Media clampdown designed to silence criticism and independent reporting (Demo)

After lifting ban on political activities, Thailand is pressed to remove free speech restrictions Source: MEDIA FEED

On 5 February 2017, Puntland police removed the director of Radio Voice of Peace from his office in Galkayo, Mudug…

MENA in December: Appeals of Nabeel Rajab and Ahmed Mansoor rejected; UN Working Group recognises two Egyptian journalists as arbitrarily…

This statement was originally published on pen.org on 13 April 2020. President Trump’s re-election campaign filed a defamation lawsuit against a…

This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 7 October 2020. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Chad’s media regulator…

In the past decade, at least 324 journalists have been silenced through murder worldwide and in 85 percent of these…

The Hungarian government ratchets up its persecution of migrants and civil society by introducing a bill which criminalises NGOs and…

Under two news pieces of draft legislation, anyone 'insulting the state' could face up to 15 days in prison; those…

This statement was originally published on expressioninterrupted.com on 31 August 2020. Journalist and academic Mehmet Altan, who was dismissed from…

As the Zimbabwean public grapples to understand the implications of the government's monetary policy statement announced on 1 October, MISA…

Journalist and poet Nedim Türfent was sentenced to eight years and nine months in jail in December 2017 on trumped-up…

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) has condemned recent violations of freedom of expression and called on the government…

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

This statement was originally published on cipesa.org on 19 August 2020. By Edrine Wanyama On July 17, 2020, the Tanzania…

Press freedom predators often use fake accounts both to amplify their propaganda and to harass journalists. Source: MEDIA FEED