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Turkey | Attacks

 

Rights groups condemn violent attack on journalist Sinan Aygül

 

The assailants – whom Aygül identified as the mayor of Tatvan’s security guards – warned the journalist against reporting on the mayor. He was hospitalised as a result of his injuries.

 
 
 

Nigeria | Access to Information

 

Nigeria’s central bank ordered to pay MRA for denial of information

 

A Nigerian high court has directed the country’s central bank to provide Media Rights Agenda with the information it requested and pay 1 million naira (US$2,100) in damages.

 
 

Pakistan | Attacks

 

Pakistan: Media group condemns registration of criminal complaints against four journalists

 

A complaint was filed against four media professionals – Shaheen Sehbai, Wajahat Saeed Khan, Moeed Pirzada and Sabir Shakir – for allegedly inciting the public during the protests in May.

 
 

Bangladesh | Attacks

 

Bangladesh: Second journalist killed this year

 

Golam Rabbani Nadim was attacked and beaten by a large group of individuals on the night of 14 June, while on his way home from work.

 
 

Afghanistan | Censorship

 

Afghanistan: Poet Haseeb Ahrari is latest victim of the Taliban’s unrelenting crackdown on civil society

 

Detained Afghan poet Haseeb Ahrari is known for his poems on themes of freedom and patriotism.

 
 

Palestine | Digital Rights

 

A procedural guide to Palestinian personal data protection online

 

New reference promotes data privacy rights and underscores the need for Palestinian data protection law.

 
 

Americas | Access to Information

 

Latin America in a Glimpse 2023

 

The common theme of the publication is the idea of gaps, as a complex, multifactorial reality that is associated with a series of structural inequities that shape our experiences in digital environments.