– Iranian authorities harassing and threatening families of activists and journalists (Demo)

The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has accepted 173 out of 198 recommendations made by 73 member states of the…

Approximately 1,600 people were detained during 5 May anti-Putin protests, including 158 children. Source: MEDIA FEED

Women parliamentarians in Tanzania were banned from entering Parliament wearing fake nails and wigs, the ban on Kenyan film Rafiki…

A UN official who recently visited Saudi Arabia has criticised the country's use of its terrorism tribunal and counterterrorism law…

The crackdown violates freedom of assembly and association and is a step backward in a country that has made progress…

Privacy International shows what this data sharing looks like in practice, particularly for people who do not have a Facebook…

A judge ordered two of Brazil's biggest national dailies, Folha de S.Paulo and O Globo, to remove stories from their…

This statement was originally published on advox.globalvoices.org on 6 September 2018. Source: MEDIA FEED

Advocates campaigning against criminal defamation, insult, false news and sedition laws across the African continent are celebrating the Lesotho Constitutional…

Four journalists have been arbitrarily arrested and detained since January 2019, another journalist sentenced to a year in prison while…

Decriminalized 17 years ago, defamation could soon become a crime again with punishments of up to three years in jail….

This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 7 October 2019. Vietnamese police arrested a pro-democracy activist on September 23,…

During his detention by the Department of State Services – Nigeria's secret police agency – journalist Tony Ezimakor was constantly…

In December 2015, the Nigeria army used disproportionate force against the Islamic Movement of Nigeria's street procession in northwestern Nigeria…

EU lawmakers turn up the heat on Malta; Turkey jails journalists, teachers and a baby; Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan target…