ARTICLE 19

“A resilient democracy must go beyond physical protection; it must also include the safeguarding of information integrity. This means, first and foremost, ensuring that the right to freedom of expression is always protected, and inclusive access to reliable information before, during, and after a crisis is guaranteed.”

Central America presents a complex panorama for freedom of expression because of the permanence and rise of authoritarian governments backed up by unjustified exception regimes, as in El Salvador and Honduras, and the continuity of anti-democracy actors in the judiciary, as in Guatemala.

Humanitarian actors are unable to assess needs or dispatch aid because digital and physical access continue to be blocked.

Rights groups express concerns to EC over the downgrading of fundamental rights, child sexual abuse material, and non-consensual intimate image abuse risks in the third draft of the EU Code of Practice for General Purpose AI models.

IFEX joins partner human rights and journalist organisations in calling on the government to cease its attacks against peaceful protesters, stop targeting journalists and news channels, and halt its crackdown on online speech.

The rape highlights the escalating dangers confronting journalists in Bangladesh amid a deteriorating state of press freedom in the country.

A new report by ARTICLE 19 looks into the promotion of China’s cybersecurity norms in Indonesia, Pakistan, and Vietnam; and offers Taiwan’s rights-based approach as a model.

Israel escalates arrests and movement restrictions on Palestinian journalists while blocking access and banning independent media amid its expanding military operations in the occupied territories.