Suicide of Iranian opposition figure Kianoosh Sanjari November 16, 2024 The US special envoy to Iran and international rights groups blamed Iranian authorities on Friday for the suicide of Iranian journalist and...
Calls to stop violations against journalists in Yemen November 03, 2024 45 organizations within the Justice Charter Coalition said that journalism in Yemen is going through the worst phase in its history. For a ...
Houthis use judiciary to target journalists October 20, 2024 The National Union of Journalists joins the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in condemning the death sentence handed to Taha A...
Houthi-controlled court sentences media owner to death October 16, 2024 The owner of Yemen Digital Media and Yemen Live for Media Production and Satellite Broadcasting, Taha Ahmed Rashid Al-Maamari, was sentence...
Iranian journalist targeted for exposing a security flaw August 27, 2024 An Iranian journalist who exposed a security flaw in a key government online system has become the target of legal action launched by the Mi...
Iran Arrests Journalists During Presidential Campaign June 23, 2024 An Iranian newspaper has denounced the arrest of four journalists during the presidential election campaign, suggesting that it was orchest...
Iran Uses Gangs To Harm Journalists Abroad April 09, 2024 Recent attempts by Iran ’s Islamic government against Iranian journalists abroad are raising further questions about the West’s Iran policy ...
Houthi Violations against Journalists during Yemen's Truce March 13, 2023 Saudi and Yemeni human rights groups taking part at the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva shed light on the violations c...
Turkish lawyers under siege December 14, 2021 The Detained Lawyers Initiative, a civilian group that defends lawyers in Turkish prisons, has released a new report showing that the Turkis...
Journalists at risk under Somalia's outgoing president November 23, 2021 Somali militant group, al-Shabab on Saturday evening claimed responsibility for killing Abdiazizi Guled aka Africa, the Director of state-ow...
Turkey, the largest jailor of journalists June 27, 2021 Journalists have been rounded up and imprisoned to a level that makes Turkey the largest jailor of journalists in the world, according to Am...
Calls for rescuing Yemeni journalists April 13, 2021 A group of Yemeni journalists who survived years of torture in Houthi prisons are calling on the international community to pressure the reb...
Freedom of expression in Turkey has hit a new low April 01, 2021 The Turkish government increased its crackdown on critical media outlets and journalists. A total of 95 journalists appeared in court in Mar...
Erdogan's oppression continues despite reform plan March 07, 2021 President Tayyip Erdogan’s government plans to shut down the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). Erdogan’s nationalist MHP allies ...
26 Turks detained over PKK links February 14, 2021 Turkish police forces detained 26 suspects over alleged links with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and another suspect for alleg...
Turkey takes a dangerous path February 02, 2021 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has exploited a conflict with Kurdish insurgents and a failed coup to win elections and wage a brut...
Turkey saw Five journalists arrested during 1st week of 2021 January 21, 2021 In the first 15 days of 2021, five journalists critical of the government were attacked in front of their homes in Turkey's capital. Amo...
Opposition calls on Erdogan to stop repression of journalists January 20, 2021 The Turkish regime has been lambasted in Human Rights Watch’s World Report 2021 for using the COVID-19 pandemic to continue its assault on h...
Qatar's Aljazeera undermines reconciliation efforts December 26, 2020 While Qatar was expected to encourage its media arms to tone down their rhetoric towards the four Arab countries, which all expressed positi...
Turkey’s Long Suppressed Kurds November 21, 2020 Freedom of expression in Turkey is under sustained and increasing attack. Since the failed coup attempt in July 2016, academics, journalists...
