Freedom Forum

91 NGOs call on UAE to immediately and unconditionally release award-winning human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor

Whether it was reporting on illegal mining tycoons, training female journalists in Afghanistan or calling out the dangerous media environment in Pakistan, March definitely proved to be a time for bold women journalists in Asia.

The attack took place while the journalists were reporting on the clashes between Police and various student unions protesting against the Free Student Union’s election at Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus in the Kathmandu Valley.

Freedom Forum is alarmed over the issuance of the Online Mass Communications Operation Directive 2017 and has called on the government to repeal it.

Members of IFEX wrote an open letter on behalf of Kazakh Editor Zhanbolat Mamay, calling for a fair and impartial handling of charges against him and full investigation into his mistreatment in prison and threats made to his family.

The Janakpur High Court has upheld a lower court’s decision to sentence three people found guilty of killing journalist Uma Singh in 2009, to life imprisonment.

Over 70 rights and expression organisations worldwide entreated the UN Human Rights Council’s 34th session to call on Turkey to take immediate steps to address the ongoing free expression crisis in the country.

25 IFEX members question Australia’s detention of dissident journalists, cartoonists and actors at Manus Island.