– Australia: Calls to secure independence of national broadcaster ABC (Demo)

Groups urge the repeal of section 57 of the ICT Act which is used to arrest government critics. Source: MEDIA…

Nabeel Rajab faces a sentence of up to 3 years in prison on charges of “publishing and broadcasting false news…

This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 1 October 2020. Bangladesh authorities beat refugees protesting their detention on Bhasan…

In Belarus, the detention of journalists for covering massive protests against the unemployment tax is taking place at a disproportionate…

This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 25 November 2019. Egyptian security forces raided the headquarters of the Cairo-based…

The only choice for reporters who uncover facts about organized crime is often between saying nothing and risking their lives….

On 27 November, Ukrainian lawmakers voted to impose martial law in ten regions that border Russia; under this special measure,…

This is an edited version of a statement originally published on pakistanpressfoundation.org on 13 March 2020. The National Accountability Bureau…

The new EU Directive on Combating Terrorism could lead to criminalizing public protests and other peaceful acts and to the…

This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 17 December 2019. The Israeli army has deprived generations of Palestinians in…

This statement  was originally published on mfwa.org on 10 June 2019. The MFWA is deeply concerned about the suspension “until…

Dr. Abulkhaleq Abdulla was arrested on 16 January by state security forces in the UAE. His whereabouts are unknown at…

Gomaa is in his second year in provisional detention, the maximum number of years under Egyptian law. Source: MEDIA FEED

"Iranian government officials repeatedly advertise to the world that the repeated protests in the country signal that there are real…

The following is a joint statement by the Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Foundation (Fundación Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, FVBCH),  the…