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.
State repression intensifies in post-elections Venezuela, dangerous legislative changes in Uruguay
August 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.
Political prisoners, censorship in libraries, and four years of repression
August 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.
The rising tide of repression ahead of MENA elections
July 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.
Civil society under strain: Venezuela’s election disputes and Canada’s ‘Online Harms Act’ debate
July 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.
Student protests, post-election reforms, impunity, and journalists on strike in Asia-Pacific
July 2024 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression round-up produced by IFEX’s regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
A wave of abductions, the paradox that is Rwanda and Mauritania’s policing of protest
July 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.
High-profile convictions and protesters under pressure
July 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.
VPN ban, visa weaponisation, banned apps, and censorship across Asia
June 2024 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression round-up produced by IFEX’s regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
LGBTQI+ rights ruling in Namibia, disturbing declines in West African media freedom
June 2024 in Africa: A free expression and civic space round-up, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Drones, deportations, and cybercrimes: MENA’s journalists under siege
June 2024 in MENA: A free expression round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Assange freed and big wins in the fight against impunity
June 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.
Tunisia’s pre-election repression, battling Israel’s media silencing and persistent impunity
May 2024 in MENA: A free expression round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Panorama of Africa’s media freedom landscape obscured by growing repression
May 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.
Pakistan’s impunity, India’s AI, PNG’s ‘media control policy’, and a landmark ruling against red-tagging in the Philippines
May 2024 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression round-up produced by IFEX’s regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
A Georgian nightmare and Turkey’s “agents of influence”
May 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.