A free expression round-up produced by IFEX's Regional Editor Cathal Sheerin, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
The risk of increased attacks that the media face is exacerbated by the lack of investigations and prosecution of ...
Israel's forcible closure of the news network's office in Ramallah and the confiscation of its equipment threaten press ...
The situations in Palestine, Sudan, Ukraine, Haiti, Myanmar, Venezuela, and Afghanistan should top the agenda at the UN ...
Cameroon's attempt to curb mis/disinformation through legal means is resulting in a complex legal framework that raises ...
"In 2024, the same year democracy levels hit their lowest point since The Economist's Democracy Index was created in 2006, ...
The report explores how digital platforms violate rights by systematically censoring Palestinian voices and pro-Palestinian ...
Judges recently emphasised the link between the coordinated defamation campaign targeting the journalist and her public-interest journalism regarding plagiarism committed by high-ranking officials. It ...
This is part one of a series. Part two focuses on the legacy of Venezuela’s state surveillance. This statement was originally published on eff.org on 16 September 2024. This is part one of a series.
Included among the concerns raised is the systematic misuse of the country's legal system to criminalize critical expression towards the government or its policies. This statement was originally ...
The Commonwealth is composed of 56 member countries, the majority of which were previously colonized under the British empire. Held every two years, CHOGM will be hosted by Samoa in October, which ...