Poland: Stop helping ICE deport refugees to Ukraine
© Anadolu via Getty Images 13 May 2026 Amnesty International and Human Rights First today published a joint letter to Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, urging an end to the Polish government’s cooperation with the US administration’s unlawful mass deportations of immigrant communities. According to information gathered by Amnesty International and Human Rights First, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) passed through Polish airports and travell
Amnesty International
4 days ago
Press freedom threatened in Somalia and Somaliland
Somali police spokesperson speaks to journalists. | PHOTO Credit: Said Yusuf Warsame. MOGADISHU, Somalia 3 May 2026 – As the world marks World Press Freedom Day today, journalists and media outlets in Somalia are facing an increasingly volatile and restrictive environment, particularly as Somalia enters a critical period marked by political uncertainty and tensions surrounding upcoming elections. Already operating under difficult conditions, media professionals in Somalia and
Horn Observer
May 3
Parliament Bans Reporters, Intelligence Officers Raid Media HQ Highlighting Somalia's Shrinking Space For Independent Journalism
Horn Observer February 2, 2026 By: Horn Observer Staff Reporter Somali journalists covering. Photo Horn Observer Archive Mogadishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) - Journalists in Somalia are increasingly finding themselves in the crosshairs of political and security authorities, as Parliament imposed punitive action to ban journalists who recently reported the chaos of the parliament, while members of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) raided a local radio station
Horn Observer
Feb 19
Iranian Digital Censorship: A Step Towards Atrocity
With the rise of the digital era emerges the opportunity for governments to manipulate technology and use it as a means of repression. Iran has used various means of censorship to limit citizens’ access to independent media: it has slowed down internet access or “throttling,” caused internet blackouts, nationalized the internet, and more. During the 2025 conflict between Iran and Israel, when more than 90 million Iranians were taken offline , Iran used internet blackouts
Genocide Watch
Dec 8, 2025
Nepal social media shutdown used to quell protests
Nepal’s social media ban reflects a broader struggle over free expression and state control by Charlie Campbell Editor at Large...
TIME (Time Magazine)
Sep 12, 2025
Romania: President Challenges Hate Speech Bill
People queue in a cemetery as they visit the tomb of Ilie Lacatusu, one of the Romanian Orthodox Church's latest saints, bearing the flag...
Reuters
Aug 11, 2025
Kyrgyzstan: NGOs Urge Veto of Laws Threatening Human Rights
By International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Japarov. Photo Credit: Latvian Foreign Ministry...
Eurasia Review
Jul 27, 2025
Karakalpakstan Victims Await Justice Three Years On
Investigate, Hold Perpetrators Accountable for Rights Abuses By Mihra Rittmann Security forces set up checkpoints after protests over...
Human Rights Watch
Jul 27, 2025
Tajikistan: Ismaili Prisoner Dies After Denied Medical Care
By Felix Corley Muzaffar Davlatmirov, Dushanbe, 2020 Credit: Private Seriously ill prisoner of conscience Muzaffar Davlatmirov, a leading...
Eurasia Review
Jul 27, 2025
Concerns over Australia’s Proposed Antisemitism Plan
PM will ‘work constructively’ with antisemitism envoy but legal groups are concerned that threatening university and arts funding could...
The Guardian
Jul 9, 2025
Wagner’s Use of Social Media to Promote War Crimes
by MONIKA PRONCZUK and SAM MEDNICK In this image from video posted on a Wagner Group-affiliated Telegram channel in July 2024, a man in...
AP News
Jul 6, 2025
Zimbabwe editor arrested for insulting president
by Committee to Protect Journalists Zimbabwe Independent editor Faith Zaba, center, with her lawyer, Chris Mhike, left, speak to an...
Committee to Protect Journalists
Jul 3, 2025
