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Freedom of Speech · January, 2025

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Stories about Freedom of Speech from January, 2025

In Turkey, arrests continue to target opposition mayors

One mayor is being accused of involvement in a corruption scandal related to public tenders

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva, Nil Yurda

30 January 2025

Belarussian leader Lukashenka reduced his total votes in the ‘elections’ to not surpass the ‘big brother’

According to the exit poll, he had 87.6 percent, and according to the Central Election Commission, 86.8 percent of the vote.

Written by Daria Dergacheva

29 January 2025

Indonesian court acquits worker over defamation charges filed by prominent entrepreneur

Private actor litigation against workers’ rights advocacy looms large in Indonesia

Written by Ramzy Muliawan

28 January 2025

Georgian government continues the purge, setting its sights on universities next

Experts are concerned that underneath the guise of reforms lie politically motivated intentions

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva, OC Media

26 January 2025

A regional protest erupts in Azerbaijan following fatal car accident

Of the four children hit by a police vehicle, only one has so far survived but remains in critical condition

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

25 January 2025

Bangladesh interim government’s ‘right’ to uninterrupted internet access is a sham

The draft Cyber Security Ordinance 2024 has come under fire due to definitional ambiguity and other concerns

Written by Samaya Anjum

24 January 2025

Can the media be trusted again? Journalist and human rights defender Aidan White reveals the path to redemption

Media can adopt mechanisms to prove their credibility, such as self-assessment and independent certification

Written by Metamorphosis Foundation

23 January 2025

Shutting down the net: The growing threat of Russian internet censorship

By the end of 2023, over 92 percent of Russian population used the internet. The government has other plans for them now.

Written by Daria Dergacheva

22 January 2025

Activist Thai lawyer gets additional years in prison for ‘defaming’ the monarchy

His cumulative prison sentence is now 18 years, 10 months, and 20 days

Written by Mong Palatino

21 January 2025

What lies behind the raid on the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute by the city's national security police?

The raid came weeks after police issued an arrest warrant for Chung Kim-wah, the Institute's ex-deputy CEO.

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

21 January 2025

Women's rights under threat in Uganda as conservative groups push disinformation campaign

Gendered disinformation is being weaponized against women and minority groups

Written by Prudence Nyamishana

19 January 2025

Integrating Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) in Nepal's conservation efforts

Indigenous Peoples in Nepal are often portrayed as “anti-development” and their voices are less heard

Written by Biswash Chepang

19 January 2025

In Azerbaijan authorities remain on track to keep critics silenced and locked up

At least six people have been sentenced to lengthy jail times since December 2024

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

17 January 2025

Civil war survivors in Sri Lanka come to the rescue of Rohingya asylum seekers

The Mullivaikkal people's kindness, sensitivity, and openness to helping persecuted strangers should be an example

Written by GroundViews

17 January 2025

Can US TikTok refugees find a home in Chinese social media Xiaohongshu?

The exchange between people in the US and China is ice-breaking but biased as users are self-censoring

Written by Oiwan Lam

16 January 2025

From Russia to the EU: The high stakes of Meta’s content moderation shift

The solution is to support legacy media rooted in fact-checking

Written by Daria Dergacheva

16 January 2025

‘I didn’t set out to be extraordinary': Trinidad & Tobago mourns veteran journalist Jones P. Madeira

'There is no history of regional media to be written without mention of his name'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

13 January 2025

Where is Carlos Correa? Unidentified men take Venezuelan activist away from the middle of Caracas

Prominent Venezuelan human rights activist went missing on January 7

Written by Estefanía Salazar

9 January 2025

43 years in Syria's prisons for refusing to bomb a city

The story of Ragheed Al-Tatari who refused to bomb the city of Hama and was imprisoned for it

Written by Rami Alhames

9 January 2025

2025: The year we decide the internet's future

Can the multi-stakeholder model, which has safeguarded an open, inclusive internet, survive?

Written by Muhammed Bello Buhari

8 January 2025

Vietnam strengthens control of internet and civil society through new decrees

Tech companies are now required to verify users, while strict rules are imposed on associations

Written by Mong Palatino

7 January 2025

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