Journalists around the world faced growing restrictions during 2001, the Paris-based advocacy group Reporters Without Borders said.
The welfare reforms come as cash-strapped local authorities impose growing restrictions on social care services used by disabled people.
The campaign arrives as the tobacco giants scramble to woo customers from one another in the face of growing restrictions on advertising and promotional efforts.
In the months since al-Sisi took office in June, after a landslide election victory, journalists have complained about growing restrictions on freedom of expression.
Bloggers like Mr. Zhang argue that growing restrictions on Internet speech only inflame ordinary users, and that bit by bit "people are pushing the wall back".
Mr. Posner, the top United States official for human rights, also condemned growing restrictions on freedom of expression and called for immediate action by Iran to end torture.
One country at a time, there are growing restrictions on finning — cutting the fin off a shark and leaving it to die — and, increasingly, shark fishing.
The sole opposition party in Zimbabwe, the Movement for Democratic Change, has suffered notably from growing restrictions on press freedom -- all independent daily newspapers have been closed -- and on the right to assemble publicly.
DHARAMSALA, India — The influx of Han Chinese and the growing restrictions on religious practice have become the biggest threats to Tibet, which faces "something like a death sentence" under Chinese rule, said the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.
Several EU leaders told Davutoğlu they were concerned about growing restrictions on press freedom, while the EU's foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, urged Turkey to respect the highest standards on democracy, the rule of law and freedom of expression.
Many designers, painters and consumers who applaud environmental responsibility are nevertheless worried about the growing restrictions on oil-based paints (which contain high levels of harmful volatile organic compounds), and even on less hazardous water-based latex ones.
