IFEX Newsletter

Misinformation in Iran, World Cup double-standards, and immunity

November 2022 in Middle East and North Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

International | Attaques

Nouveau record du nombre de journalistes emprisonnés dans le monde

Le record établi l’an dernier a de nouveau été dépassé : 533 journalistes étaient incarcérés pour avoir exercé leur métier au 1er décembre 2022, soit 13,4 % de plus que l’année dernière. Jamais, non plus, RSF n’avait enregistré un nombre aussi élevé de femmes journalistes emprisonnées.

Senegal | Attacks

MFWA petition global bodies to release Pape Alé Niang

The Media Foundation for West Africa have reached out to several UN bodies, the African Union and ECOWAS leaders to push for the release of Senegalese journalist Pape Alé Niang.

Malaysia | Attacks

Malaysia: CIJ urges the new government to uphold freedom of expression

A new report by the Centre for Independent Journalism highlighted that the media continued to experience restrictions and came under attack numerous times in 2022. It urged the new government led by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to commit to upholding the people’s fundamental and constitutional right to information, freedom of expression, speech, association and assembly.

Tajikistan | Attacks

Tajikistan: Six civil society activists receive lengthy prison sentences

The six activists from the Gorno-Badakshan Autonomous Region were detained in connection with protests in May 2022. Their trials were held behind closed doors without access to lawyers or the evidence against them.

Americas | Access to Information

Tragic year for the press in Latin America: Organizations in the region call on states to create conditions for violence-free journalism

As conditions worsen for the practice of journalism in the region, civil society organizations have identified four worrying trends.

International | Censorship

CPJ records a 20% annual increase in the jailing of journalists

« This year’s top five jailers of journalists are Iran, China, Myanmar, Turkey, and Belarus, respectively. A key driver behind authoritarian governments’ increasingly oppressive efforts to stifle the media: trying to keep the lid on broiling discontent in a world disrupted by COVID-19 and the economic fallout from Russia’s war on Ukraine. »

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Reyhana Masters (Africa), Laura Vidal (Americas), Mong Palatino (Asia & Pacific), Cathal Sheerin (Europe & Central Asia), Naseem Tarawnah (MENA)

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