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IFEX is a nexus for free expression expertise contributed by over 100 member organisations, spanning 70 countries.
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#EU 🇪🇺 IFEX joins over 70 groups in stressing that structural measures are essential to safeguard Europe’s democracy, uphold its sovereignty, and protect citizens and publishers from Google’s ongoing abuse of dominance. buff.ly/BXbWY7F
January 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
#EU 🇪🇺 IFEX joins over 70 groups in stressing that structural measures are essential to safeguard Europe’s democracy, uphold its sovereignty, and protect citizens and publishers from Google’s ongoing abuse of dominance. buff.ly/BXbWY7F
#Bangladesh 🇧🇩 Civil society groups condemn the December attacks on two media houses. "The harassment of journalists reflects the growing boldness of those who seek to undermine media freedom in the absence of effective state protection." @article19.bsky.social
Bangladesh: Protect freedom of expression and democratic participation - IFEX
A number of these attacks appear to have been fuelled by hate speech and explicit calls to violence online.
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January 12, 2026 at 8:01 AM
#Bangladesh 🇧🇩 Civil society groups condemn the December attacks on two media houses. "The harassment of journalists reflects the growing boldness of those who seek to undermine media freedom in the absence of effective state protection." @article19.bsky.social
#Argentina 🇦🇷 @FOPEA analyzed 113,649 X posts by President Javier Milei and found that 1 out of 7 included insults, stigmatization or violent language, mainly targeting journalists, media outlets, universities and public figures. (In Spanish)
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January 11, 2026 at 10:00 PM
#Argentina 🇦🇷 @FOPEA analyzed 113,649 X posts by President Javier Milei and found that 1 out of 7 included insults, stigmatization or violent language, mainly targeting journalists, media outlets, universities and public figures. (In Spanish)
#Bahrain 🇧🇭 A #UK Supreme Court case will test whether Bahrain can use state immunity to escape responsibility for spying on dissidents with commercial #spyware, a ruling that could reshape accountability for digital repression, reports ADHRB. buff.ly/aokzSUo
January 11, 2026 at 7:01 PM
#Bahrain 🇧🇭 A #UK Supreme Court case will test whether Bahrain can use state immunity to escape responsibility for spying on dissidents with commercial #spyware, a ruling that could reshape accountability for digital repression, reports ADHRB. buff.ly/aokzSUo
#SouthSudan 🇸🇸 When “security” means raids, rape, and forced silence, fear becomes policy. @hrw.org warns this is the true cost of Juba’s law and order campaign.
South Sudan: Abusive ‘Anti-Gang’ Crackdown
South Sudan’s security forces have since late June 2025 conducted sweeping arbitrary arrests of boys and young men and women under the guise of a crackdown on criminals in the country’s capital, Juba.
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January 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM
#SouthSudan 🇸🇸 When “security” means raids, rape, and forced silence, fear becomes policy. @hrw.org warns this is the true cost of Juba’s law and order campaign.
This week in #FreeExpression updates:
🔹 #Gaza: digital economy collapses amid blockade and telecom destruction
🔹 #Europe: 149 journalists behind bars at the turn of the year
🔹 #Afghanistan: media freedom violations surge
📬 Read more #IFEXThisWeek: buff.ly/jL1rdUI
🔹 #Gaza: digital economy collapses amid blockade and telecom destruction
🔹 #Europe: 149 journalists behind bars at the turn of the year
🔹 #Afghanistan: media freedom violations surge
📬 Read more #IFEXThisWeek: buff.ly/jL1rdUI
January 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM
This week in #FreeExpression updates:
🔹 #Gaza: digital economy collapses amid blockade and telecom destruction
🔹 #Europe: 149 journalists behind bars at the turn of the year
🔹 #Afghanistan: media freedom violations surge
📬 Read more #IFEXThisWeek: buff.ly/jL1rdUI
🔹 #Gaza: digital economy collapses amid blockade and telecom destruction
🔹 #Europe: 149 journalists behind bars at the turn of the year
🔹 #Afghanistan: media freedom violations surge
📬 Read more #IFEXThisWeek: buff.ly/jL1rdUI
#Ukraine 🇺🇦 IMI has published the results of its survey of media professionals, who nominate the 'best journalists of 2025' and name their most trusted Ukrainian news sources. buff.ly/XXZ0Qr6
January 11, 2026 at 12:00 PM
#Ukraine 🇺🇦 IMI has published the results of its survey of media professionals, who nominate the 'best journalists of 2025' and name their most trusted Ukrainian news sources. buff.ly/XXZ0Qr6
#Asia 🌐 @peninternational.bsky.social's Tomorrow Club is a space to connect young writers with other members of the community to facilitate mentorship and foster solidarity. @globalvoices.org explores the regional focus of the Club which includes imprisoned & exiled writers.
The Tomorrow Club aims to support and mentor young writers amid polarity and tech-driven chaos
“The youth should never believe that history is written only by the victors, or that it can be permanently manipulated through narrative wars.”
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January 11, 2026 at 8:00 AM
#Asia 🌐 @peninternational.bsky.social's Tomorrow Club is a space to connect young writers with other members of the community to facilitate mentorship and foster solidarity. @globalvoices.org explores the regional focus of the Club which includes imprisoned & exiled writers.
#Americas 🌎 The Inter American Press Association’s podcast explores the scale of forced displacement of journalists in the region, as more reporters are pushed into exile to protect their lives and their families. (In Spanish)
Podcast de la SIP revela la dimensión del desplazamiento forzado de periodistas
Destaca el trabajo de la Red Latinoamericana de Periodismo en el Exilio.
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January 10, 2026 at 10:00 PM
#Americas 🌎 The Inter American Press Association’s podcast explores the scale of forced displacement of journalists in the region, as more reporters are pushed into exile to protect their lives and their families. (In Spanish)
#Tunisia 🇹🇳 Decree-Law 54 has become the main tool to jail journalists and criminalize reporting since President Kais Saied’s power grab, with courts keeping critics behind bars through repeat prosecutions, warns @pressfreedom.bsky.social.
The law powering Tunisia’s crackdown on the press - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York City, December 19, 2025 – Since President Kais Saied’s consolidation of power in 2021, Tunisia’s press freedom landscape has narrowed sharply. A single piece of legislation—Decree-Law No.…
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January 10, 2026 at 7:01 PM
#Tunisia 🇹🇳 Decree-Law 54 has become the main tool to jail journalists and criminalize reporting since President Kais Saied’s power grab, with courts keeping critics behind bars through repeat prosecutions, warns @pressfreedom.bsky.social.
Kenya 🇰🇪 @globalvoices.org highlights how sidelining African climate stories silences continental voices. Filmmaker Emily Wanja is pushing back and reclaiming narrative, space and power.
Kenyan filmmaker Emily Nderitu shows the world how to talk about climate change in Africa
"We’re not short of knowledge or courage in Africa. We’re short of recognition. Storytelling can fix that. It can close the gap between visibility and value."
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January 10, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Kenya 🇰🇪 @globalvoices.org highlights how sidelining African climate stories silences continental voices. Filmmaker Emily Wanja is pushing back and reclaiming narrative, space and power.
This week in #FreeExpression news:
🔹 #Venezuela: calls to free political prisoners and protect dissent
🔹 #Iran: protests continue amid intensifying repression
🔹 Tackling #AI misuse in #UN peace and security work
📬 Read more #IFEXThisWeek: buff.ly/jL1rdUI
🔹 #Venezuela: calls to free political prisoners and protect dissent
🔹 #Iran: protests continue amid intensifying repression
🔹 Tackling #AI misuse in #UN peace and security work
📬 Read more #IFEXThisWeek: buff.ly/jL1rdUI
January 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM
This week in #FreeExpression news:
🔹 #Venezuela: calls to free political prisoners and protect dissent
🔹 #Iran: protests continue amid intensifying repression
🔹 Tackling #AI misuse in #UN peace and security work
📬 Read more #IFEXThisWeek: buff.ly/jL1rdUI
🔹 #Venezuela: calls to free political prisoners and protect dissent
🔹 #Iran: protests continue amid intensifying repression
🔹 Tackling #AI misuse in #UN peace and security work
📬 Read more #IFEXThisWeek: buff.ly/jL1rdUI
#France 🇫🇷 @indexoncensorship.org reports on how changes to Meta's moderation guidelines and practices actually make it easier to target minorities online, and could lead to the closure of a French LGBTQI+ cabaret. buff.ly/jhGX5hT
January 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM
#France 🇫🇷 @indexoncensorship.org reports on how changes to Meta's moderation guidelines and practices actually make it easier to target minorities online, and could lead to the closure of a French LGBTQI+ cabaret. buff.ly/jhGX5hT
#HongKong 🇭🇰 The fire tragedy in late November has raised questions about the impact of the silencing of the independent media, the erosion of civic space, and the absence of a democratic legislature to holding the powerful to account. @hrw.org
The Hong Kong Fire and the High Human Cost of China’s Repression
Images of seven high-rise residential buildings engulfed in flames in Hong Kong in late November shocked the world. The fire, the city’s deadliest in decades, claiming at least 159 lives, is a…
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January 10, 2026 at 8:00 AM
#Bolivia 🇧🇴 ANPBOLIVIA reports that journalist Soledad Prado has initiated legal proceedings against suspects who threatened to kill her, seeking justice after years of harassment linked to her coverage in Yapacaní. (In Spanish)
Una periodista impulsa proceso contra sospechosos de amenazarla de muerte
Una periodista impulsa proceso contra sospechosos de amenazarla de muerte
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January 9, 2026 at 10:01 PM
#Bolivia 🇧🇴 ANPBOLIVIA reports that journalist Soledad Prado has initiated legal proceedings against suspects who threatened to kill her, seeking justice after years of harassment linked to her coverage in Yapacaní. (In Spanish)
#Palestine 🇵🇸 A new @7amleh.bsky.social report says Israel’s blockade and destruction of telecom and power infrastructure collapsed Gaza’s digital economy,cutting people off from work, income, and access to information. buff.ly/SUVN887 #ReconnectGaza
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
#Palestine 🇵🇸 A new @7amleh.bsky.social report says Israel’s blockade and destruction of telecom and power infrastructure collapsed Gaza’s digital economy,cutting people off from work, income, and access to information. buff.ly/SUVN887 #ReconnectGaza
#GuineaBissau 🇬🇼 @rsf.org says the junta’s new “transition” rules risk becoming tools of control, not reform – as they tightening the grip on newsrooms and silence dissenting voices.
Post-coup charter of silence - IFEX
Guinea-Bissau's post-coup transition is being shaped by military pressure on newsrooms that signals an emerging system of control resulting in narrowed public debate.
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January 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
#GuineaBissau 🇬🇼 @rsf.org says the junta’s new “transition” rules risk becoming tools of control, not reform – as they tightening the grip on newsrooms and silence dissenting voices.
#Pakistan 🇵🇰 Women in digital spaces are often met with online harassment and abuse intended to silence them. An overview of the online gender-based violence experienced by women content creators and journalists in the country.
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January 9, 2026 at 5:04 PM
#Pakistan 🇵🇰 Women in digital spaces are often met with online harassment and abuse intended to silence them. An overview of the online gender-based violence experienced by women content creators and journalists in the country.
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#Guatemala 🇬🇹 @pressfreedom.bsky.social reports that journalist Jorge Agustín Zapeta Aguilar was found dead after his family reported receiving death threats, and urges authorities to investigate swiftly and determine whether he was killed because of his work.
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Guatemalan journalist found dead after family reported death threats - Committee to Protect Journalists
Mexico City, December 19, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Guatemalan authorities to quickly and comprehensively complete its investigation into the killing of journalist Jorge…
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January 9, 2026 at 3:31 PM
#Guatemala 🇬🇹 @pressfreedom.bsky.social reports that journalist Jorge Agustín Zapeta Aguilar was found dead after his family reported receiving death threats, and urges authorities to investigate swiftly and determine whether he was killed because of his work.
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#MENA 🌐 #Cybercrime laws increasingly target journalists and activists. This @SMEX case study shows how governments in the region use restrictive legislation to curb free expression while sidelining civil society input in lawmaking. buff.ly/BvkrEvo
January 9, 2026 at 2:03 PM
#MENA 🌐 #Cybercrime laws increasingly target journalists and activists. This @SMEX case study shows how governments in the region use restrictive legislation to curb free expression while sidelining civil society input in lawmaking. buff.ly/BvkrEvo
#Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 2025 saw the crackdown on opposition voices intensify. @hrw.org calls on the authorities to "immediately release all individuals detained solely for peaceful political activity, [and] lift restrictions on political opposition". buff.ly/fME6KG8
January 9, 2026 at 12:01 PM
#Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 2025 saw the crackdown on opposition voices intensify. @hrw.org calls on the authorities to "immediately release all individuals detained solely for peaceful political activity, [and] lift restrictions on political opposition". buff.ly/fME6KG8
#Nepal 🇳🇵 According to the latest report of Freedom Forum, the number of incidents against media houses and journalists witnessed a sharp rise in 2025 especially during the period of unrest
Nepal: Unrest fuels hostility to media - IFEX
Around 22 media houses faced attacks in 2025.
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January 9, 2026 at 8:01 AM
#Nepal 🇳🇵 According to the latest report of Freedom Forum, the number of incidents against media houses and journalists witnessed a sharp rise in 2025 especially during the period of unrest
#Peru 🇵🇪 IPYS reports that the police investigation into the murder of journalist Fernando Núñez shows the crime was ordered from prison, highlighting once again the extreme risks faced by reporters who cover local power and crime. (In Spanish)
Investigación policial revela que asesinato del periodista Fernando Núñez fue ordenado desde penal y motivado por su labor informativa
Lima, 16 de diciembre de 2025.- El Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS) reporta avances significativos en las investigaciones sobre el asesinato de Fernando Núñez, director del medio digital Kamila…
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January 8, 2026 at 10:01 PM
#Peru 🇵🇪 IPYS reports that the police investigation into the murder of journalist Fernando Núñez shows the crime was ordered from prison, highlighting once again the extreme risks faced by reporters who cover local power and crime. (In Spanish)
#Oman 🇴🇲 After ISS detention over an X post, authorities sentenced human rights defender Talib Al-Saedi to prison under the Cybercrime Law. @gulfcentre4hr.bsky.social says the ruling reflects a systematic pattern of repression and urges it be overturned. buff.ly/XwdPopq
January 8, 2026 at 8:02 PM
#Oman 🇴🇲 After ISS detention over an X post, authorities sentenced human rights defender Talib Al-Saedi to prison under the Cybercrime Law. @gulfcentre4hr.bsky.social says the ruling reflects a systematic pattern of repression and urges it be overturned. buff.ly/XwdPopq
#Ghana 🇬🇭 The MFWA condemns the assault on journalist Samuel Addo, by fire service officers, and demands swift accountability and recovery of his seized property.
Ghana: Journalist assaulted by fire service officers during assignment
On January 5, 2026, Samuel Addo, a journalist with the Class Media Group, was assaulted by personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) while reporting on the aftermath of a fire outbreak at…
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January 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM
#Ghana 🇬🇭 The MFWA condemns the assault on journalist Samuel Addo, by fire service officers, and demands swift accountability and recovery of his seized property.