Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA)

Palestinian student Bara Alqadi was kidnapped on 2 April 2015 and beaten by four masked and unknown men. He had previously been receiving death threats because of articles he had written and comments he had made on Facebook.

The International Press Institute and 23 IFEX members sent a letter to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad calling for the release of lawyer and human rights defender Mazen Darwish ahead of his court hearing on 25 March 2015.

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.

A new documentary features first-person accounts from Palestinian journalists and cameramen in Gaza during the 2014 Israeli offensive.

The international community’s response to the current charges leveled against prominent activist Nabeel Rajab has been monumental in denouncing the Criminal Investigations Department and the Bahraini government for their actions.

Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV and its staff have been long-time targets of the Israeli authorities, but this is perhaps the first time that a media outlet is classified as a terrorist organisation.

MADA has released a report dealing with the widespread phenomenon of self-censorship among Palestinian journalists and media outlets, and examining its impact.

Civil society groups call for an end to repression of IFEX member the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety, and urge UNESCO to take action to ensure free expression in Azerbaijan.