West Africa: Expression of dissent in the form of demonstrations increasingly risky (Demo)

Two journalists were attacked after writing a story about the Tha Khin Sit Mining Company in Burma. Source: MEDIA FEED

This statement was originally published on freeturkeyjournalists.ipi.media on 18 November 2019. The International Press Institute (IPI) highlighted the continued jailing…

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

Digital Rights Foundation is urging Twitter to stop misinformation, abuse and trolling on its platform. Source: MEDIA FEED

AFJC strongly condemns the horrific suicide attack in Kabul city that killed at least 85 people, including a TOLO TV…

In an intensified crackdown on freedom of expression and media freedom in Benin, 2 protestors were killed, a journalist arrested…

The COVID-19 pandemic has enabled many governments in the region to ride roughshod over civil liberties. Repressive measures were enacted…

Human Rights Council virtual informal conversation with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Thursday, 9 April 2020 The COVID-19…

Family, friends and colleagues from the media fraternity in South Africa were shocked by the news that journalist Junior Bonase’s bruised…

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 27 August 2020. When COVID-19 struck, there was the need to act…

This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 16 December 2019. Understanding how China tries to influence the media is…

This statement was originally published on hkja.org.hk on 4 October 2019. The Government has today invoked arcane colonial era legislation…

One of the main findings of the research is that gender-based violence in virtual space mirrors the violence in public…

IFEX’s Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Editor spoke to Robert Ssempala of the Human Rights Journalists Network-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda), Cathy Anite, executive director…

Abdul Rahman Ismael Yassin, a reporter for the pro-opposition Hammouriyeh Media Office, died from injuries sustained in a 20 February…