7amleh and RNW Media urge the EU to protect Palestinian digital rights by demanding transparency, preventing censorship, and enforcing privacy in content moderation.

Waleed Abu al-Khair, one of the country’s most prominent human rights lawyers, is pictured in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 25 September 2012. Linda Davidson / The Washington Post via Getty Images ...

Young Kenyan activists have harnessed AI and turned it into a vital civic tool a to demystify legislation, coordinate mass protests, and challenge state power.

May 2025 in Africa: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX's Regional Editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

This briefing paper, presented by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), aims to provide insight into the evolving political landscape of Syria. It seeks to highlight the significant developments ...

Zhang Zhan was first detained in 2020 for documenting the COVID-19 situation in Wuhan and for reporting on the harassment faced by independent journalists.

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.

A new report by PEN Norway examines how Kurdish journalists, writers and activists are discriminated against in the Turkish legal system due to official attitudes towards their native language.

Facing constant danger and uncertainty, Sudanese journalists in exile are risking everything to report the truth and need immediate protection to continue their work.

Recent prisoner releases offer little comfort as authorities continue to target and arbitrarily arrest critics, with many still behind bars for merely exercising their right to free expression.

New research by SEENPM and partners documents a rise in attacks on journalists, and a decline in public trust in the media due to political influence over editorial policies.

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 ...