In its annual global survey, the Committee to Protect Journalists found at least 274 journalists in jail in relation to their work on December 1, 2020, exceeding the high of 272 in 2016

The US has the opportunity to show positive leadership on technology and human rights

An Unused but not Forgotten Standard of World Law

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home -- so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world.

As the Yes Men, we have complicated feelings about Assange. But prosecuting him under the Espionage Act would be a disaster for journalism and democracy.

There are many further steps to be taken, not least to ensure that workers can count on the justice system if their rights are not respected.

Doan Trang also co-founded the Vietnam Legal Initiative, a United States-based NGO working to promote human rights in Vietnam.

While some of us worry that the US will become an authoritarian nightmare, for others it already is.

"He truly represents a core value of why we are free—because we have freedom of the press," Weiwei said.

U.S. lawmakers stepped up their efforts to stop China’s human rights violations against Uighurs after reports emerged documenting forced labor

First Information Reports are being registered against journalists for being “Anti state and for propagating against the army on social media”