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Middle East & North Africa | Access to Information

 

MENA’s Summer of repression: Journalists, activists, and free expression under siege

 

August 2024 in MENA: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

 
 
 

Africa | Attacks

 

Irangabiye released, protests expose fissures and spark new tactics and an online war exposes misogyny and xenophobia

 

August 2024 in Africa: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

 
 

Asia & Pacific | Access to Information

 

South Asia in focus: Youth-led uprising, women’s rights crisis, and internet disruption

 

August 2024 in South Asia: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX’s regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

 
 

International | Access to Information

 

Nineteen journalists forcibly disappeared in last ten years

 

According to RSF, 32 journalists have gone missing in the last decade; 19 of these were the victims of enforced disappearance by state agents.

 
 

Europe & Central Asia | Access to Information

 

Civil society coalition calls for urgent EU action against spyware threats

 

A coalition of CSOs calls for an EU ban on the production, sale, and use of spyware during the new legislative term.

 
 

Nicaragua | Access to Information

 

Report documents gag on free expression and the press in Nicaragua

 

The report documents increasing violations of freedom of expression and press, as well as a rise in attacks against journalists, activists, media outlets, students, clergy, artists, and political opponents, among other actors.

 
 

Ecuador | Access to Information

 

Authorities must urgently protect reporters from escalation in violence in Ecuador

 

Since the end of July, RSF has recorded at least six cases of attacks on journalists investigating the corruption surrounding the security crisis linked to the rise of organized crime in the country.