Carlos Humberto Cal Ical was killed in the department of Alta Verapaz. Journalists in the region have been exposed to threats and intimidation in connection with their reporting, particularly on ...

What are the implications of democratic backsliding and the decline of the rule of law for the media? At our annual World Press Freedom Day panel hosted by the Swedish Consulate in Istanbul on 29 ...

Policy gaps create a broad rule of law risk and further expose human rights, including through cyberattacks targeting independent media, journalists, and the wider public.

The media's role remains crucially important as the Myanmar junta seeks legitimacy domestically, regionally and ...

Members and partners of IFEX and the Global Forum for Media Development stress that cancelling RightsCon and thereby seriously disrupting UNESCO's World Press Freedom Day conference weakens an already ...

El-Heni is being investigated over a post in which he criticized a judicial decision related to journalist Ghassen Ben Khelifa, who was sentenced in March 2026 to two years in prison.

More than half the world's countries now fall into the "difficult" or "very serious" categories for press freedom. This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 3 May 2026. For the first time ...

Ahead of the review, the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), the Pan African ...

The systems that govern speech online were not built for Arabic-speaking users. Women across the Arab world are paying the consequences.

From July 2022 to April 2026, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility recorded 239 cases of attacks and threats ...