Belarusian painter Raman Bandarenka died due to injuries he obtained after unidentified men beat him over his use of a protest flag.    

Actress Nilüfer Aydan has been indicted on charges of “insulting the president”, facing a prison sentence of up to 4 years and 8 months.

During Hozan Canê's hearing on 20 October on acquittal for charges of “aiding a terrorist group", the court adjourned the case to 9 February 2021.

Poet Dzmitry Strocaŭ was detained and received a 13-day sentence for participating in protests against the presidential election results in Belarus

‘The thing that I am the film director helped me to survive all this cruelty.’

Philosopher and professor Olga Shparaga was detained in 4 October at a peaceful protest against Aleksandr Lukashenko’s re-election.

‘I do not know if I will be able to show this work in France at all, because I don't know who is going to dare to do that.’

A history museum in Nantes, France, decided to postpone an exhibition about Mongol emperor Gengis Khan to 2024 due to Chinese “censorial interference”.

Teacher Samuel Paty was killed by an 18-year old, after showing his students a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad during a free speech class.

Charges of “offending religious beliefs” are being brought against three human rights defenders in Poland for exercising their right to freedom of expression.