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 ...

Civil society groups urged the interim Bangladesh government to reconsider some provisions in the proposed Cyber Protection Ordinance and the Personal Data Protection Ordinance. This statement was ...

CPJ urges authorities to release journalist Bashdar Bazyani and allow "Media21" to resume operations, calling the arrests and shutdown a direct attack on press freedom. This statement was originally ...

Civil society groups reiterated their objection to having government representatives in the board of the proposed Malaysian Media Council. This statement was originally published on cijmalaysia.net on ...

On the morning of Thursday, February 28, 2025, Ali Al-Hajee received an official summons from the Ministry of Interior, instructing him to report immediately to the General Directorate of Crime ...

A new report by ARTICLE 19 looks into the promotion of China's cybersecurity norms in Indonesia, Pakistan, and Vietnam; and offers Taiwan's rights-based approach as a model. This statement was ...

The Ghanian authorities' suspension of radio stations for non-compliance with registration regulations undermines freedom of ...

SFLC.in notes that the draft rules lean more towards "enabling data processing without ensuring adequate safeguards." This statement was originally published on sflc.in on 6 February 2025. On 3rd ...

IFEX joins rights groups urging EU leaders to press Bahrain to free EU nationals Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and Mohammed Habib Al-Muqdad after nearly 14 years of unjust detention and human rights abuses. RE ...

These were among the last words that Mozambican blogger Albino Sibia streamed live on Facebook on December 12, 2024, after a police officer shot him twice in the back as he was filming police action ...

The final month of 2024 also saw the killing of journalists Cihan Bilgin and Nazım Daştan in northern Syria in an attack by an alleged Turkish drone. This statement was originally published on ...

Amid AI-driven shifts in the information landscape, stakeholders at the Lebanese Internet Governance Forum push for modern media laws balancing digital security and free expression. This statement was ...