It has been five years since the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and not much has changed. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is believed to have ordered his brutal killing ...

By bnl editorial staff Venezuela is facing a deepening crisis of state-led repression and criminal infiltration, according to separate warnings issued this week by a UN investigative panel and ...

Governments in more than two dozen countries are using threats, attacks and legal action to retaliate against journalists and critics who fled overseas, a new report has found. At a time when ...

Rally "for a free Russia without repression and despotism" Moscow, June 10 2018. Credit: Don Simon via Wikimedia Commons. CC0. From Bull Connor’s dogs and fire hoses attacking U.S. civil rights ...

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags on, an information war is raging alongside the physical fighting. Russia’s attempts to spread disinformation have not yet found great success in the West. Within ...

A wave of repression by President Nicolás Maduro’s administration in Venezuela has paralyzed opposition candidates in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential elections. On January 26, Venezuela’s Supreme ...

On July 7, a U.S. grand jury indicted five men for crimes connected to a Chinese government plot aimed at silencing dissidents living in the United States. While three of the men were originally ...

Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko denied Monday that state repression exists in Belarus, while answering questions from local and foreign media. He also invited members of the public to ask ...