Indonesia is facing mounting challenges to democracy, press freedom, and human rights as President Prabowo Subianto—former DM and a general under dictator Suharto—expands the military’s role in government through a newly approved law.

The previously silenced issue of prisoners of conscience in Jordan resurfaced once again as a Jordanian appeals court sentenced the prominent satirical journalist Ahmad al-Zoubi to one year in prison and ordered him to pay a fine.

New Cybercrime Law passed in Jordan despite public concerns about state control of social media.

The independent French website Mediapart received a judicial notice that the publication of a journalistic investigation prepared by its team was banned.

In recent years, media properties have become a target for wealthy technocrats. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post; Salesforce co-CEO Marc Benioff owns Time magazine.