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This week in #FreeExpression:

🔹 #Georgia: Pressure on journalists reporting from rallies intensifies.

🔹 #Nigeria: Civil society demands accountability.

🔹 #Lebanon: Cybersecurity gaps threatening national security.

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May 16, 2026 at 8:00 AM
This week in #FreeExpression:

🔹 #Belarus: Freed media managers expose horrific state captivity.

🔹 #Ghana: Press networks launch legal defence fund.

🔹 #Peru: Press groups demand dismissal of lawsuit targeting reporter.

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September 26, 2026 at 6:00 AM
This week in #FreeExpression:

🔹 #Palestine: Policies and state pressure restricting online speech.

🔹 #Africa: Regional body calls on to investigate abusive lawsuits.

🔹 #Europe: Networks express deep concern over media takeover.

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September 19, 2026 at 10:08 AM
This week in #FreeExpression:

🔹 #UnitedStates: Subpoenas hit reporters after Air Force One story.

🔹 #India: Halting messaging feature raises pre-censorship fears.

🔹 #Guinea: Journalist flees after investigation threats.

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July 18, 2026 at 11:00 AM
This week in #FreeExpression updates:

🔹 #Cambodia: journalist Hem Vanna detained after reporting

🔹 #Egypt: summonses and excessive bail used to intimidate dissent

🔹 #BurkinaFaso: artist detained without explanation

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February 22, 2026 at 2:00 PM
🌍 This week in #FreeExpression:

🔹 #Bahrain: UN urged to act on political prisoners
🔹 #Palestine: MADA condemns killing of journalist Hassan Eslaih in Gaza
🔹 #Lesotho: MISA Lesotho launches CheckDesk fact-checking initiative

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May 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This week in #FreeExpression:

🔹 #Albania: Pressure on media freedom demands urgent action.

🔹 #Philippines: Anti-disinformation bill risks silencing dissent.

🔹 #Brazil: RSF takes legal action over journalist cyberharassment.

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August 29, 2026 at 6:00 AM
This week in #FreeExpression:

🔹 #Mali: Broadcaster suspended over critical reporting.

🔹 #BurkinaFaso: Imam detained after criticising draft religious law.

🔹 #Palestine: Research documents Meta's suppression of Palestinian content.

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June 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM
This week in #FreeExpression updates:

🔹 #Malaysia: attack on journalist Haresh Deol
🔹 #Mali: Journalist Seydou Traoré freed after conviction
🔹 #Cuba: escalating threats at elTOQUE

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December 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This week in #FreeExpression:

🔹 Growing calls to end Israel’s impunity amid genocide & journalist killings in Gaza
🔹 Insult laws used to silence Senegal media
🔹 Turkey censors Kurdish & LGBTQI+ outlets

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September 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This week in #FreeExpression:

🔹 #Mexico: two journalists shot in 48 hours.

🔹 #Uganda: court strikes down Computer Misuse Act provisions.

🔹 #Global: new report tracks threats to cartoonists worldwide.

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March 29, 2026 at 1:02 PM
This week in #FreeExpression:

🔹 Mexico’s deadly year for journalists
🔹 Pressure on independent media in #eSwatini
🔹 Press freedom erosion across #Europe and beyond

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October 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This week in #FreeExpression news:

🔹 #Palestine: impunity persists for Israel’s attacks on journalists
🔹 #Iran: women human rights defenders targeted amid crackdown
🔹 #India: AI-driven surveillance expands in public spaces

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January 31, 2026 at 2:01 PM
🌍 This week in #FreeExpression:

🔹 #Peru: Press crisis deepens amid rising attacks
🔹 #Syria: Women HRDs face threats but seek change
🔹 #PapuaNewGuinea: Radio host's dismissal highlights suppression

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May 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This week in #FreeExpression:

🔹 #Global: US aid cuts hit media and civic space worldwide.

🔹 #Burundi: Journalist Sandra Muhoza freed after 2 years.

🔹 #ElSalvador: Emergency measures restrict press freedom.

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April 25, 2026 at 1:01 PM
This week in #FreeExpression news:

🔹 #Europe examines a new approach to transnational repression

🔹 #Syria’s transition faces renewed strain

🔹 #Asia records over 100 journalists behind bars

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December 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This week in #FreeExpression news:

🔹 #US shutters RFE/RL’s #Hungary service for “opposing” Orbán
🔹 LGBTQI+ journalists targeted in #Turkey
🔹 #Samoa government blocks daily newspaper from press access

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November 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This week in #FreeExpression:

🔹 #Afghanistan: radio shut down over women’s education programming

🔹 #Canada: Rachel Gilmore targeted with threats and deepfakes

🔹 #Palestine: EU-funded #AI fuels surveillance and repression

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March 22, 2026 at 1:01 PM
🌍 This week in #FreeExpression:

🔹 Civil society collaboration combats AI disinformation threats in #Brazil and #Ghana

🔹 #Palestine: How an AI-powered tool tracks online hate and incitement

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May 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This week in #FreeExpression:

🔹 Global outcry over Israel's targeted journalist killings in #Gaza
🔹 AJI Indonesia urges protections for whistleblowers of sexual violence
🔹 UN complaints filed over missing journalists in #Mexico

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September 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This week in #FreeExpression news:

🔹 #Europe: Press freedom violations surged in 2024, with protests posing high risks for journalists
🔹 #Brazil: Calls grow to protect journalists’ safety and sources

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February 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This week in #FreeExpression:

🔹 Journalist’s father abducted amid Guinea’s media crackdown
🔹 French journalist killed in Russian drone strike in Ukraine
🔹 Cybercrime laws used to silence critics in Tunisia

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October 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This week in #FreeExpression news:

🔹 #Iran: authorities cut connectivity silencing protests reporting
🔹 #Palestine: Israel moves to deregister NGOs
🔹 Advancing digital inclusion for persons with disabilities in #Africa

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January 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
This week in #FreeExpression:

🔹 #Brazil: women environmental journalists in the Amazon face threats

🔹 #Iraq: killing of feminist leader Yanar Mohammed condemned

🔹 #Pakistan: media attacked covering protests at US missions

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March 14, 2026 at 1:01 PM
This week in #FreeExpression news:

🔹 #Libya: impunity fuels attacks on women as legal protections remain symbolic
🔹 #Turkey: @bianet.org editor tried over Armenian Genocide interview
🔹 #India: new death threats target Rana Ayyub

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December 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM