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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

South Africa’s 2024 elections exposed how Big Tech’s unchecked power, inadequate content moderation, and disregard for African contexts threaten democratic integrity, especially for marginalised ...

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.

Sulemana Braimah evaluates the critical role of the media through three decades of Ghana's political history.

Your State has committed to ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms. This is what the Sustainable Development Goal 16.10 affirms. Is your government meeting its commitment ...

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 ...

IFEX December 2024 brief: Regional Editor Reyhana Masters takes a deep dive into the issues that dominated the electoral landscape in some of the countries that held elections across the continent in ...