Driven to ‘near extinction’: Beijing's high-pressure campaign against the foreign Chinese-language press From cyberattacks to takeovers, Xi Jinping’s government aims to silence criticism from independent media organizations dispatch Steven Yoder
Hungary’s new coronavirus legislation could have journalists jailed Media watchdogs warn that new laws against disinformation could impact journalists in their attempts to report on Covid-19 dispatch Matej Voda
In Egypt, medics fear raising the alarm on Covid-19 Healthcare professionals worry that speaking out about a shortage of protective gear and poor crisis management will lead to their arrest dispatch Mat Nashed
‘Here in China, we have no voice’ Africans living in Guangzhou say they are being accused of spreading the coronavirus and face arbitrary quarantines and discrimination dispatch Shola Lawal
Meet the celebrities pushing 5G coronavirus conspiracies to millions of fans Influential celebrities are responsible for spreading coronavirus conspiracy theories far and wide roundup Isobel Cockerell
The influence operation behind Russia's coronavirus aid to Italy How the Kremlin is using Covid-19 crisis to undermine NATO and the EU feature Natalia Antelava and Jacopo Iacoboni
TV vs facts: realities clash as Russia goes into coronavirus lockdown Doctors and medical staff are being used in an ongoing campaign of disinformation dispatch Katia Patin and Katerina Fomina
Disinformation about Qatar surges in wake of COVID-19 A weaponized hashtag and fake Twitter accounts seek to blame the small Gulf nation for the spread of COVID-19 feature Burhan Wazir
Coronavirus has conspiracy theorists and anti-5G campaigners working overtime Facebook is filled with competing theories, all racing to fit coronavirus into a shadowy alternate reality dispatch Isobel Cockerell
Eastern Orthodox Church leader orders suspension of services in response to coronavirus New directive follows controversy over the potential spread of COVID-19 via Holy Communion rites and other religious practices follow-up Katia Patin
Russia says it has hardly any coronavirus cases. Doctors say otherwise. Low reported cases of COVID-19 and chaotic, poorly equipped hospitals point to politics taking precedence over a public health crisis dispatch Ilan Greenberg and Katerina Fomina
With help from American activists, Ukrainian women are being misled about abortion Abortion has been legal in Ukraine for decades – but groups empowered by Trump’s White House are misleading vulnerable women about their options dispatch Tetiana Kozak
A US-funded lab in Tbilisi, Georgia fights COVID-19 — and Russian disinformation Once a frequent target for Moscow’s propaganda machine, conspiracy theories about the lab are falling flat dispatch Isobel Cockerell
