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Hungary: Smear Campaign Targets Critical Voices

(Budapest) – A smear campaign by a leading pro-government newspaper against independent journalists and activists poisons political and public debate ahead of the April 3, 2022 national elections, Human Rights Watch said today. Video clips recorded without the subjects’ consent and out of context quotes aim to show civil society activists

Uzbekistan Should Stop Harassing, Jailing Bloggers

In many countries social media has become the infrastructure of discussion in the public sphere.

Pakistan: Repeal Amendment to Draconian Cyber Law

(New York) – The Pakistan government’s amendment to its cybercrimes act is the latest in a concerted campaign to restrict freedom of expression and stifle dissent, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. On February 18, 2022, the government passed an ordinance amending the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act, 2016

Russia: With War, Censorship Reaches New Heights

Russian authorities have threatened to fine or block 10 Russian independent media outlets if they do not delete publications about the war in Ukraine, Human Rights Watch said today.

Turkey: Human Rights Defender on Trial

(Istanbul) – The prosecution of a human rights defender demonstrates the Erdoğan government’s policy of bringing baseless criminal charges against people involved in legitimate and peaceful civil society activities, Human Rights Watch said today. Öztürk Türkdoğan, co-chair of the Human Rights Association, Turkey’s oldest

Conservative Web Host: We Will Never Ban Customers for Legal Speech

Christopher Bedford is on the front lines when it comes to fighting Big Tech and left-wing organizations’ online efforts to censure and even erase conservative voices.

Vietnam: Activists’ Movements Blocked

(Bangkok) – The Vietnamese government systematically restricts the rights to freedom of movement of political and human rights activists, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

Tanzania Ends Ban of Four Newspapers

Tanzania’s Minister for Information, Nape Nnauye, said in a recent meeting with editors that the government has lifted the ban on the Mseto, Mawio, Mwanahalisi, and Tanzania Daima newspapers.

Twitter Misses Targets for Revenue, Profits, User Growth Under Censor-Happy CEO

Twitter posted its first earnings report since appointing its new censorship-happy CEO, Parag Agrawal, and missed analyst estimates on earnings, revenue, and user growth.

Sen. Blackburn Sounds Alarm on Biden FCC Pick Gigi Sohn: 'Dishonest,' 'Radical Nominee'

Sen.Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) condemned one of Joe Biden’s more controversial nominees on the eve of her second Senate hearing, Gigi Sohn, who has been nominated to serve a five-year term at the FCC.

Kazakhstan: Set Independent Inquiry into January Events

(Berlin) – The Kazakhstan government should invite international experts to join its domestic investigative efforts into serious human rights violations during the January 2022 protests and violence to ensure that the results are seen as credible, Human Rights Watch said today. The statement followed a meeting between Mukhtar Tileuberdi, Kazakhstan’s

This Week in the New Normal #22

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1. …what the Guardian means by “admitting mistakes” The worst article we read this week was in The Guardian, it