IFEX Regional Briefs

Monthly free expression round ups produced by IFEX’s Regional Editors, based on IFEX member reports and news from the regions. 

Africa mourns a literary giant, HRDs tortured and deported, and legislative assaults on civic space

May 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.

Gaza’s journalists endure Israeli airstrikes and starvation; repression rises in Bahrain and Egypt

May 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.

Rising repression in Venezuela and El Salvador, Peru’s alarming trends, and Colombia’s anniversary of impunity

May 2025 in the Americas: A freedom of expression round-up by IFEX’s Regional Editor Laura Vidal, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

Information warfare, World Press Freedom Day, and a prison letter from China

May 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.

Threats to civic space in Hungary, solidarity with Belarus’s political prisoners

May 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.

Silenced, exiled, detained: MENA’s civil society rallies for accountability

April 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.

“Lifesaving necessities”, censorship, media safety, and Asia’s exiled media

April 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.

Concerns over legislative setbacks in Peru and Mexico, and a breakthrough in Colombia

April 2025 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.

Tanzania’s troubling return to repression, Uganda’s journalists under fire and Zimbabwe tightens its grip

Africa in April: 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.

Mass prosecutions, signs of torture, and a win against SLAPPs

April 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.

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.