UN and the Netherlands Launch Initiative to Protect Journalists
UN Human Rights and UNESCO have joined forces with the Netherlands in a two-year initiative to promote press freedom and…
Chancellor Angela Merkel Urged to Protect the Union Budget
The letter says that governments and EU institutions have a responsibility to act to address the economic damage caused by…
Russia Urged to Drop Legislation That Violates the Rights of NGOs
European human rights standards on the legal status of NGOs provide that they should be free to pursue their objectives.…
Protesting Farmers Are Not Anti-Nationals: Editors Guild of India
While the Editors Guild is a toothless outfit, it keeps issuing shallow statements which are ignored by the authorities and…
Pro-Democracy Thai Protesters Face Police Action for Insulting the Monarchy
Thousands of Thai protesters continue to defy a government diktat that bans demonstrations against the despotic regime. By RMN News…
Facebook and YouTube Complicit in Vietnamese Censorship: Amnesty Report
Social media platforms Facebook and YouTube have become tools of the Vietnamese authorities’ censorship and harassment of its population, a…