#Americas 🌎 @derechosdigitales.org presents tools to evaluate AI's impact on human rights, as well as methodologies that can help governments, companies and organisations anticipate negative effects of automated systems on people's rights. (In Spanish)
#Tunisia 🇹🇳 @rsf.org reports journalist Mourad Zeghidi has been sentenced under Decree-Law 54 and other laws, warning of their use to stifle journalism, as his daughters call for his release.
#Tanzania 🇹🇿 @pressfreedom.bsky.social raises alarm over regulatory overreach over suspension of Jambo TV, spotlighting concerns about double punishment and due process in media governance.
This week in #FreeExpression:
🔹 #Global: Rights groups challenge Brazil over online rights.
🔹 #Kenya CIPESA warns 2027 elections face “digital stress test”.
🔹 #Hungary IPI says election could mark a reset for media freedom.
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#Hungary 🇭🇺 @europeanjournalists.org said the European Commission must assist the new authorities with reforms "to restore the rule of law & enable the development of a media ecosystem that serves the people rather than the private interests of oligarchs."
#Afghanistan 🇦🇫 @rsf.org features the work and challenges faced by 8AM Media, an independent media outlet operating in exile that relies on contributors who covertly report from the country.
#Brazil 🇧🇷 @ABRAJI.bsky.social highlights bill to combat judicial harassment and protect journalists, creating mechanisms to prevent attacks, train state agents and provide mental health assistance, with special focus on violence against women. (In Portuguese)
#Palestine 🇵🇸 @pressfreedom.bsky.social demands answers after two Palestinian media workers died in Israeli custody, warning of a pattern of torture, medical neglect, and impunity.
#Senegal 🇸🇳 The MFWA condemns the two-month jail sentence of journalist Daouda Ndiaye for reposting a caricature of President Faye, calling it a disproportionate attack on free expression.
#Malaysia 🇲🇾 Centre For Independent Journalism questions the police probe on independent media outlet @malaysiakini.bsky.social over an article about a proposed migrant worker recruitment system.
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#Mexico 🇲🇽 @article19mxca.bsky.social presents the "Bullet Machine" campaign, exposing how in one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalism, journalists' families also live under threat.
#Palestine 🇵🇸 At a press conference, MADA said its 2025 annual report documented 957 violations against journalists, most by Israeli forces, with no accountability.
#Russia 🇷🇺 @hughawilliamson.bsky.social, Europe and Central Asia director at @hrw.org said "authorities should restore unrestricted access to the internet and communications networks and end the prosecution of peaceful protesters against internet shutdowns."
#Thailand 🇹🇭 Elaine Pearson, Asia director at @hrw.org, said that the criminal defamation suits against journalists Hathairat and Kowit "highlight the danger of cases filed in retaliation for reporting on human rights abuses."
#UnitedStates 🇺🇸 RSF criticises Google for claiming editorial right it doesn't have by rewriting news headlines in search results, warning this undermines press freedom and manipulates public access to information.
#Kuwait 🇰🇼 @pressfreedom.bsky.social denounces the detention of journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin on vague charges, warning of an escalating crackdown on the press.
#TheGambia 🇬🇲 As part of their election preparations, the Gambia Press Union, with backing from IFEX, is arming journalists with vital safety skills to impactfully confront threats and curb impunity.
#Ecuador 🇪🇨 Fundamedios presents report "Entre la intemperie y la captura" showing an increasingly hostile environment with rising aggressions, murders, censorship, digital harassment, and institutional opacity. (In Spanish) buff.ly/55wflUZ
🌍 According to the Institute of Mass Information, #Russia 🇷🇺 has attacked offices of Ukrainian media outlets at least 72 times since the start of the full-scale invasion, causing damage or complete destruction.
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#Georgia 🇬🇪 In a statement, @mediafreedomeu.bsky.social warns that the deportation of Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadygov is another example of transnational repression in Europe. "Georgia can no longer be regarded as a safe haven for exiled journalists," it added.
#India 🇮🇳 @sflcin.bsky.social warns that if passed, the measure could lead to "unprecedented amounts of digital censorship of critical voices on online platforms, and an oppressive chilling effect that stifles the free speech of citizens online."
#Venezuela 🇻🇪 Ipys Venezuela presents annual report 2025: "Fear and silence are redefining journalism in the country", documenting how growing self-censorship and intimidation are reshaping media landscape. (In Spanish)
#Bahrain 🇧🇭 Environmental activist and artist Mohammed Jawad Hameed has been detained and held incommunicado, amid a wider campaign targeting activists and online expression. @gulfcentre4hr.bsky.social
#Kenya 🇰🇪 @cipesa warns that election integrity is at risk, as authorities tighten control, activists face crackdowns, and online manipulation grows ahead of 2027.
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🌏 Afghan journalist Khadija Haidary's book, “A Letter from an Afghan Woman,” has resonated with many readers in #China, where civil society is tightly regulated, and spontaneous cross-border humanitarian support is rare. @globalvoices.org
#Eritrea 🇪🇷 25 years on, Eritrean-Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak remains imprisoned and cut off from the world, in one of the longest-running cases of press freedom abuse globally.
#Colombia 🇨🇴 @FLIP celebrates inauguration of "No es Hora de Callar" Investigative and Memory Center, marking turning point in Jineth Bedoya case compliance and recognition of violence against women journalists. (In Spanish)
🌐 Operation Collateral Freedom currently enables 177 media outlets and press freedom websites that are blocked in 39 countries – more than half of them in #Russia 🇷🇺 and #China 🇨🇳.
@rsf.org "refuses to cede ground to digital censors."
#China 🇨🇳 UPDATE: Lawyer Yu Wensheng has been released from prison. He was arrested for peacefully exercising his right to free speech, including serving a 4-year sentence after he wrote an open letter calling for constitutional reform. @peninternational.bsky.social
#DRC 🇨🇩 @rsf.org warns that the March 23 Movement is turning shipping containers into secret prisons for journalists - a chilling signal of how critical reporting is being punished with inhumane detention.