Egypt's new media law aims to silence independent online media (Demo)

This statement was originally published on globalvoices.org on 18 April 2020. It is republished here under Creative Commons license CC-BY…

In December, rights advocates – both free and imprisoned – as well as press freedom and human rights groups focused…

Abdallah Abdou Hassane and Oubeidillah Mchangama, two journalists working for critical online news outlet FCBK FM, were arrested and are…

The threats were in response to a segment aired on Alicia Ortega's show about Matías Avelino Castro, who is detained…

Governments who ban their critics from traveling do so not merely "to punish the banned but to deny the spread…

This statement was originally published on eff.org on 27 January 2020. Ring isn’t just a product that allows users to…

This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 26 June 2019. After another media outlet’s arbitrary suspension by Gabon’s High…

Partners of the Council of Europe Platform for the Promotion of Journalism and the Protection of Journalists are deeply concerned…

The Media Foundation for West Africa provides its take on the annual press briefing more familiarly known as the Presidential…

This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 8 August 2019. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Iraqi Kurdistan’s autonomous…

Under two news pieces of draft legislation, anyone 'insulting the state' could face up to 15 days in prison; those…

CPJ's Emergencies Response Team (ERT) has issued a following safety advisory for journalists covering protests over Trump's Jerusalem announcement. Source:…

The IFJ strongly criticises the actions by authorities against the media during the visit of President Xi Jinping to mark…

Saidah Saleh Syamlan was sentenced to 10 months in jail in Indonesia for allegedly sending defamatory WhatsApp messages. Source: MEDIA…

Europe and Central Asia in December: Mass protests in France and Hungary, Russia wants its own Internet; state media attacks…