"This ruling represents a victory for press freedom in Panama and sets a precedent reinforcing the essential role of journalism in holding those in power accountable. We applaud the Supreme Court for ...

108 civil society organisations (including IFEX), academics, companies and other experts have called on the European Commission to protect people's rights and dignity in a data-driven world by ...

The Bytes For All study during the Pakistan-India faceoff "demonstrates that AI models lack context, have inappropriate geopolitical sensitivity, and might amplify existing biases from the data." This ...

Somali journalists reporting on security issues are facing a surge in arrests, harassment, and assaults, as authorities claim the clampdown is needed to fight extremism and protect national security.

Zhang Zhan was first detained in 2020 for documenting the COVID-19 situation in Wuhan and for reporting on the harassment faced by independent journalists. This statement was originally published on ...

We write as 58 human rights organizations, media freedom groups and representatives of the international legal community to raise profound concern over the extraordinary assault by the government of ...

"If passed, this legislation would effectively represent the first foreign agent-style law in the EU, marking another milestone in Hungary's democratic decline" - MFRR partners. This statement was ...

This week, Mali’s National Transition Council adopted a bill that effectively abolishes multiparty politics across the country. The new law officially bans opposition political meetings, speeches, and ...

A Nigerian tribunal's $290 million fine against Meta, for data privacy violations, lays bare the tech giant's troubling data practices in Africa, while fuelling wider concerns about corporate ...

Unpacking the rankings, the Media Foundation for West Africa warns that media freedom is in sharp decline across West Africa, as 11 of 16 countries regress in RSF's 2025 Press Freedom Index. This ...

Hungary's new facial recognition technology allows for surveillance of people engaging in peaceful protest, undermines free speech and free assembly rights, and is at odds with the EU's AI Act. This ...

A prominent radio host was suspended and subsequently terminated from work after he interviewed an opposition leader. This statement was originally published on pacificfreedomforum.com on 15 May 2025.