Abubaker Lubowa

A disturbing regional trend in 2017 is still evident in the first month of the new year, which featured a…

22 Bahrainis currently remain on death row. The prosecution of peaceful dissidents in military courts is expected to flourish if…

48 NGOs and professional groups say the draft law restricts freedom of expression and independent broadcasting. Source: MEDIA FEED

European politicians express little confidence in the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder investigation, Turkey releases then rearrests Amnesty Chair, rights group…

Amnesty Turkey head Taner Kılıç was released in the Büyükada trial only to be rearrested after the prosecutor objected to…

World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) presents a major opportunity for the government of Ghana to showcase Ghana's democratic ideals to…

Officials from Kenya's broadcast regulator, accompanied by police, switched off transmitters on 30 January 2018 while TV stations were broadcasting…

Spain's 'gag law' was used to fine journalists while rappers and Twitter users were prosecuted. Source: MEDIA FEED

The misuse of defamation law to silence journalists remains a problem in Malta, even as the Maltese government is currently…

UNESCO's Committee on Conventions and Recommendations offers a mechanism that any individual or group can use to try to get…