Recent legal battles highlight a troubling trend in South Africa, where journalists are increasingly targeted with harassment suits aimed at silencing them.

RSF raised the alarm over threats and violence targeting Guatemalan journalists reporting on environmental issues, especially those from Indigenous and rural communities. These reporters face a ...

The standoff between the Nigerian government and Meta, is emblematic of a broader movement reflecting the growing continental push to reclaim regulatory authority over global tech giants. While this ...

IFEX’s May briefs chart crackdowns and civil society pushback: disinformation stokes India-Pakistan tensions; Palestinian journalists face Israeli attacks and starvation in Gaza; Africa mourns ...

Sexual violence, detentions, and battling online trolls In Sudan, women human rights defenders have been facing unprecedented attacks since the October 2021 military coup. Women in detention are ...

Targeting of journalists is part of a widespread and systematic assault on the right to free expression and access to information in Yemen.

March 2022 in the Americas: A free expression round up produced by IFEX's Regional Editor Laura Vidal, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. The region marked International Women’s ...

A Supreme Court of Kenya ruling meant to reaffirm the rights of queer Kenyans as guaranteed in the Constitution was ironically used to unleash unbalanced, politically-motivated homophobia, especially ...

The final text will result in the rewriting of criminal and surveillance laws around the world, affecting millions of people. That's why EFF and their international allies have been fighting to ensure ...

Independent rights groups in Egypt underscore the need for authorities to avoid past mistakes in dealing with the detention of political prisoners.

Digital Rights Foundation has expressed concern over the confirmation of the 'Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Online Content (Procedure, Oversight and Safeguards), Rules' for containing provisions ...

IFEX members have issued statements condemning the cyber libel guilty verdict handed out by a Philippine court against award-winning journalist Maria Ressa and former Rappler researcher Reynaldo ...