Bittersweet month for Africa: release of journalists, new initiatives to tackle information pollution, but internet shutdown in Benin and Bobi Wine arrested and charged (Demo)

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

The newly signed press freedom act named after journalist Kamara Abdullah Kamara abolishes criminal defamation. Source: MEDIA FEED

Jair Bolsonaro's election reflects greater support for a conservative agenda likely to jeopardize free expression and privacy safeguards. Source: MEDIA…

This statement was originally published on cipesa.org on 25 August 2020. In response to national security challenges related to terrorism,…

"Journalists covering protests are not committing a crime; they are doing their jobs," said CPJ. "Belarusian authorities should drop the…

On 30 July, Zimbabweans went to the polls to elect the first post-Mugabe government. In the latest in a series…

In commemoration of the International Day of Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) on 28 September, MISA launches its annual Transparency…

Over the last week, the Bahraini government has targeted at least 32 activists, human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers, and other…

Burma's high court upheld the seven-year jail sentences of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. Source: MEDIA FEED

Mirsaidov was charged with embezzling and misusing state funds and false reporting to police after he made corruption allegations against…

This statement was originally published on globalvoices.org on 12 November 2019. It is republished here under Creative Commons license CC-BY 3.0….

This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 15 October 2019. Tunisian authorities are using laws on criminal defamation, “spreading…

#ZimbabweanLivesMatter campaign shines global spotlight on government crackdown  The #ZimbabweanLivesMatter campaign is traversing the globe, winning support from celebrities, activists, dignitaries…

RSF condemns the many attacks against Macedonian journalists at demonstrations in the capital Skopje and provincial cities in recent weeks…

The hosting of the global UNESCO's World Press Freedom Day event in Accra, Ghana on 2–3 May, did very little…