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.

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.

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

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.

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

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 ...

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

The new legislation could endanger free speech rights, media freedom, and the protection of whistleblowers. This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 9 December 2025.

Despite the release of the journalists, "Rasa TV" remains closed, and the station has yet to be permitted to resume its operations.

Rights groups, including IFEX, urge Yemeni authorities to release journalist Naseh Shaker after more than two years in detention and end enforced disappearance targeting independent journalists.

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