Metamorphosis, Foundation for Internet and Society

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Zulkiflee ‘Zunar’ Anwar Haque

Ahead of cartoonist’s trial, NGOs call on Malaysian government to drop charges

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

Zoran Zaev has accused the conservative government of carrying out illegal wiretaps on more than 20,000 people, including his own, and accused conservative Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski of heading the alleged surveillance operation, AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski

Mass surveillance endangers freedom of expression in Macedonia

Metamorphosis, the IFEX member from Macedonia, expressed grave concern about the publicly announced allegations of mass and unauthorized surveillance of citizens, performed through criminal association and official misconduct in state institutions and/or influential corporations.

Link to: Macedonian investigative magazine “Fokus” fined thousands of euros in defamation case

Macedonian investigative magazine “Fokus” fined thousands of euros in defamation case

Media freedom suffered another blow in Macedonia when the appellate court confirmed that Fokus magazine must pay almost ten thousand euros to a high government official for defamation.

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On Right to Know Day, calls for UN to include free expression rights in development goals

More than 100 civil society organisations ask the UN Secretary General to recognise the importance of free expression rights in the sustainable development goals.