Georgia protests: What’s behind them and what’s next? | Conflict News
Tens of thousands of demonstrators have clashed with riot police in Georgia over the past five nights in protests against the governing Georgian Dream party’s decision…
Pakistan tests China-like digital ‘firewall’ to tighten online surveillance | Censorship News
Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s government has deployed Chinese technology to build what some senior officials familiar with the project are calling a new, national internet…
Ben & Jerry’s claims parent company censorship over Gaza
Ben & Jerry's ice cream in a freezer in Jerusalem in 2022. The Vermont-based ice cream company claims its parent company, Unilever, is censoring its…
India can import Rushdie’s Satanic Verses after ban order ‘untraceable’ | Censorship News
A reader brought the case in 2019 after failing to find official proof of the ban on government websites.A court in India has lifted a…
Biden administration staffer quits over Gaza | Gaza
“I saw a policy that was really harming Palestinians through this kind of blind, destructive support of Israel.” Maryam Hassanein recently quit her job at…
Alana Hadid on the importance of Palestinian representation | Censorship
“We are witnessing the ongoing Nakba and an ongoing genocide while we’re trying to educate the world.” Palestinian American activist Alana Hadid discusses the importance…
Ilan Pappé on being censored for pro-Palestine stance | Israel-Palestine conflict
“We are not intimidated by them and that’s why they are using everything in their ammunition to silence us.” Israeli historian Ilan Pappé discusses his…
Before Brazil and Elon Musk: X’s history of run-ins with left and right | Social Media News
All five judges on Brazil’s Supreme Court panel voted last week to uphold a ban on Elon Musk’s social media platform X in the country,…
Why is Tunisia’s Administrative Court at odds with its electoral authority? | Elections News
A dispute has arisen between Tunisia’s courts and electoral authority that could determine at least the next few years of the country’s future. Essentially, the…
Russia jails journalist for spreading ‘fake news’ about army in Ukraine war | Freedom of the Press News
Sergei Mikhailov was arrested in 2022 after publishing reports about civilian deaths in Bucha and Mariupol.A court in Russia has sentenced journalist Sergei Mikhailov to…
Did Biden’s White House pressure Mark Zuckerberg to censor COVID content? | Censorship News
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has accused United States President Joe Biden’s administration of pressuring his team to censor content on the COVID-19 pandemic in a…
Is China silencing artists in Australia? | Censorship
In the first of a two-part investigation, 101 East asks: Is China silencing artists in Australia?In the past two decades, Chinese contemporary art has taken…
RFK Jr. blames ‘media censorship,’ plans to campaign for Trump
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he is suspending his campaign for the presidency while in in Phoenix on Friday. Kennedy went on to endorse Republican…
Hell hath no fury like a librarian scorned in the book banning wars
Amanda Jones is a Louisiana middle-school librarian who sleeps with a shotgun under her bed and carries a pistol when she travels the back roads.…
LGBTQ+ books are facing an increase of censorship in UK schools, study finds
School librarians in the UK have opened up about the increased censorship regarding LGBTQIA+ books. Over the last couple of years, queer literature in the…
Turkey blocks Instagram after ‘censorship’ row | Social Media News
Top government official accused US-based company of blocking condolence posts on killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.Turkey has blocked access to Instagram, the national communications…
Russia starts US journalist Evan Gershkovich’s trial: What’s next for him? | Russia-Ukraine war News
Evan Gershkovich, an American journalist with the Wall Street Journal, appeared in a court in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on Wednesday, at the start…
Haaretz stories cast doubt on health of Israel’s ‘democracy’ | Censorship News
Israeli newspaper Haaretz has published two eyebrow-raising pieces in a row that cast doubts on Israel’s democratic norms. On Wednesday, it published an opinion piece…
Robe-wearing DJ NewJeansNim draws complaints from Singapore Buddhists | Music News
Singapore – A popular South Korean DJ ‘monk’, known for donning a cleric’s robes and combining electronic dance music with Buddhist mantras, is stirring controversy…
A year since Pakistan’s May 9 riots: A timeline of political upheaval | Imran Khan News
EXPLAINERNationwide riots on this ‘dark day’ last year triggered a months-long political crisis that saw ex-PM Imran Khan jailed, and a crackdown on his party.…