0 By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News June 27, 2018 Indonesia is urged to amend the law to uphold rights while meeting security concerns. Source: MEDIA FEED Share this:TwitterFacebook Abubaker Lubowa HRNJ-Uganda / About Author More posts by HRNJ-Uganda Related Posts Activist forcibly returned from Russia to Tajikistan could face torture (Demo) Sharofiddin Gadoev has lived as a refugee in Holland since 2015; he was detained on a trip to Moscow and… Share this:TwitterFacebook 0 26 Feb 2019 – Journalists detained for social media posts criticising Turkish military operation (Demo) The Istanbul Anadolu Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation into 57 individuals who shared critical comments on social… Share this:TwitterFacebook 0 23 Jan 2018 – Russia: Hundreds detained in anti-corruption protests (Demo) Anti-corruption protesters were met by a heavy police and National Guard presence who declared the protests 'illegal' and began to… Share this:TwitterFacebook 0 16 Jun 2017 Protests in Iraq: How a deadly crackdown has put freedom of speech and assembly in peril (Demo) This statement was originally published on gc4hr.org on 10 October 2019. The undersigned international, regional and Iraqi human rights organisations… Share this:TwitterFacebook 0 10 Oct 2019 – North Korea: No improvements in basic freedoms despite diplomatic opening (Demo) North Korea is urged to prioritize the dire human rights situation as summit with the United States approaches. Source: MEDIA… Share this:TwitterFacebook 0 07 Jun 2018 Pakistan imposes strict conditions on social media companies (Demo) The Pakistan government has approved a new set of rules imposing strict conditions on all social media companies, which includes… Share this:TwitterFacebook 0 15 Feb 2020 RSF 2020 World Press Freedom Index: Coming decade will be decisive for the future of journalism (Demo) This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 21 April 2020. The 2020 World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters… Share this:TwitterFacebook 0 22 Apr 2020 – Media & public must work together to fight fake news (Demo) In the age of digital, the media has had to adapt to the constant changes in how news is published… Share this:TwitterFacebook 0 09 Nov 2017 – Prisoners of conscience kept in Saudi jails beyond completion of their sentences (Demo) On 12 April 2017, the Saudi Arabian government released human rights defender Khaled Al-Omair from prison, more than six months… Share this:TwitterFacebook 0 18 May 2017 – Moroccan court sentences two journalists to several years in prison (Demo) Moroccan authorities should immediately release journalists Mohamed al-Asrihi and Hamid al-Mahdaoui and drop all charges against them. Source: MEDIA FEED Share this:TwitterFacebook 0 05 Jul 2018 ARTICLE 19 calls for governments to act on crimes against journalists (Demo) Journalists around the world are assaulted and killed for exposing corruption, holding governments to account or simply expressing their opinions… Share this:TwitterFacebook 0 01 Nov 2018 – Surveillance and access to information from a child's rights perspective (Demo) An interview with Veronica Yates on defending the rights of one of the most monitored groups on the planet: children…. Share this:TwitterFacebook 0 11 Jul 2017 Democracy and digital rights under scrutiny during Malawi’s UPR process (Demo) This statement was originally published on cipesa.org on 21 February 2020. On February 3, 2020 Malawi scored a victory for… Share this:TwitterFacebook 0 02 Mar 2020 Human rights website blocked by Myanmar authorities for alleged ‘fake news’ (Demo) This statement was originally published on article19.org on 2 September 2020. The Myanmar government’s order to block the website of… Share this:TwitterFacebook 0 06 Sep 2020 – Syrian organisation documents death of 55 media professionals in Eastern Ghouta in past 7 years (Demo) The Syrian Center for Journalistic Freedoms of Syrian Journalists Association (SJA) has published a special report entitled "Media professionals in… Share this:TwitterFacebook 0 21 Mar 2018