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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two new reports zone in on how West Africa governments are weaponising cybersecurity and anti-disinformation laws and using them against journalists and critical voices. This statement was originally ...

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 ...

After a year in power, Prime Minister Hun Manet has shown no inclination to reverse his father’s authoritarian policies. Harsh measures continue to be deployed against community activists and online ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Journalists persecuted for online expression, and new cybercrime law ratified. This statement was originally published on gc4hr.org on 14 August 2023. The authorities in Jordan continue their ...

These were among the last words that Mozambican blogger Albino Sibia streamed live on Facebook on December 12, 2024, after a police officer shot him twice in the back as he was filming police action ...