Efforts to prosecute or intimidate journalists are not unusual in Morocco, and as Hicham Mansouri’s story demonstrates, the government of King Mohammed VI can be both cruel and creative in its efforts to silence dissenting voices.
“I knew that they have just one goal: they want to see me out of journalism.”
Using trumped-up drug charges to silence critics is nothing new for Russian authorities
“One thing is broken: my heart.”
“You really feel like your country has betrayed you.”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Update: Update: On 3 June 2019, the criminal investigation into Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey was dropped. The Durham Constabulary and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) announced that they were no...
On 8 May 2019 the Belarussian authorities ordered the extra-judicial deportation of Russian blogger Ismail Nalgiev after his arrest in Minsk Airport. Nalgiev was preparing to travel to Prague, but was detained by border guards at the airport and told that he was on the Russian Federation’s wanted list
Ukrainian authorities have remained silent, releasing no new information since July 2017.
With press freedom and journalists under attack all over the world, foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt’s decision to make global media freedom his priority in 2019 is welcome and much-needed. In a PR-friendly move as part of the UK and Canada’s...
Every Saturday, for the past five months, thousands of people have gathered on the streets of Serbian capital Belgrade to voice their dissent against President Aleksandar Vučić’s authoritarian tendencies and increasing control over the country’s media.