Looking forward to 2024: A year of crucial elections in South AsiaJudicial harassment against the opposition and controversial laws were commonWritten by Rezwan31 December 2023
Cyberbullying hinders women’s participation in Indonesia’s 2024 electionsCivic Media Observatory research shows how conservative narratives try to silence women online.Written by Juliana Harsianti30 December 2023
After a year in power, Malaysia’s Madani government falters on reform agendaAuthorities continue to use repressive laws, including the Sedition ActWritten by Mong Palatino29 December 2023
Undertones: 2023, a year of narrativesWhere we've been, where we're headingWritten by Civic Media Observatory28 December 2023
Mozambique: Digital landscape and internet disruption in the context of electionsMunicipal elections saw internet disruptionsWritten by Dércio Tsandzana28 December 2023
In Azerbaijan, an entire village was vacated for the President's son-in-lawThe village was once home to ten familiesWritten by Abzas Media27 December 2023
Azerbaijan to host next UN Climate SummitNinety percent of the country's exports rely on fossil fuelsWritten by Arzu Geybullayeva, OC Media26 December 2023
Turkey bans access to 16 VPN providersThe list will grow ahead of local elections pundits sayWritten by Arzu Geybullayeva26 December 2023
Head of Azerbaijan's Presidential Security Service implicated in corruption scandalA hotel's ownership history tells a story of graft and corruptionWritten by Abzas Media25 December 2023
Georgia embarks on a journey toward EU membershipIt may take years before the country joins the EU blockWritten by Arzu Geybullayeva22 December 2023
Kyrgyzstan’s parliament approves changing the national flagThe country's leadership is deaf to criticism by the publicWritten by Nurbek Bekmurzaev21 December 2023
Hong Kong embraces televised confessions of political prisonersThe program is jointly produced by HK police and TVBWritten by Oiwan Lam20 December 2023
Undertones: Critical voices from Israel, inhibited voices from PalestineA behind-the-scenes look into our researchWritten by Civic Media Observatory18 December 2023
Hong Kong: Subscribers of overseas activists’ blogs and channels face legal threatHong Kong police arrest four paid subscribers of exiled activists' online platformsWritten by Oiwan Lam18 December 2023
How Indonesia’s ‘illiberal cyberlaw’ undermines free speech and human rightsAmended law can be weaponized against government critics ahead of electionsWritten by Mong Palatino17 December 2023
Why I am exercising my right to protest in Trinidad & Tobago'My community is not an outlier'Written by Guest Contributor10 December 2023
Museum of Russian anti-war street art opens onlineThe exhibition presents 471 works from 48 citiesWritten by Alena Moricheva6 December 2023
Is selective coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza in the Czech Republic following or creating anti-Semitism?The Czech prime minister calls the country ‘the voice of Israel in Europe’Written by Elmira Lyapina5 December 2023
Police immediately raids LGBTQ+ clubs in Moscow after Russia bans ‘International LGBTQ+ movement’LGBTQ+ activists that help people to move ask for helpWritten by Daria Dergacheva5 December 2023
From Hun Sen to Hun Manet: The worrying state of free speech in CambodiaJournalists and activists are still attacked for espousing critical viewsWritten by Mong Palatino4 December 2023
In Azerbaijan, five journalists arrested in ten daysThe authorities are sending a clear message: 'Fear the system'Written by Arzu Geybullayeva, OC Media3 December 2023