Over four days in Damascus, the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression brought together journalists, lawyers, students, and officials to develop a legal framework that better protects indep ...

PEN International says systematic persecution of minorities, rising hate speech, and attacks by government forces and affiliated militias have created a suffocating environment for writers, with ...

Security forces are raiding journalists' homes, seizing equipment, blocking bank accounts and SIM cards, and detaining reporters, intensifying a coordinated campaign to criminalise and silence ...

A new report documents how STC and UAE-backed forces conduct arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, and torture in Aden's secret detention sites, holding people incommunicado while families are ...

Nearly four months after the ceasefire, Palestinian journalists in Gaza remain trapped by Israel's blockade, face continued drone attacks, lack basic equipment and electricity, and urgently need ...

ARTICLE 19 urges the interim government to immediately halt the enactment process and leave such far-reaching decisions to the incoming administration.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) recently received information that, the day after his release, the journalist was formally charged with at least five offences and placed under restrictive measures.

Malian journalist Youssouf Sissoko remains behind bars awaiting trial after authorities criminalized a published opinion piece deemed insulting to neighbouring Niger's military ruler.

The unexplained arrest of respected cultural figure, Sosthène Yaméogo, has reignited fears about arbitrary detentions and the erosion of due process in post-coup Burkina Faso.

In a country where online participation is risky and unequal, a women-centred digital skills programme reframes technology as a pathway to agency and safety and civic voice, rather than just ...

IFEX is alarmed by the suspension of several CSOs in Uganda, as a result of ostensibly politically motivated investigations initiated just before the presidential elections. It particularly condemns ...

The IPI global network strongly condemns today’s sentencing of 2025 IPI World Press Freedom Hero Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison. We urge the international community – and in particular the United ...