Freedom House

On Sunday 17 July 2016 award-winning journalist Nazeeha Saeed was charged by Bahraini Public Prosecution for reporting to foreign media outlets without a license.

A talk with Freedom House brings light to why so many anti-slavery activists are harassed and jailed in Mauritania.

Ethiopia’s perceived stability and its much-touted role in the global fight against terrorism in the Horn of Africa are at stake if the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) continues to ignore the dangers of suppressing citizens’ legitimate demands for inclusive and accountable governance.

IFEX members call for end to Cambodian governments arrests and harassment of civil society and independent investigation of the killing of noted commentator Kem Ley.

“Equating political prisoners, civil rights activists, and journalists in Crimea with terrorism and extremism demonstrates Russia’s disregard for human and democratic rights in Crimea following its annexation of the region,” said Mark P. Lagon, president of Freedom House.

Civil society groups ask ECOSOC to reconsider granting valued press freedom group and IFEX member, The Committee to Protect Journalists, consultative status at the UN.

Diop Amatidjane, third vice president of IRA-Mauritania, was arrested June 30 by police at his home. Police also arrested Balla Touré, external relations officer. The whereabouts of Amatidjane and Touré along with four other IRA members remain unknown.

Shocking abduction and killing of lawyer Willie Kimani and two others causes alarm in the face of reports suggesting police officers were involved.