I’lam – Arab Center for Media Freedom Development and Research

Articles by I’lam – Arab Center for Media Freedom Development and Research

Tunisian writer Naziha Rjiba (pictured here in January) has received death threats., Naziha Rjiba/Facebook.

Death threats and attacks on freedom of expression intensify in Tunisia

Death threats, physical attacks, an emergence of hate speech and accusations of official censorship of critical media have escalated the perilous situation for freedom of expression in Tunisia, say over 20 IFEX members.

13 bloggers, citizen journalists and human rights activists were sentenced to jail in Vietnam, ARTICLE 19

IFEX members call for release of 13 Vietnamese activists

Thirty IFEX members protested the sentencing of bloggers, citizen journalists and rights activists, jailed for up to 13 years in the biggest ever trial of pro-democracy activists in Vietnam.

Journalists Baboucarr Ceesay (left) and Abubacarr Saidykhan have had charges against them dropped., MFWA

Decision to drop charges against two Gambian journalists welcomed

MFWA welcomes the move by Gambian authorities to drop charges against two journalists for seeking permission to peacefully protest the execution of death row inmates, but calls for investigation into death threats against journalists.

Link to: Israeli gag order prevents press coverage of bomb attack

Israeli gag order prevents press coverage of bomb attack

Palestinian journalists were contacted by the Israel Security Agency – the Shabak – who forbade them from publishing certain details of a firebomb attack on a Palestinian family in the Occupied West Bank.

Release Bahraini human rights activists now, say international groups

A group of 46 human rights organisations led by IFEX calls on member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council to urge Bahrain to release human rights defenders and peaceful opposition activists.