Kuwaiti authorities continue to target human rights defenders supporting Bedoon rights (Demo)

This statement was originally published on mediarightsagenda.net on 7 October 2020. Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today welcomed the October 6…

Journalists covering local elections in Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir faced restrictions and attacks. Source: MEDIA FEED

This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 7 April 2020. Human Rights Watch joined 28 other organizations today in…

Sushchenko was detained on dubious espionage charges in 2016 whilst on vacation in Moscow; he was convicted after a speedy…

Husain Nazari, a cameraman for Rah-e-Farda TV, was killed in a suicide attack at a political gathering in Kabul, Afghanistan….

RSF is reiterating its call for the immediate release of leading Cameroonian journalist Amadou Vamoulké, in prison on trumped-up charges…

Newly passed 'Stop Soros' laws criminalising anyone who helps migrants meet with international condemnation. Source: MEDIA FEED

Blogger King Faipopo is accused of defaming Samoa's prime minister. Source: MEDIA FEED

A Venezuelan court fined the independent news website La Patilla the equivalent of U.S.$500,000 for republishing a 2015 story from…

This pieceiece by Erin Knight of Open Media was originally posted on Rabble.ca and subsequently published on openmedia.org on 14…

There are concerns that Ethiopia’s new Hate Speech and False Information law will stifle freedom of expression and return Ethiopia…

This statement was originally published on europeanjournalists.org on 6 May 2020. While many European governments use the COVID-19 crisis to…

The International Press Centre has launched "The Nigerian Journalists Internet Rights Initiative (NJIRI)", a one-year campaign based on the premise…

The Justice Ministry has proposed striking some repressive provisions in the 2017 law in response to concerns from civil society…

Dissident convictions and acts of censorship seem timed to avoid lumps of coal from international observers. Source: MEDIA FEED