Despite growing threats and limited representation, GCHR highlights how Syrian women human rights defenders continue pushing for greater inclusion and gender-sensitive justice amid a fragile political ...

Despite sustained pushback from civil society and digital rights groups, Zambia has enacted sweeping cyber laws that threaten fundamental freedoms under the guise of countering terrorism and ...

The World Press Freedom Index 2025 records an ongoing wave of media outlet shutdowns globally. It also identifies 42 countries where press freedom is now "entirely absent". This statement was ...

Current draft legislation removes the threat of imprisonment, but still leaves journalists, publishers, and others involved in public debate at risk of criminal defamation proceedings. This statement ...

About PEN Norway’s Turkey work The situation for freedom of expression in Turkey has deteriorated over the past ten years, with an increasing number of arrests of journalists, writers, lawyers, and ...

CRIN provides a simple guide to the UK's controversial anti-'radicalisation' programme, explaining how it infringes upon the rights to freedom of expression, privacy, religion and assembly, and to non ...

Un nuevo informe publicado por el Fondo para el Periodismo en el Exilio destaca la resiliencia y el papel crucial de los medios independientes que continúan informando desde el exilio. Este artículo ...

The ongoing detention of journalist Blessed Mhlanga on unfounded charges highlights Zimbabwe’s escalating assault on press freedom and free expression. This statement was originally published on ...

Signatories urge the government of Nepal and Parliament to refrain from developing and implementing legislation that empowers government with overreaching powers, including through overbroad and vague ...

Recent weeks have seen journalists receive death threats, and several police raids on CSOs that work on human rights and access to information. This statement was originally published on ...

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, hundreds of journalists have been forced into exile, where they continue to face transnational legal persecution. At home, laws make independent reporting ...

January 2025 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX's regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region China, Myanmar, and ...