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UN assembly picks rights guardians

The UN General Assembly on Oct 11 concluded its election for 14 new members in the Human Rights Council.

Bangkok Post · Oct 23, 2022

Mass firing at UAE newspaper raises censorship concerns

The closure of Al Roeya reflects the limits set on freedom of speech and local media in the UAE.

Al Jazeera · Sep 13, 2022

Democracy, are you OK? What recent history tells us about the state of politics

The U.K. has had four prime ministers in six years. Israel is about to have its fifth election in four years. Many in the U.S. still deny the 2020 election result. What is going on?

WEKU · Sep 13, 2022

Twitter gets time till July 4 to comply with all govt orders

NEW DELHI: The government has issued a notice to Twitter to comply with all its past orders by July 4, an official source said on Wednesday.

The Times of India · Jun 29, 2022

Govt asks Twitter to 'take down' Freedom House's tweets on declining internet freedom in India: Entrackr

The Indian government has asked Twitter to take down tweets by Freedom House on declining internet freedom in India, Entrackr reported today. The news was also confirmed by South Asia Index.

Newslaundry · Jun 27, 2022

Bill Clinton says he’s ‘never’ been more worried about US democracy than in Trump era

US has slipped in democracy rankings in recent years

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2022

Rwanda's transnational repression under the spotlight, as UK deportation blocked by EU court

A last minute intervention by the European Court of Human Rights blocked the British government from sending a plane carrying failed asylum seekers to Rwanda. Amid the contraversial migrant deal signed between London and Kigali, a recent report published by the Washington-based think-tank Freedom House, has called out Rwanda as…

Radio France Internationale · Jun 15, 2022

Repressive governments ‘aggressively disregarding US laws to threaten’ dissidents in exile, watchdog says

Autocratic states are ‘increasingly and more aggressively disregarding US laws to threaten, harass, surveil, stalk, and even plot to physically harm people across the country’

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2022

The Booming Export of Authoritarianism

Ever more governments are reaching beyond their borders to silence their critics, according to a new Freedom House report.

Foreign Policy · Jun 2, 2022

Rwanda accused of stalking, harassing and threatening exiles in US

African state that signed deal with UK to host asylum seekers perpetrates ‘transnational repression’, Freedom House report says

The Guardian - US · Jun 2, 2022