Dubai’s World Tolerance Summit cannot hide worsening repression in the UAE (Demo)

Against the backdrop of World Press Freedom Day commemorations in Ethiopia this year, the AFEX network is reminding African governments…

Human rights groups call for Mehman to be transferred to a civilian hospital, for the new charges against him to…

In its latest crackdown against the media in Egypt, the government are using excuses of 'fake news' to silence independent…

Zhao Sile, who has received three Human Rights Press Awards, has built her journalistic career on chronicling China's human rights…

RSF is deeply saddened to learn that an explosive device killed French journalist Stephan Villeneuve and Iraqi Kurdish journalist Bakhtiar…

A government employee in Brunei was charged with violating the Sedition Act over a Facebook post criticising the Halal certification…

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 7 April 2020. A court in Côte d’Ivoire has ordered two journalists…

This is an edited version of a statement originally published on freedomforum.org.np on  7 June 2020. In the wake of…

Among the incidents, journalists accuse the authorities of leading false prosecutions and fabricated espionage charges as well as conducting numerous…

This statement was originally published on article19.org on 19 February 2020. Norwegian PEN, PEN International and ARTICLE 19 condemn the…

This statement was originally published on cmfr-phil.org on 7 May 2020. In the midst of the tension and fear over…

This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 14 January 2020. Iranian authorities intensified their crackdown during 2019 against protests…

Predators of press freedom have seized on the notion of “fake news” to muzzle the media on the pretext of…

Journalists Osmel Ramírez, Niober García Fournier and Roberto de Jesús Quiñones continue to be strictly forbidden to leave the country…

This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 24 August 2020. Authorities in Mozambique should conduct a quick and thorough…