CSOs defend civic space amidst arrests, censorship and raids
Europe and Central Asia: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Cathal Sheerin, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Civil society confronts genocide, gendered violence, digital attacks, and impunity
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.
Across the Americas, civil society is targeted – and women continue to push back
Americas: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Laura Vidal, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Transition, media reforms, and CSOs join forces for digital accountability in South Asia
Asia-Pacific: 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
Justice in Ghana, breaking down ATI barriers, and tackling cyber violence across borders
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
Uganda ends civilian trials in military courts, Kenyans demand probe into abductions and killings, and a deepening DRC crisis
January 2025 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.
A fragile ceasefire, rising digital threats, and transnational repression in MENA
January 2025 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.
Asia’s jailed journalists, internet shutdowns, cybersecurity laws, and proposals on media freedom
January 2025 in Asia-Pacific: 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
Journalists killed in Mexico, Colombia, and Peru, and new crackdowns in Venezuela
January in the Americas: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Laura Vidal, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Lukashenka uses political prisoners for propaganda; a harrowing year for women and journalists in Turkey
January 2025 in Europe and Central Asia: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Cathal Sheerin, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Africa’s 2024 elections: Disputed results and graceful exits, historical shifts and new beginnings
IFEX December 2024 brief: Regional Editor Reyhana Masters takes a deep dive into the issues that dominated the electoral landscape in some of the countries that held elections across the continent in 2024.
Syria after Assad, growing consensus on Gaza genocide, and repression intensifies across MENA
December 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.
As 2024 ends: Violence in Haiti, new freedom of expression frontlines in Venezuela, the US, and Cuba
December 2024 in the Americas: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Laura Vidal, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Asia-Pacific: Impunity, TV closures, and “entrenching state control over the internet”
December 2024 in Asia-Pacific: 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
A dark year for media in Belarus, and SLAPP cases increase in Europe
December 2024 in Europe and Central Asia: A free expression round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Cathal Sheerin, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
A historic Ugandan court ruling, control over Benin’s media, and DRC journalists caught in the crosshairs
November 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.