July 2022 in Middle East and North Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. Biden’s MENA tour leaves journalists more vulnerable in the region. Tunisia’s new constitution threatens free expression. Iranian filmmakers arrested. Prisoner releases…

Surveillance in the Americas: A special round up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Laura Vidal, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. Digital surveillance continues to spread in the region, limiting the right to privacy and curtailing basic freedoms in civic space, while threatening the security of…

July 2022 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. Attacks against the media did not stop even after a change in government in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and the Philippines. Meanwhile, the junta in…

July 2022 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 battle for information integrity in Russia’s war on Ukraine; ongoing intolerance of dissent in Belarus; a qualified welcome for the…

May and June 2022 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 and June offered a few celebratory moments, including the Africa Day (25 May) official online launch of “Pounding Pavement, Knocking on…

June 2022 in the Americas: A free expression round up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Laura Vidal, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. Ecuador’s social and political crisis deepens and brings with it a disturbing rise in violent attacks against journalists. The killings of Bruno Pereira…

June 2022 in Middle East and North Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. Rising threats to digital privacy in the region. Disinformation campaigns target women rights activists in Iran. Ending impunity for crimes against…

June 2022 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. Out-going Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s parting gift to media: blocking of independent news websites and the shutdown order against Rappler. Journalists increasingly censored and…

June 2022 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. Evidence that Russian troops executed Maks Levin in Ukraine; 29 UK journalists banned from Russia; spurious charges and harsh sentences in…