May 2023 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. Pakistan’s political crisis has turned violent as authorities blocked internet services, China’s crackdown on dissent targeted commentators and comedians, Hong Kong has purged libraries…

May 2023 in Africa: A free expression round up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. May was a sombre month for the African continent, with the fatal shooting of Cameroonian journalist Anye Nde Nsoh followed by the murder of…

May 2023 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. Erdoğan’s re-election promises ongoing rights abuses and persecution of the independent press; a bad month for civic space in the UK…

May in the Americas: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Laura Vidal, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. Violence took three more journalists in the region; Peru approved a bill increasing penalties for defamation and Guatemala’s news outlet elPeriódico was forced to close…

Middle East and North Africa: A free expression round up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. Sudan violence targets civil society and access to information; Tunisia and Algeria suppress political dissent; and IFEX members in the region mark World…

Africa: A free expression round up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. Kenyan protests and the rights and responsibilities of media, expulsions and smear campaigns in Burkina Faso, and World Press Freedom Day messages call for strengthening of media…

Americas: A free expression round up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Laura Vidal, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. World Press Freedom Day saw IFEX members in the Americas discuss and denounce the most challenging obstacles to freedom of expression. Meanwhile, Paraguay presented a new bill…

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 historic win for the media in Fiji, a “Kafkaesque trial” in Vietnam, a Taiwanese publisher detained in China, a new law threatens free speech in India…

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. Free expression crackdown ahead of general election in Turkey; a welcome win for journalism in Belarus; high-profile figures persecuted in Russia for criticising the…