PEN International

All language versions of the Wikipedia website have been banned since April 2017. The Turkish authorities say they imposed the ban after Wikipedia refused to remove an article alleging Turkish government support for terrorist groups in Syria.

The bill creates a system that gives the authorities the capacity to extra-judicially block access to parts of the Internet in Russia; the public would not know what has been blocked and why.

Not only are these women activists facing prosecution without due process, they’ve also subjected them to severe torture, including by sexual violence and electrocution.

7 IFEX members are among 17 organisations urging Formula One to uphold its commitment to human rights by calling on Bahraini authorities to free Najah Yusuf, an activist imprisoned for expressing her opposition to F1 races being held in Bahrain.

Forty-seven MEPs and 14 press freedom groups joined a resolution underscoring the lack of effective domestic legal remedies for journalists targeted in Turkey’s media crackdown.

Journalist and poet Nedim Türfent was sentenced to eight years and nine months in jail in December 2017 on trumped-up terrorism charges.

The Catalan civil society leaders have been held in pre-trial detention for more than a year and face up to 17 years in prison if convicted.

Uyghur professor Ilham Tohti was arrested five years ago and sentenced to life imprisonment for “separatism”.