A symbol of this repression is journalist Pham Doan Trang, laureate of the 2019 RSF Press Freedom Prize, who is currently serving a nine-year prison sentence for allegedly spreading “propaganda ...

As Rwanda enters its next Universal Periodic Review process, evidence shows that online attacks are eroding women’s ability to participate safely and equitably in public spheres.

Tolerance for alternative media continues to slide, as the Ethiopian Media Authority permanently suspends two "Deutsche Welle" news journalists.

As data extraction accelerates across Africa, coordinated regional action is emerging to close governance gaps and rebuild public trust in how information is collected, shared, and protected.

Nearly a year without a hearing, the prolonged confinement of a Togolese poet exposes how pretrial detention is being weaponised to silence dissenting voices.

Cameroonian journalists say that in the aftermath of a contested election, fear and not reform defines their work, as covering politics or conflict now invites retaliation.

The US government's threat to sanction the ICC unless it pledges not to prosecute President Trump, and Russia's retaliatory ...

Tuptsokova, a Georgia-based Circassian writer, faces up to six years in prison in absentia if convicted. This statement was ...

"The EU's new return policy risks jeopardising the lives of vulnerable journalists and human rights defenders living in exile ...

After years of imprisonment for peaceful activism, Mohammadi's detention has drawn international condemnation and renewed ...

"By deploying surveillance technologies such as ResidentBat, the Belarusian state is pursuing a deliberate strategy of repression against independent journalism" - RSF ...

In recent years, the French authorities' attack on civic space has been marked by police violence, surveillance practices, arrests of protesters, persecution of journalists and tight restrictions on ...