Freedom of Speech / Censorship

(Reuters) - Moscow is working on measures against English-language media in response to "unfriendly actions" by foreign governments towards Russian...

By Yew Lun Tian and Emma Farge BEIJING/GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet...

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Authorities in Ethiopia's northern Amhara region have arrested four employees of a U.S.-based online media outlet, while the...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Brazil's democracy can support "free and fair elections" in October despite Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's statements against...

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban lawmakers on Sunday approved a new penal code for the country that is being critiqued by...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police said on Thursday they had filed complaints to the city's main professional legal...

By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Cardinal Joseph Zen, one of the most senior Catholic clerics...

(Reuters) -A Russian spy chief on Wednesday compared the U.S. State Department to the World War Two Nazi propaganda machine...

(Corrects to add dropped letter in spokesperson's name) GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet will visit...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has banned a controversial Indian film about the exodus of Hindus from Muslim-majority Kashmir, citing concerns...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Thai army said on Monday it will ban its 245,000 members from using one of Southeast...

LONDON (Reuters) - A Moscow court on Friday ordered the arrest in absentia of Alexander Nevzorov, a prominent Russian journalist...

By Xie Yu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Hao, a managing director and head of research at Bank of Communications...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The Chinese social media accounts of an outspoken Hong Kong-based market strategist were suspended after a series...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday paid tribute to journalists who have died or been...

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian human rights groups on Friday condemned a bill approved by the Senate which bans so-called gay...

By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - The United States believes Russian intelligence was behind an April chemical attack on a Nobel...

(Reuters) - A Moscow court has ordered the seizure of 500 million roubles ($7 million) worth of Google's property and...

By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's Foreign Correspondents' Club (FCC) has suspended its annual Human Rights Press...

MADRID (Reuters) -Catalonia's regional leader accused the Spanish government on Monday of spying on its citizens after a rights group...