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

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 ...

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 ...

Despite sustained pushback from civil society and digital rights groups, Zambia has enacted sweeping cyber laws that threaten fundamental freedoms under the guise of countering terrorism and ...

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.

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.

MISA-Lesotho is concerned that the lack of consultation and vague clauses in the Computer Crime and Security Bill risk undermining freedom of expression and media freedom.

In an era of rising authoritarianism and division, IFEX members are proving that solidarity, collaboration, and connection are the foundation for lasting change.

The Digital Rights Alliance Africa network hosted a learning session focused on protecting digital civic space for HRDs, activists and journalists under threat from governments & private companies.

Authorities are openly consolidating power, restricting media freedom, and stifling civil society, including by targeting journalists and bloggers.

After 15 years in Assad's prisons, journalist Tal al-Mallohi opens up about the trauma, resilience, and her hopes for Syria's future.

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 ...