May 2025 in Africa: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX's Regional Editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. This month, we reflect on the ...

May 2025 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX's regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. The India-Pakistan tension ...

May 2025 in the Americas: A freedom of expression round-up by IFEX's Regional Editor Laura Vidal, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. In Colombia, the 25th anniversary of the attack ...

Uganda's new military justice bill is in direct defiance of a 2025 Supreme Court ruling. This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 22 May 2025. Military courts long used to persecute ...

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 ...

Un nuevo informe publicado por el Fondo para el Periodismo en el Exilio destaca la resiliencia y el papel crucial de los medios independientes que continúan informando desde el exilio. Este artículo ...

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 ...

IFEX and other signatory organisations continue to share profound concerns regarding the persistent shortcomings of the present draft and urge member states to not sign the UN Cybercrime Convention in ...

May 2024 in MENA: A free expression round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. Concerns rise over Tunisia’s political climate ...

May 2024 in Europe and Central Asia: A free expression round-up produced by IFEX's Regional Editor Cathal Sheerin, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. “Foreign agents” legislation ...

PEN International calls for all charges against Lina Attalah to be dropped and for an end to the crackdown on press freedom. This statement was originally published on pen-international.org on 21 ...

Mexico was the first recorded government client and most prolific user of the Pegasus spyware, but ambitions in the use of AI have outpaced the development of legislative tools and standards. Though ...