In a landmark ruling, Malawi's Constitutional Court has struck down criminal defamation, marking a major victory for media freedom.

Ekrem İmamoğlu, the opposition's presidential candidate, has been sentenced to a total of 1 year and 2 months in prison on charges of making threats and insulting a public official. There are several ...

7amleh and RNW Media urge the EU to protect Palestinian digital rights by demanding transparency, preventing censorship, and enforcing privacy in content moderation.

Young Kenyan activists have harnessed AI and turned it into a vital civic tool a to demystify legislation, coordinate mass protests, and challenge state power.

Waleed Abu al-Khair, one of the country’s most prominent human rights lawyers, is pictured in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 25 September 2012. Linda Davidson / The Washington Post via Getty Images ...

The Pakistan Press Foundation urged the court to reconsider such a mass blanket ban. This statement was originally published on pakistanpressfoundation.org on 9 July 2025. The Pakistan Press ...

A SMEX report reveals how patriarchal surveillance, biased algorithms, and legal intimidation suppress feminist voices online, highlighting activists’ strategies of care, solidarity, and resistance to ...

Concerns mount over use of new Artificial Intelligence and facial recognition technology to target women.

Red-baiting incidents against media practitioners have worsened under the Duterte administration. This statement was originally published on cmfr-phil.org on 20 September 2019. To the many perils of ...

From blackouts to legislation, from fact-checking to education, Mong Palatino scrutinises some of the most popular responses to the problem of disinformation in his region.

We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian and Lebanese journalists bravely reporting amid life-threatening risks and demand that all governments, press freedom organisations, and human rights bodies ...

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 ...