PEN America

“It is deeply disturbing to see the President of the United States restrict journalists’ access in a retaliatory manner in front of a dictator who leads the most restrictive country on earth,” said PEN America Director Nora Benavidez.

The UN is urged to investigate allegations that China is detaining up to one million Turkic Muslims.

More than 170 organizations from over 60 countries that make up the #KeepitOn Coalition reacted to a reported internet shutdown in Zimbabwe.

Nine international freedom of expression, press freedom, and professional journalists’ organisations condemn the lack of progress in the case of the investigative journalist.

In a joint statement 32 human rights and free speech NGOs are demanding the release of Mauritanian blogger Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed who is being held incommunicado even thought he was supposed to have been freed a year ago.

IFEX members and other groups respond to Aung San Suu Kyi’s invitation to prove why the prosecution of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar was flawed and should be overturned.

The public inquiry must be completely independent of the Maltese police, government and politicians, and it should be conducted by a panel of respected international judges with no political or government links.

A U.S. District Court judge accepted the terms of Reality Winner’s plea agreement, under which she will serve 63 months in prison. This is the longest sentence ever received by a federal defendant accused of making an unauthorized disclosure to the media.