The crackdown on environmental activists in Europe

Recent articles in Europe & Central Asia

Murder of Somali-Swedish journalist Amun Abdullahi Mohamed condemned

The International Press Institute is calling for justice amidst the rise in threats against media freedom in Somalia.

Concerns about transposition of European anti-SLAPP directive in the Netherlands

Signatory organisations, IFEX among them, stress that the draft implementation act does not provide sufficient safeguards to protect journalists from SLAPP cases, and therefore call for stronger and more effective measures.

ECtHR finds that Russia’s “foreign agents” law violates right to free expression

“This decision brings attention to the problematic nature of foreign agent-style laws, which are proliferating as governments, including those of Georgia and Turkey, attempt to stifle criticism” – ARTICLE 19