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

The scandal around Uganda’s tech-driven Express Penalty Scheme revealed deep failures in digital public infrastructure governance from opaque foreign contracts, to unsafe data practices.

SFLC.in notes that the Telecommunication (Temporary Suspension of Services) Rules, 2024 fall short on accountability. Yet, as with many reforms in India’s digital governance ecosystem, the devil lies ...

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.

Landry Ulrich Nguéma Ngokpélé's arrest and imprisonment for reporting on a former president's possible return to Bangui illustrates the ongoing criminalisation of journalism in the Central African ...

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 ...

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".

GCHR condemns the sham trial as a tool to silence dissent, and calls for the immediate release of arbitrarily sentenced defendants and urgent reforms to ensure fair trials.

SCM provides critical insight into the trial of ex-Jaysh Al Islam official Majdi Nema in France, marking a key step toward justice and accountability for the 2013 enforced disappearance of Syrian ...

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.

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.

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 ...