Petitioners argued that the articles mentioned in the ruling have been misused to criminalize the work of human rights activists, journalists, and state critics.
The Inter-American Press Association published the conclusions of their semi-annual meeting, summarizing the most important challenges in terms of Freedom of Expression in the Americas.
The latest action taken by authorities to suspend the organisation’s bank accounts could be in retaliation against SJS’ critical stance on media freedom.
On 4 April, Belarusian authorities announced they would cancel the domain names of news websites they labelled as “extremist”. At least 20 websites have been affected so far.
