IFEX Regional Briefs Archives

Tanzania clamps down, Sudan backs down, and Cameroon uses COVID-19 to crush dissent

September in Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. An audio discussion about this piece is available here.

The accumulation of years of anger – protests, discrimination, inequality and the unheard voices of Latin America

Americas | Access to Information

September in the Americas: A free expression round up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Paula Martins, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

Vengeful crackdowns and MENA’s battle for access to information

Middle East & North Africa | Access to Information

September in Middle East and North Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

Thailand’s biggest democracy protest, resisting digital abuse in Pakistan, and crackdown on activists in Cambodia and India

Asia & Pacific | Attacks

September in Asia-Pacific: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

The “humanity free zones”, 12,000 arrests, and new initiatives by IFEX members

Europe & Central Asia | Attacks

September in Europe and Central Asia: A free expression round up by IFEX’s Regional Editor Cathal Sheerin, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

The truth remains captive while surveillance spreads in Latin America

Americas | Attacks

August in the Americas: A free expression round up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Paula Martins, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

COVID-19 restrictions release people’s power and finding peace through art

Africa | Access to Information

August in Sub-Saharan Africa: A free expression round up by IFEX’s Regional Editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. An audio discussion about this piece is available here.

Indecent repression: MENA governments target dissent, debauchery, and TikTok

Middle East & North Africa | Attacks

August in Middle East and North Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

#AttacksWontSilenceUs: Resisting media raids, internet shutdown, and online violence in Hong Kong, Kashmir, and Pakistan

Asia & Pacific | Digital Rights

August in Asia-Pacific: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

Barbarism and disinformation: The authoritarian response to peaceful dissent

Europe & Central Asia | Attacks

August in Europe and Central Asia: A free expression round up by IFEX’s Regional Editor Cathal Sheerin, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

#ZimbabweanLivesMatter traverses globe, Kenyans choking under police brutality, and Sierra Leone repeals criminal defamation law

Africa | Access to Information

July in Sub-Saharan Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s regional editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. An audio discussion about this piece is available here.

In MENA: A summer of protest, COVID-19, and state repression

Middle East & North Africa | Attacks

July in Middle East and North Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

Art against racism, “communicational hegemony”, and what we must do to make it safer for women journalists

Americas | Attacks

July in the Americas: A free expression round up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Paula Martins, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

#HoldTheLine: Journalists push back against state persecution and sexual harassment from Philippines to Maldives

Asia & Pacific | Attacks

July in Asia-Pacific: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

Azimjon Askarov dies in prison, thought crime in Russia, a new social media law in Turkey

Europe & Central Asia | Attacks

July in Europe and Central Asia: A free expression round up by IFEX’s Regional Editor Cathal Sheerin, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

Legal victories for freedom of expression a bright spot in a month of deaths and violence against women

Africa | Access to Information

June in Sub-Saharan Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s regional editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. An audio discussion about this piece is available here.