Continued detention of aid and civil society workers without due process has disrupted humanitarian operations in Yemen, deepening the crisis for millions in Houthi-controlled areas.

January 2025 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX's regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region China, Myanmar, and ...

About PEN Norway’s Turkey work The situation for freedom of expression in Turkey has deteriorated over the past ten years, with an increasing number of arrests of journalists, writers, lawyers, and ...

CRIN provides a simple guide to the UK's controversial anti-'radicalisation' programme, explaining how it infringes upon the rights to freedom of expression, privacy, religion and assembly, and to non ...

The ongoing detention of journalist Blessed Mhlanga on unfounded charges highlights Zimbabwe’s escalating assault on press freedom and free expression. This statement was originally published on ...

Pakistan Press Foundation has documented at least 157 media-related attacks, including 16 instances of arrests, five instances of detention, and 44 cases of assault this year. This statement was ...

As Algeria prepares for presidential elections this year, the amendments to the Penal Code are set to deepen repression. This statement was originally published on cihrs.org on 8 April 2024. New ...

Signatories stress that the Convention should only move forward if it pursues a specific goal of combating cybercrime without endangering the human rights and fundamental freedoms of those it seeks to ...

The speech below was delivered by the Executive Director, Sulemana Braimah, when he spoke at the Change Speakers Forum V on July 8, 2023, held by Accra-based Joy FM on the theme: Media and National ...

IFEX and other signatory organisations continue to share profound concerns regarding the persistent shortcomings of the present draft and urge member states to not sign the UN Cybercrime Convention in ...

Despite growing threats and limited representation, GCHR highlights how Syrian women human rights defenders continue pushing for greater inclusion and gender-sensitive justice amid a fragile political ...

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 ...