Forced to uproot their operations to deliver critical reporting from the outside, exiled journalists say they are still being targeted by Nicaragua's state security with covert persuasion, coercion, ...

PEN International condemns the arbitrary detention of journalists in Venezuela and calls on the authorities to immediately release those still imprisoned, to end all forms of intimidation against the ...

A protest over kidnappings in Edo State turned violent, leaving a demonstrator shot and exposing deep tensions between residents and security forces.

CIPESA has documented reflections spotlighting and celebrating the often-unseen individuals whose work has quietly shaped ...

Journalists conducting a late-night interview in Rivers State, Nigeria, were violently interrupted by armed men who seized their equipment and halted the broadcast.

Niger's junta has unveiled an all-encompassing security law that could turn everyday civic life into a surveillance and compliance exercise.

This statement was originally published on afjc.media on 7 January 2026.

The detention of Sarah Bireete days before Uganda’s election signals how state power is being used to neutralise critics rather than protect democratic choice.

SFLCin hopes to have more transparency from this mechanism, with orders being made public on the Grievance Appellate ...

A draft government protocol for journalists covering press conferences has raised concerns that it could restrict the work of media in the Pacific island nation of Samoa.

The Presidential Task Force on Media Security responded to CPJ about the case of Filipino journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio.

A landmark UK Supreme Court case examines whether states can use spyware against exiles abroad while invoking immunity, with major implications for accountability and transnational digital repression.