Prosecution of "Mada Masr"'s editor, denial of union rights, and website blocks show an escalating crackdown on independent journalism in Egypt.

As the use of technology rises, so does the prevalence of online abuse against women, spotlighting the need for urgent interventions like the implementation of ACHPR Resolution 522.

Your State has committed to ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms. This is what the Sustainable Development Goal 16.10 affirms. Is your government meeting its commitment ...

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 ...

Sulemana Braimah evaluates the critical role of the media through three decades of Ghana's political history.

IFEX December 2024 brief: Regional Editor Reyhana Masters takes a deep dive into the issues that dominated the electoral landscape in some of the countries that held elections across the continent in ...

What 12 countries account for 80% of unsolved journalist murders? How often are journalists' killers found? This year's CPJ Index provides crucial information to help keep governments accountable in ...

While PECA has been used to stifle journalists, it has also been used to intimidate the country’s various marginalised communities. Journalist Kunwar Khuldune Shahid explores the effects of Pakistan’s ...

Communications disruptions limit citizens’ access to information and undermine media freedom and freedom of expression.

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".

We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian and Lebanese journalists bravely reporting amid life-threatening risks and demand that all governments, press freedom organisations, and human rights bodies ...

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.