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Turbulence in Bangladesh as new government grapples with aftermath of Sheikh Hasina’s ouster
06 Feb 2025 12:35 GMT
… for widespread corruption and human rights violations, is expected to … elected government.
Concern over human rights
Human Rights Watch urged the interim government … Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders, have urged the government …
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Press freedom groups urge Turkey to halt growing suppression of journalists in 2025
05 Feb 2025 19:32 GMT
… both Turkish law and international human rights agreements.
The statement was signed … than 40 press freedom and human rights groups, including the European Federation … freedom in 2024, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
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Rights Groups Protest as Press Freedom Violations Surge in Turkey
05 Feb 2025 11:15 GMT
… and international press freedom, human rights and journalists’ organisations and … , democratic discourse and fundamental human rights in the country,” the … issued by the watchdog organisation Reporters Without Borders, RSF.
“With authoritarianism gaining …
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British journalist banned from re-entering Cambodia
05 Feb 2025 06:58 GMT
… associations, including the OPCC, and human rights groups described the ban as … has fallen nine places in Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index over …
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USA: Trump’s foreign aid freeze throws journalism around the world into chaos
03 Feb 2025 21:03 GMT
Since the new American president announced the freeze of U.S. foreign aid, USAID (United States Agency for International Development) has been in turmoil: its website is inaccessible, its X account has been suspended, the agency's headquarters was …
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Cambodia: British environmental journalist denied re-entry to the country
05 Feb 2025 03:21 GMT
… the protection of human rights defenders (International Federation for Human Rights-FIDH and World … has fallen nine places in Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index, ranking …
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Threats to Freedom of Speech
05 Feb 2025 02:28 GMT
… widespread opposition from journalists, human rights organizations, and civil society … legal consequences. Similarly, human rights activists highlighting enforced disappearances or … PECA Act. According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Pakistan ranks 150th …
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Abdullah Öcalan’s Isolation May Be Coming to an End
05 Feb 2025 01:32 GMT
… 165th out of 180 in Reporters Without Borders’ 2023 press freedom ranking. Yet … conflicts are intertwined. Conversations about human rights, international law, and democracy cloak …
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Hong Kong: “One country, two systems” is breaking down, but not yet dead
04 Feb 2025 23:24 GMT
… dropped over 118 places in Reporters Without Borders’ press freedom index.
Beijing overhauled … more than 118 places in Reporters Without Borders’ press freedom index. The prestigious … ' Club suspended its annual Human Rights Press Awards after the NSL …
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USAID and the Media in a ‘Time of Monsters’
04 Feb 2025 21:58 GMT
… among those affected: according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the aid freeze appears … constantly shifting positions): one Iranian human rights expert noted to the New …