On World Press Freedom Day, GCHR calls for protection of journalists and press freedom across MENA region (Demo)

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 4 September 2019. Journalists are frequently at risk of being harassed online…

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 18 May 2020. A journalist who had gone to a prison facility…

Erkin Musaev had been imprisoned since 2006 and was granted early release on orders of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Source: MEDIA…

In passing SESTA/FOSTA, lawmakers failed to separate their good intentions from bad law. Source: MEDIA FEED

This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 30 June 2020. Police in Moscow detained 40 people last weekend for…

A recent opposition supporters protest march in Bamako was violently dispersed by security forces in Mali. Source: MEDIA FEED

Your State has committed to ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms. This is what the Sustainable Development…

This statement was originally published on ipi.media on 7 October 2019. While it is seldom discussed in international fora, press…

Chadian publisher Djimet Wiché, the publisher of Alwihda Info news website, has been attacked and threatened by police twice in…

Philibert Browne, journalist and editor of the Hot Pepper newspaper, which has been reporting on a missing container of sixteen…

At least 241 journalists have been killed, assaulted, abducted, and arrested throughout Pakistan from 2002 up to the present. Source:…

This statement was originally published on article19.org on 7 July 2020. A Russian court has found journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva guilty…

The new Press and Publications Law maintains most of the speech offenses in the previous 2002 law in the same…

RSF calls for the release of Kyaw Min Swe, the editor of The Voice Daily, who is being held under…