Yesterday, the six members, Mina Solak, Esin Bahat, Zeynep Sude Oktay, Lidya Pınar, Sueda Uluca, and Emine Hilal Yelekçi, were brought to the courthouse under police escort following an order from the ...

Frequent references to 'colour revolution', 'traditional values', the 'evil' West, and 'Maidan' are lifted out of the Russian playbook on undermining peaceful demonstrations. This statement was ...

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 ...

"From censorship, political pressure, deepening media capture and relentless smear campaigns to abusive lawsuits and daily threats to their lives, media workers face a hostile environment where ...

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. This statement was ...

Authorities have designated as "terrorist" 11 dissidents and their relatives and 8 companies, reflecting the country's indiscriminate use of overbroad counterterrorism laws and contempt for due ...

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. This ...

ADHRB warns that expansive facial‑recognition networks, spyware deployments, and draconian cybercrime laws threaten privacy, free expression and association, urging robust legal safeguards and ...

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. This statement was ...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) recorded 20 cases of journalists killed while working during the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte from 2016 to 2022. This statement was originally published on rsf.org on ...

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.

Around 55 journalists are currently in detention or serving jail sentences as the junta continues to impose harsh media restrictions. This statement was originally published on eng.mizzima.com on 13 ...