As World Cup nears, Qatar and FIFA face fresh scrutiny on press freedom commitments cpj.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cpj.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
On Sunday, Qatar was appointed as the Group of Arab States' coordinator in the International Labor Organisation to help coordinate between the Arab states to unify their positions on international labour issues.
In the face of authoritarian resurgence around the world, PEN America's Freedom to Write Index documents cases of writers and public intellectuals who have been unjustly locked up for their exercise of free expression. At least 277 of them (in 36 countries) were in jail last year.