IFEX joins international free expression, media freedom, human rights and journalists’ organisations in condemning the issuance of an arrest warrant targeting Türfent for acts of protected speech and ...

This article examines the government's use of Section 79(3)(b) and its broader implications for digital free speech and executive accountability.

Yesypenko was detained in 2021 by Russian FSB and accused of collecting information for Ukrainian intelligence. He says that the FSB tortured him in order to coerce him into confessing. The ...

"The decision to interpret Altaylı's remarks as incitement to assassination is a dangerous expansion of criminal liability, one that threatens to further erode freedom of expression in Turkey." ...

"The heavy sentences meted out to seven journalists in the 'Abzas Media' case and to columnist Bahruz Samadov signal Azerbaijani authorities' intent to wipe out what remains of independent coverage" - ...

CPJ reports that Iranian authorities are restricting reporting and prosecuting journalists for independent coverage, worsening media repression and isolating citizens from reliable information.

Media Rights Agenda is requesting the establishment of robust legal protections for whistleblowers, warning, that without them, fear and retaliation will keep silencing crucial voices that expose ...

Activist Dr. Boga Sako Gervais forced back into exile, starkly illustrates the dire situation in Côte d'Ivoire, where state intimidation is suffocating freedom of expression.

As SLAPP suits turn into a powerful weapon of repression in Kenya, Mzalendo Trust's research reveals how legal intimidation and police impunity are silencing dissent and endangering lives.

The violent abduction of prominent critic Mohamed Traoré, underscores rising tensions within Guinea’s transitional process, as the junta faces growing resistance over its delayed return to civilian ...

The suspension of RFI and France 24 in Togo underscores growing authoritarianism and adds to the mounting list of violations against media freedom.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Budapest, Hungary, 3 April 2025; Netanyahu had arrived in Hungary in defiance of the arrest warrant issued ...