A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX's Regional Editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports ...

"Suppressing unwelcome news and faking optimism creates an environment in which mistakes are not corrected and errors ...

Khashoggi's murder has become emblematic of a global pattern of impunity for crimes against journalists and the alarming rise ...

“Journalists have the right to do their jobs reporting on this war, and we all have the right to know what is happening in Gaza.” ...

The Supreme Court rejected the appeals of 20 independent analysts, researchers, and politicians sentenced to imprisonment in absentia, and confirmed their sentences of 10-11 years each. Political ...

"Journalists have the right to do their jobs reporting on this war, and we all have the right to know what is happening in Gaza." This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 3 October 2024.

Of the 11 journalists on trial on charges of "calling for mass riots", two were handed long prison sentences, two were handed three years of probation, and the rest were found not guilty. This ...

"Responsibility for her death lies with the Russian authorities, who detained her for daring to report the truth on the Russia-Ukraine war. Ukrainian and Russian authorities must do everything in ...

Eight hundred days after the arrest of journalist Jose Rubén Zamora Marroquín, the organisations ARTICLE 19 Mexico and Central America, Amnesty International, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), ...

Azerbaijani authorities have used politically motivated, bogus criminal charges to prosecute and imprison activists, journalists, and human rights defenders ahead of COP29 in November. This statement ...

Ugáz has been the target of multiple criminal lawsuits since she and Pedro Salinas co-authored the 2015 book “Half Monks, Half Soldiers,” which alleged a pattern of sexual, physical, and psychological ...

PM Fico is claiming 200,000 euros as compensation for non-material damage caused by the choice of cover photo on the book ‘Fico-Obsessed with Power'. This statement was originally published on ...