– Liberian President George Weah set to decriminalize free speech (Demo)

Despite signs in 2016 that Belarus might be easing up on harassing journalists, 2017 saw a worsening of the media…

Organisations which support human rights, press freedom and journalists are calling on United Nations mechanisms and member states to help…

A state of emergency and a crackdown on independent voices are the background against which presidential and parliamentary elections will…

This statement was originally published on irfs.org on 25 April 2020. The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) condemns…

According to ARTICLE 19, the draft bill adopts a very broad definition of "hate speech" and relies entirely upon the…

The bill also aims to censor reporting on terror attacks. Source: MEDIA FEED

For many of us, the reality of COVID-19 went from being a distant tremble on the horizon to a full-on…

Disinformation may be a global phenomenon, but its impact and the measures used to counter it vary from country to…

Human Rights First and CIHRS have released a report detailing the severe crackdown on peaceful dissent and nongovernmental organizations in…

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 14 August 2020. The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) strongly condemns…

Military and civilian authorities in western Rwanda have arrested, beaten, or threatened people who challenged recent government decisions to force…

No fewer than 860 journalists and citizen-journalists were prosecuted, arrested, imprisoned and in some cases executed in Iran between 1979…

Lebanon: From unprecedented expression to a crackdown  In the weeks following the launch of anti-government protests in Lebanon, free expression…

Claiming they want to "preserve public order", authorities in the DRC have disconnected the Internet, withdrawn the accreditation of Radio…

This statement was originally published on article19.org on 5 June 2020. On Tuesday, 9 June 2020, the Italian Constitutional Court…