Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)

In order to be released, three Cambodian environmental activists were requested to sign statements pledging that they would inform the authorities of protests in the future.

Four years after Sierra Leone Journalist Ibrahim Foday’s death, members of IFEX join the Media Foundation for West Africa in calling for more rapid progress.

Charged under the Sedition Act in Malaysia, internationally known political cartoonist Zunar could face 43 years in jail for a tweet.

Organisations call on the Cambodian government, especially the Ministry of Information, the judicial system, media organizations, civil society and development partners to take a number of concrete steps to allow journalism to thrive.

On World Press Freedom Day, organisations from around the globe commit to defending the right to freedom of expression, even when that right is being used to express views that may be offensive.

Without meaningful reform to strengthen judicial independence, politically motivated cases against critical voices and unfair trials are likely to continue, CCHR notes.

Concerns include the use of Malaysia’s Sedition Act to suppress legitimate criticism of government and courts.

They don’t write for The New York Times or The Daily Mail. And the Swazi government is counting on just that to keep Bheki Makhubu and Thulani Maseko in jail for criticizing the judiciary.