Uzbekistan: Journalist Otabek Sattoriy Released from Prison

Uzbekistan: Journalist Otabek Sattoriy Released from Prison

Washington, DC — Freedom Now welcomes the release of journalist Otabek Sattoriy from more than three years of wrongful detention in Uzbekistan. Initially arrested in January 2021 for his investigative journalism, Sattoriy was released by a regional court who...
Request for Proposals: Legal Mentorship Program

Request for Proposals: Legal Mentorship Program

Запрос предложений на русском языке Introduction Freedom Now is a non-partisan non-governmental organization working globally to protect individuals and communities from government repression. Applying a unique blend of legal and political advocacy, our work over the...
The Slide Toward Autocracy: Lawyers Endangered Worldwide

The Slide Toward Autocracy: Lawyers Endangered Worldwide

“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers,” wrote William Shakespeare more than four hundred years ago, in Henry VI, Part II. Though often thought to be a condemnation of lawyers – ever the target of jokes in the overly litigious United States – US Supreme...
Azerbaijan: New Crackdown Threatens Civil Society

Azerbaijan: New Crackdown Threatens Civil Society

Background What’s happening in Azerbaijan? Beginning in December 2022, Azerbaijan initiated a crackdown on civil society that has resulted in the arrest of dozens of journalists, civic activists, lawyers, and political opponents under specious and...
Vietnam: Journalist Nguyen Van Hoa Released from Prison

Vietnam: Journalist Nguyen Van Hoa Released from Prison

Washington, DC — Freedom Now welcomes the release of journalist Nguyen Van Hoa from wrongful detention. Nguyen served a seven year prison sentence for his journalism on an environmental disaster in Vietnam. “Nguyen Van Hoa is not a criminal. He is a citizen...