The future of democracy worldwide depends in part on whether the Ukrainian army can break the current stalemate and achieve complete victory, two leading analysts assert in a new Atlantic… Read more »
Pro-democracy Russians who reject the totalitarian Putin regime are doing what they can to help Ukraine liberate all occupied territories and restore its territorial integrity. We are also planning for the… Read more »
A Belarusian court has sentenced a businessman to 15 years in prison for administering more than two dozen social media chats on protests that followed a disputed presidential election in August… Read more »
UN experts today reiterated calls for the release of Ales Bialiatski after the Nobel Committee’s decision to symbolically award him the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize for his fearless work promoting… Read more »
How can media sector advocates can advance a vision of progressive reform during democratic transitions and how can the international community best support them? The latest report from the Center… Read more »
The rise of Big Data—the vast digital output of daily life, including data Google and Facebook collect from their users and convert into advertising dollars—is now a matter of national security, according to… Read more »
The Platform to Promote the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists today launched its annual report. “Defending Press Freedom in Times of Tension and Conflict” is written by the… Read more »
Vladimir Putin’s efforts to curb freedom of expression still face resistance from independent news outlets that have adapted to the new environment by deploying digital tools and using transnational platforms… Read more »
Myanmar rights groups have called on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to probe human rights violations in the country’s jails and the use of sexual violence against… Read more »
A Russian court on Tuesday convicted top opposition leader Alexei Navalny of fraud and contempt of court, sentencing him to nine more years in prison in a move that was… Read more »