ARTICLE 19

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.

Given Egypt’s human rights record, the draft Code could legalise surveillance by granting authorities broad powers to intercept communications and target critics.

Stakeholders pointed out that the proposed law uses many terms that lack clear definitions, creating opportunities for misuse due to their vagueness and ambiguity.