Media Apr 27, 2018 Malaysian news company seeks to have anti-fake news law revoked (Reuters) – A Malaysian media company on Friday filed a suit seeking to declare unconstitutional a new law against fake news, which critics say is aimed at curbing dissent and…
Media Apr 26, 2018 Turkish court sentences journalists to years in prison for ‘terrorism’ charges (CNN) – A Turkish court has sentenced 14 employees of a newspaper that has been critical of President Tayyip Recep Erdogan’s government to prison, convicting them on ‘terrorism’ charges. The…
Media Apr 4, 2018 Egyptian website editor arrested for republishing article on election fraud (The Guardian) – Egyptian police raided the office of a news website late on Tuesday and arrested its editor-in-chief, according to three of its journalists, including its managing editor. The…
Media Apr 3, 2018 As Malaysia Moves to Ban ‘Fake News,’ Worries About Who Decides the Truth (The New York Times) – In highway billboards and radio announcements, the government of Malaysia is warning of a new enemy: “fake news.” On Monday, the lower house of Parliament…
Media Feb 16, 2018 Turkey sentences journalists to life in jail over coup attempt (The Guardian) – A Turkish court has sentenced six defendants, including three prominent journalists, to life in prison over allegations of involvement in a 2016 coup attempt, drawing fierce condemnation…
Publication Feb 15, 2018 Navalny Website Blocked In Russia Over ‘Rybkagate’ Report (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) – Internet service providers in Russia began blocking access to opposition politician Aleksei Navalny’s website on February 15 following an order from the country’s communications regulator,…
Media Feb 2, 2018 Kenya arrests lawyer, keeps TV stations shut (Reuters) – Kenya on Friday arrested an opposition lawyer and defied a court order to lift a ban on three private television stations that had covered the symbolic presidential inauguration…
Media Jan 19, 2018 ‘It’s Dangerous to Write the Truth.’ The arrest and prosecution of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar has cast a pall over media workers in the country, with veteran reporters and editors conveying fears that any journalist…
News Jan 15, 2018 Philippines Shuts Down News Site Critical of Rodrigo Duterte MANILA — The Philippines ordered the closing on Monday of an independent online news site that has been critical of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration, prompting protests from industry groups who…
News Jan 12, 2018 Azerbaijani Journalist Gets Six-Year Sentence (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) – A court in Azerbaijan has sentenced journalist Afqan Muxtarli to six years in prison after convicting him of smuggling and other crimes in a politically…
News Jan 11, 2018 ‘The New Normal’ in Pakistan: a Journalist on the Run From Gunmen (The New York Times) – Fearing that his attackers would spot him from a distance, the investigative journalist Taha Siddiqui threw off his bright red sweater as he jumped into a ditch and crawled through mud and shrubs to reach a highway in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi.
News Dec 12, 2017 Evidence that Ethiopia is spying on journalists THROUGHOUT 2016 AND 2017, individuals in Canada, United States, Germany, Norway, United Kingdom, and numerous other countries began to receive suspicious emails. It wasn’t just common spam. These people were chosen.
News Nov 30, 2017 Global press freedom plunges to worst level this century Media freedom around the world has fallen to the lowest level for at least a decade, according to a study that shows journalists are threatened by government censorship, organised crime and commercial pressures caused by the growth of the internet.
News Nov 9, 2017 Venezuela Constituent Assembly Cracks Down On Media (NPR) – The Assembly, created by Maduro in July and mainly composed of his supporters, bans any message transmitted through radio, television or social media that instigates hate …
Press Release Aug 24, 2016 HRF to Angola: Withdraw Secret Social Media Bill Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns Angola’s obscure Statute of Journalists Bill and calls on the National Assembly to both make it public and reject it immediately.
Press Release May 11, 2016 HRF to Azerbaijan: Drop Criminal Investigation Into Independent Media Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the criminal investigation launched against Meydan TV, an independent digital news outlet known for its critical reporting on the government of Azerbaijan.
Press Release Apr 21, 2016 Venezuela: HRF Condemns Prison Sentence Against Journalist Who Denounced Corruption Natera Febres was sentenced to four years in prison and fined $20,000 for reporting on a corruption case linked to the state-owned company CVG Ferrominera Orinoco and to Venezuela’s Directorate General of Military Counterintelligence.
Press Release Oct 8, 2015 Ecuador: HRF Welcomes Dismissal of Case Against Fundamedios One month ago, Ecuador’s National Communications Secretariat (SECOM) notified Fundamedios that it would be forcibly dissolved for publishing and promoting “political” content.
Announcement Jun 1, 2014 Announcing OFF 2012 Speaker: Iyad el-Baghdadi Iyad el-Baghdadi is a Palestinian writer and expert on Islam and political liberties who was born and raised in the United Arab Emirates.
Announcement Jun 1, 2025 Announcing OFF 2012 Speaker: Asmaa al-Ghoul Asmaa al-Ghoul is a Palestinian journalist and secular feminist known for her vocal criticism of Hamas and Fatah, which led to her imprisonment, interrogation, death threats, and attacks.
