How Saudi leaders are using religion to consolidate power and silence critical voices (Demo)

Our monthly roundup of news, analysis and research on freedom of expression issues in the Middle East and North Africa…

Aitor Saez, a Spanish correspondent working for Deutsche Welle, was sent back to Colombia on the night of January 22,…

1. What is it? The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR, or “the Commission”) is an autonomous organ of the…

IFEX-ALC is sending a joint delegation alongside the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC-ALC) and the Inter-American Press Association…

The blogger faces between seven and fourteen years imprisonment for a 'blasphemous' Facebook post. Source: MEDIA FEED

Azerbaijani IFEX member and long-time critic of President Aliyev’s regime, Mehman Huseynov, faces dubious assault charges just two months before…

This statement was originally published on ifj.org on 11 March 2020. The number of citizen journalists to disappear in China…

Discrepancies between Liberian President George Weah's rhetoric and recent events beg the question: Is he playing to the gallery, or…

This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 12 February 2020. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the many cases of…

The IFJ said: "We demand the immediate release of Swe and Naing and call for the charges to be dropped….

Given Liu Xiaobo's diagnosis of late-stage liver cancer, PEN urges the Chinese authorities to allow the Nobel Peace Laureate to…

A new report finds politics, refugees, Polish-Jewish history and gender are the issues most likely to attract online threats and…

Al Qiq, previously detained and released after a harrowing 93 days of hunger strike, has been rearrested by Israeli authorities….

The authorities have unleashed a systematic media demonization campaign against Amr Waked and Khaled Abol Naga for participating in "Egypt…

Phnom Penh, 12 July 2019 – We, the undersigned civil society groups, denounce the unjustified use of security personnel during…