PEN International

After an Azerbaijani journalist was spirited away from Georgia, rights groups say the country must back up its previous statements on enforced disappearances.

As President Trump visited Saudi Arabia, repression hit new highs throughout the Middle East. But, though the level of repression to stamp out dissent may be new, the excuse was a very familiar one.

The month-long hunger strike by more than 1,500 Palestinian prisoners in protest at their conditions of detention highlights the need to end the practice of administrative detention, PEN International said. The prisoners include writers and journalists, including Muhammad al-Qiq.

IPI joined international media freedom and free expression defenders in a call presented to the UN Human Rights Council urging it to address ongoing developments in Turkey.

Fears are growing for two Turkish academics, Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, whose health is deteriorating after more than 60 days on hunger strike.

Bytes for All looks at what changes need to occur to improve free expression in the Maldives and put an end to the murders of Maldivian dissenters.

That’s the question 33 NGOs are asking Eritrea this World Press Freedom Day, after the Cano prize-winning journalist remains unheard from since 2005.

IFEX members call on EU officials to condemn Hungary’s attack on the Central European University as a threat to academic freedom and free expression.