Recent legal battles highlight a troubling trend in South Africa, where journalists are increasingly targeted with harassment suits aimed at silencing them.

African developers, lawmakers and civil society are partnering with women to embed safety into digital platforms from the ground up, with the aim of preventing tech-driven gender violence before it ...

The scandal around Uganda’s tech-driven Express Penalty Scheme revealed deep failures in digital public infrastructure governance from opaque foreign contracts, to unsafe data practices.

"Across India, a quiet purge of digital content is underway." This statement was originally published on indexoncensorship.org on 23 July 2025. Journalism critical of the government is vanishing from ...

Freedom of expression and press freedom in Venezuela have severely deteriorated over the past year. A climate of censorship prevails in the country because of threats, harassment, arbitrary detentions ...

The Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC) is alarmed by the recent detention of at least seven journalists and media activists across Kabul and other provinces, marking a significant escalation in ...

We, the Alianza Regional por la Libertad de Expresión e iInformación, IFEX-ALC, and Voces del Sur, as networks that defend and promote freedom of expression in Latin America and the Caribbean, voice ...

France's court dropped Assad's warrant citing immunity, but rights groups stress the ruling still clears a path for future accountability.

After four years of judicial harassment, an Istanbul court acquitted Ömeroğlu of criminal charges of "obscenity" in June. This month, she was informed that state prosecutor would appeal the decision.

"As Belarusian authorities extend the crackdown into online spaces with increasing pace and severity, they are actively policing speech and dismantling social bonds that sustain civic resistance" - ...

Tech companies like GoFundMe are playing a direct role in silencing Palestinian voices and hindering solidarity efforts, raising serious human rights concerns.

Documenting testimonies from victims and families, a joint report exposes systematic mistreatment and legal loopholes that enable ongoing human rights violations in Egypt.