The Committee to Protect Journalists and partner organizations published a report on Thursday documenting rising attacks, threats, police violence, and smear campaigns against journalists in Serbia. The report also examines legal and digital threats to the press and increasing political control over the media landscape. CPJ and its partners called on Serbian authorities to investigate attacks, hold perpetrators accountable, end inflammatory rhetoric against journalists, and ensure police protect journalists.
In Uzbekistan, a mahalla is a self-governing body, commonly known as the mahalla committee. It is the administrative institution closest to the local population. In the spring of 2026, the chairperson of the Tinchlik mahalla in the Uchkuprik district in Fergana Region in Uzbekistan decided to step down. Nearly 100 residents signed a petition in support of his candidacy. He has a university degree, many years’ experience in journalism and community work, and all the qualities necessary to stand for election to a position working on behalf of his community.
Reid Paul is the Dean’s Assistant Professor of Nuclear Security and Policy at Brown University. Matthew Cebul is a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and a 2026-27 International Affairs Fellow at Council on Foreign Relations.
Tonight at 9 p.m. Donald Trump will give a speech about "free and fair elections" in which he will talk about "foreign (Chinese Communist Party) interference" in the 2020 election. House Speaker Mike Johnson said the U.S. needs an extra $350 billion to fight "communism on our own shores" and "barbarians" inside the gates. Putin converted Russia's democracy into a police state between 2000 and 2012.
Cheng Lei was detained by Chinese authorities in 2020 while working as a business anchor for CGTN in Beijing. She was later charged on suspicion of "illegally supplying state secrets overseas" and spent more than three years behind bars. Cheng was released and returned to Australia in October 2023.
In June 2023, the League of Arab States announced a unified social media regulation strategy inspired by the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA). Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, and Saudi Arabia have begun drafting their own social media laws, often claiming inspiration from European legislation. They emphasize content control over social media companies.
Mykhailo Fedorov has been pushed out as Ukraine's defense minister after just six months in the job. His replacement will be Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, who is expected to be nominated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Some members of the president's own party are angry about the decision.
Nasir El-Rufai has been detained for 150 days without charge or trial. His wife is appealing to diplomatic and development partners to do more to help him and his family. She is concerned about the use of the law as a political weapon in Nigeria.
Miroslav Jenča is the UN chief’s Special Representative for Colombia. He is the head of the UN Verification Mission that monitors the 2016 Peace Agreement that ended deadly clashes between the Government and FARC-EP rebel group. Security was among the chief concerns of the Colombian electorate.
Matthieu Buge has worked on Russia for the magazine l’Histoire, the Russian film magazine Séance and as a columnist for Le Courrier de Russie. He is the author of the book Le Cauchemar russe (‘The Russian Nightmare’). The EU created the East StratCom Task Force to fight foreign disinformation campaigns supposedly orchestrated by Russia. In 2021, the French authorities created VIGINUM, the Vigilance and Protection against Foreign Digital Interference Service, a national agency working as a watchdog for foreign interference in elections. The Senate’s Culture Committee launched a mission on the “gray areas of information in the
The Committee to Protect Journalists and partner organizations published a report on Thursday documenting rising attacks, threats, police violence, and smear campaigns against journalists in Serbia. The report also examines legal and digital threats to the press and increasing political control over the media landscape. CPJ and its partners called on Serbian authorities to investigate attacks, hold perpetrators accountable, end inflammatory rhetoric against journalists, and ensure police protect journalists.
In Uzbekistan, a mahalla is a self-governing body, commonly known as the mahalla committee. It is the administrative institution closest to the local population. In the spring of 2026, the chairperson of the Tinchlik mahalla in the Uchkuprik district in Fergana Region in Uzbekistan decided to step down. Nearly 100 residents signed a petition in support of his candidacy. He has a university degree, many years’ experience in journalism and community work, and all the qualities necessary to stand for election to a position working on behalf of his community.
Reid Paul is the Dean’s Assistant Professor of Nuclear Security and Policy at Brown University. Matthew Cebul is a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and a 2026-27 International Affairs Fellow at Council on Foreign Relations.
Tonight at 9 p.m. Donald Trump will give a speech about "free and fair elections" in which he will talk about "foreign (Chinese Communist Party) interference" in the 2020 election. House Speaker Mike Johnson said the U.S. needs an extra $350 billion to fight "communism on our own shores" and "barbarians" inside the gates. Putin converted Russia's democracy into a police state between 2000 and 2012.
Cheng Lei was detained by Chinese authorities in 2020 while working as a business anchor for CGTN in Beijing. She was later charged on suspicion of "illegally supplying state secrets overseas" and spent more than three years behind bars. Cheng was released and returned to Australia in October 2023.
In June 2023, the League of Arab States announced a unified social media regulation strategy inspired by the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA). Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, and Saudi Arabia have begun drafting their own social media laws, often claiming inspiration from European legislation. They emphasize content control over social media companies.
Mykhailo Fedorov has been pushed out as Ukraine's defense minister after just six months in the job. His replacement will be Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, who is expected to be nominated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Some members of the president's own party are angry about the decision.
Nasir El-Rufai has been detained for 150 days without charge or trial. His wife is appealing to diplomatic and development partners to do more to help him and his family. She is concerned about the use of the law as a political weapon in Nigeria.
Miroslav Jenča is the UN chief’s Special Representative for Colombia. He is the head of the UN Verification Mission that monitors the 2016 Peace Agreement that ended deadly clashes between the Government and FARC-EP rebel group. Security was among the chief concerns of the Colombian electorate.
Matthieu Buge has worked on Russia for the magazine l’Histoire, the Russian film magazine Séance and as a columnist for Le Courrier de Russie. He is the author of the book Le Cauchemar russe (‘The Russian Nightmare’). The EU created the East StratCom Task Force to fight foreign disinformation campaigns supposedly orchestrated by Russia. In 2021, the French authorities created VIGINUM, the Vigilance and Protection against Foreign Digital Interference Service, a national agency working as a watchdog for foreign interference in elections. The Senate’s Culture Committee launched a mission on the “gray areas of information in the