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"The Online Safety Act is a threat to the privacy of users, restricts free expression by arbitrating speech online, exposes users to algorithmic discrimination through face checks, and leaves millions ...
El pasado 23 de julio, Ignacio Gómez Villaseñor, editor general del medio "Publimetro", dio a conocer públicamente a través de redes sociales una amenaza recibida en el mes de enero.
Egypt must stop harassing rights defender Mohamed Abdel Salam, remove barriers on AFTE’s work, and end its crackdown on civic space. As a network of 114 member-organisations dedicated to promoting and ...
The Presidential Commissioner for Human Rights and Freedom of Expression has resigned and the latest threats to "El Faro" indicate a serious escalation of a government-sponsored crackdown that is ...
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 ...
Despite sustained pushback from civil society and digital rights groups, Zambia has enacted sweeping cyber laws that threaten fundamental freedoms under the guise of countering terrorism and ...
Both journalists were detained on politically motivated accusations in separate incidents marked by police violence. Both journalists were detained this week in separate incidents marked by police ...
The Senegalese government is using regulatory, financial, and administrative measures to systematically clamp down on press freedom under the guise of professionalising the media.
The World Press Freedom Index 2025 records an ongoing wave of media outlet shutdowns globally. It also identifies 42 countries where press freedom is now "entirely absent".
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.
SCM provides critical insight into the trial of ex-Jaysh Al Islam official Majdi Nema in France, marking a key step toward justice and accountability for the 2013 enforced disappearance of Syrian ...
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.