Qatari authorities arbitrarily close Doha Centre for Media Freedom (Demo)

One of the detainees claims police subjected him to electric shocks to extract confessions. Source: MEDIA FEED

This statement was originally published on madacenter.org on 11 February 2020. The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms “MADA”…

Journalist Amangeldy Batyrbekov acquitted There was very welcome news from Kazakhstan in January: a court acquitted journalist Amangeldy Batyrbekov, who…

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

Hong Kong’s largest protest ever A million people joined the protest in Hong Kong on 9 June to stop the…

The IFEX network calls on the relevant Bahraini authorities to lift travel restrictions on Ms. Nedal Al Salman. Source: MEDIA…

A state of emergency and a crackdown on independent voices are the background against which presidential and parliamentary elections will…

This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 13 January 2020. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the new Sudanese government’s…

This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 29 November 2019. We, the undersigned organisations, condemn the actions taken by…

This statement was originally published on eff.org on 27 January 2020. Ring isn’t just a product that allows users to…

Pending charges that may be upgraded to sedition stem from an opinion piece in an indigenous language newspaper, "Nai Lalakai",…

This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 20 April 2020. The Chinese and local authorities’ latest assault on Hong…

MRA calls for the immediate and unconditional release of journalist Samuel Ogundipe who is being detained for refusing to disclose…

Halko was found guilty of using force against a police officer when the police raided his home in November 2017;…

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 15 May 2019. The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) condemns the…