression.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803eca_uzbekistan_main.jpg?itok=bJjn30nG)
November 17, 2021
Evicted from Their Office, Al Jazeera Works from a Front Yard in Tunisia
Authorities Arbitrarily Target Media and Critics
![Al Jazeera correspondent Lotfi Hajji reporting from Tunis after Tunisian authorities evicted the pan-Arab television network from its offices, November 5, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111mena_tunisia_hajji.jpg?h=87d1d139&itok=j-2IUYJi)
November 17, 2021
Greece: Alleged ‘Fake News’ Made a Crime
New Law Could Lead to Journalists Being Jailed
![A woman reads newspaper's headlines referring to the killing of a Greek journalist in Athens on April 10, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111eca_greece_newspaper.jpg?h=f728280d&itok=qSfZjbFM)
October 26, 2021
Vietnam: Immediately release independent journalist and human rights defender Pham Doan Trang
Joint Statement
October 21, 2021
Myanmar: Prisoner Releases Fall Short
Deposed Political Leaders and Journalists Remain Detained
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October 13, 2021