SFLC said the measure will exacerbate the chilling effect on press freedom, weaken the right to information and permanently impede public interest journalism, and transparency and accountability.

Civil society groups said these measures will make reporting more difficult, more dangerous, and further constrict an already fragile media landscape.

The detention of journalist Eyob Shimelis underscores how investigative journalism is increasingly treated as a security threat rather than a public service.

A new watchdog report exposes how conflict and impunity in eastern Congo have turned journalism into a life-threatening profession, hollowing out public access to information.

The prosecution was marred by multiple serious violations of fair trial rights, including being tried by judges hand-picked by the government, denied a jury trial, and subjected to prolonged pretrial ...

MFWA's human rights day message draws attention to how intimidation and repression have become routine tools for silencing dissent across the region.

After decades of repression, reporters travel freely and publish without censorship, yet threats now come from militias, ...

Digital Rights Foundation releases the final edition of "Digital 50.50" feminist e-magazine, focusing on the impact of ...

"This attack is not a matter of chance. RSF, which defends global press freedom and actively assists Russian journalists ...

International Human Rights Day 2025: Freedom of Expression Is An Everyday Essential; Stop Restricting, Keep Progressing ...

Rights groups call on the CoE to urgently address the growing problem of transnational repression, by defining it in ...

Pham Doan Trang's case is emblematic of the Vietnamese authorities' campaign of repression against journalists and writers.