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Over the past 18 months, a persistent crackdown has eliminated any trace of independent media from authoritarian Azerbaijan.

Georgia’s free media outlets and civil society organizations are declining to register under the newly imposed, more stringent version of the “foreign agents” law. Even in the face of potential legal repercussions, many pledge to persist in their resistance and carry on with their work.

Kyrgyz authorities have taken into custody four current and former members of the investigative outlet Kloop, as part of an ongoing crackdown on independent media.

In the latest wave of crackdown on independent media, Azerbaijani authorities target reporters linked to foreign-funded outlets and civil society.

Georgia’s ruling party introduced a foreign agents bill based on the U.S. FARA law, raising concerns it may be employed to stifle civil society and independent media amid a growing authoritarian crackdown.