Conditions in Isa Town prison for women highlighted in NGO letter to UN High Commissioner (Demo)

Daniel Elombah, the Nigerian publisher of London-based news portal elombah.com, has been released from detention. His brother, editor Tim Elombah,…

The latest on Turkey's judicial attacks on free expression, parallels in murders of Ján Kuciak and Daphne Caruana Galizia, a…

His colleagues said that he had been working for 15 years at the radio station and that he was dedicated…

This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 22 October 2019. Azerbaijan police violently dispersed two peaceful protests in central…

Pakistan was reviewed for the first time by the UN Human Rights Committee on 11 and 12 July. RIDH spoke…

A new book features 50 stories penned by Indonesian women journalists. Source: MEDIA FEED

Members of the #KeepItOn coalition highlighted the need for the authorities to keep the Internet on as it is an…

This statement was originally published on cartoonistsrights.org on 5 August 2020. Earlier this year we published an essay from cartoonist Suhail Naqshbandi…

China ordered a ban on NeihanShequ, a popular app for jokes and riddles, arguing that Neihan content has become too…

This statement was originally published on pen-international.org on 11 June 2020. June 10, 2020 To: Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, President of the…

In what HRNJ-Uganda describes as a "milestone in defence of media freedom", five youth supporters of the ruling National Resistance…

Members of PACE were urged to fully support the adoption of a resolution that renews the Council of Europe's attention…

There is no sense to the arrest of 10 human rights defenders in Turkey. Their charges should be dismissed to…

This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 3 June 2019. The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemned the sentencing…

MENA in December: Appeals of Nabeel Rajab and Ahmed Mansoor rejected; UN Working Group recognises two Egyptian journalists as arbitrarily…