The Pakistan Press Foundation urged media professionals to ensure they have safety plans in place and conduct a risk assessment in their coverage.

At least 15 journalists remain behind bars as internet blackouts, reported food shortages, and instability at Evin prison raise serious concerns about detainees' safety and access to medical care and ...

Reporters describe working under bombardment and constant pressure as authorities tighten censorship and restrict connectivity, deepening information shortages and further constraining independent ...

More than two years after Nidal al-Wahidi and Haytham Abdel Wahed disappeared near the Erez crossing, RSF urges Israeli authorities to disclose their fate and grant independent press access to Gaza.

Several Jerusalem-based digital outlets were designated as linked to Hamas without a transparent legal basis or evidence, forcing at least one to suspend operations in what MADA calls a direct attack ...

CIHRS links the US–Israel attacks on Iran to deepening violence from Gaza to Lebanon and renewed domestic repression in Iran, calling for accountability, protection of civilians, and respect for ...

In the overwhelming majority of cases, criminal defamation lawsuits have been initiated by politicians, high-ranking public officials, and large companies. The purpose has not been justice, but ...

Journalists Uladzimir Yanukevich and Andrei Pakalenka were convicted behind closed doors of high treason and sentenced to 14 and 12 years in prison respectively. The substance of the charges against ...

Freedom Forum said ordering the removal of the published content undermines press freedom. This statement was originally published on freedomforum.org.np on 27 February 2026. The Election Commission ...

Public denunciations by government officials that equate advocacy voices with extremist groups pose a threat to independent journalism.

RSF has documented four cases of death threats against journalists in Ecuador between January and February 2026, a shocking spike as an RSF partner recorded three of these threats for the whole year ...

A Media Council process could be faster and less adversarial than a costly lawsuit. This statement was originally published on cijmalaysia.net on 25 February 2026. The Centre for Independent ...