Australia urged to overhaul defamation law (Demo)

No fewer than 860 journalists and citizen-journalists were prosecuted, arrested, imprisoned and in some cases executed in Iran between 1979…

This statement was originally published on article19.org on 27 March 2020. Amid growing concerns over the spread of COVID-19 in…

The release of Freedom House's annual Freedom in the World report generated considerable debate about the findings for Ukraine, and…

This statement was originally published on bahrainrights.org on 23 July 2019. The first six months of 2019 have seen increasing…

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Valov has been in jail since January while he awaits trial on extortion charges. Officials says that his 4 June…

RSF regards Baba Alpha's expulsion to neighbouring Mali after serving a one-year jail sentence as "a second sentence." Source: MEDIA…

This is the foreword to the MEAA report into the state of press freedom in Australia in 2018. Source: MEDIA…

Approximately 1,600 people were detained during 5 May anti-Putin protests, including 158 children. Source: MEDIA FEED

This statement was originally published on freepressunlimited.org on 14 August 2020. We call on Belarusian authorities to stop attacking, detaining…

This statement was originally published on article19.org on 9 March 2020. In June 2020, the UN Human Rights Council will…

This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 18 June 2019. The founder, editor, and other members of the The…

The Janakpur High Court has upheld a lower court's decision to sentence three people found guilty of killing journalist Uma…

This statement was originally published on pen-international.org on 30 May 2019. The PEN International Case List, published today documents increasing…

The stigmatizing speech, insults and disqualifications against journalists or activists during weekly broadcasts, and almost daily attacks against the media…