The IPI global network is deeply concerned by recent statements made by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh and the country’s chief justice, Hasan Foez Siddique, urging journalists to refrain from publishing any news critical of the state. The media have a right to operate free of government pressure and influence. Efforts by public officials […]

On July 9, Uzbekistan, Central Asia’s most populous nation, re-elected its president, in an atmosphere which local independent journalists describe as extremely constraining for their profession, limiting options for real political pluralism in Uzbekistan. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was officially declared the winner of the race, receiving 87 percent of the vote, in an election described […]

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On July 9, Uzbekistan, Central Asia’s most populous nation, re-elected its president, in an atmosphere which local independent journalists describe as extremely constraining for their profession, limiting options for real political pluralism in Uzbekistan. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was officially declared the winner of the race, receiving 87 percent of the vote, in an election described […]