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#India 🇮🇳 @SFLCin traces the growing use of content takedown mechanisms against digital media and independent journalism in 2026 and examines how these mechanisms, and the pressure on platforms are undermining press freedom online. buff.ly/TSNyTYF

📚 International Publishers Association announces the inaugural freedom of expression 'Defenders' award shortlist. "These are all initiatives showing how we can fight for freedom of expression, for the freedom to publish and for the freedom to read." buff.ly/yvaWxWG

#Egypt 🇪🇬 Photojournalist Hamdi El-Zaeem has spent 10 years in detention. Ahead of his 27 September hearing, 16 rights groups, including CIHRS, demand his immediate release. Read the statement. cihrs.org/joint-statement-ah…

#Venezuela 🇻🇪 @EspacioPublico welcomes court dismissal of criminal case against Carlos Correa, confirming charges lacked legal basis and calling for continued solidarity to free all arbitrarily detained defenders. (In Spanish) espaciopublico.ong/tribunal-…

#Belarus 🇧🇾 The latest newsletter of @baj_by highlighted the repressions against independent media and severe restrictions on access to information. It also flagged a broad wave of censorship based on anti-extremism legislation. buff.ly/wAksQMa

#Guinea 🇬🇳 @TheMFWA condemns a decision by Guinea's High Authority for Communication to withdraw the accreditation of journalist, Mamadou Diawo Labboyah Barry, who is the publishing director of Le Lynx and a correspondent for Jeune Afrique. mfwa.org/country-highlights/…

This week in #FreeExpression: 🔹 #Belarus: Freed media managers expose horrific state captivity. 🔹 #Ghana: Press networks launch legal defence fund. 🔹 #Peru: Press groups demand dismissal of lawsuit targeting reporter. Read #IFEXThisWeek: preview.mailerlite.com/m6z9q…

#Ecuador 🇪🇨 @FUNDAMEDIOS marks arrest of alleged mastermind behind Villavicencio murder as a step toward justice, but demands prosecution for his documented harassment and threats against press. (In Spanish) fundamedios.org.ec/la-detenc…

#Turkey 🇹🇷 @bianet_eng published a letter from journalist Erdal Süsem, who has been in prison for nearly 25 years, ahead of his 6 October hearing. “I continue to be held unjustly & unlawfully. For 25 years, I have been waging an exhausting legal battle.” buff.ly/czLiIzf

#Palestine 🇵🇸 EU found Israel in breach of the human rights clause of their Association Agreement over a year ago and still hasn't suspended it. A July citizens' initiative demanding suspension became the fastest-growing ever. @VisualizingPal visualizingpalestine.org/vis…

#Togo 🇹🇬 @TheMFWA welcomes the provisional release of two French filmmakers and their fixer who were granted provisional release on September 1, 2026 and calls on the Togolese authorities to ensure the case is handled through lawful procedures. mfwa.org/country-highlights/…

🌍 @RSF_inter joined several media groups in calling for the full implementation of the European Media Freedom Act. "There is strong demand for it when it comes to media & democracy in the EU, particularly given the political choices currently on offer." buff.ly/J4aOytb

#Afghanistan 🇦🇫 The Taliban detained 12 journalists covering a book exhibition in enforcement of the ban on images of living beings. @AFJC_Media condemned the Taliban action for violating the human dignity and professional rights of journalists. buff.ly/RrDFxIo

#Mexico 🇲🇽 r3d.mx submits contribution to IACHR on AI risks to free expression and privacy, calling for regulatory frameworks to prevent state and corporate opacity. (In Spanish) r3d.mx/2026/04/16/r3d-presen…

#Mexico 🇲🇽 @r3d.mx submits contribution to IACHR on AI risks to free expression and privacy, calling for regulatory frameworks to prevent state and corporate opacity. (In Spanish) r3d.mx/2026/04/16/r3d-presen…

✏️ Cartoonists Rights Network International gathered tributes from past winners of the Courage in Cartooning Award in honor of the group's late founder, Dr Robert “Bro” Russell. buff.ly/9IvXsg8

#Egypt 🇪🇬 Egyptian prosecutors have extended the pretrial detention of Shaimaa El-Shazly for a further 15 days on charges of spreading false news, nearly six weeks after she was arrested at her home and held at an undisclosed location. @afteegypt reports. afteegypt.org/en/legal-profi…

#Niger 🇳🇪 @TheMFWA calls for an urgent investigation into Nigerien journalist Moussa Kaka's disappearance since August 31, 2026. mfwa.org/country-highlights/…

#Malta 🇲🇹 @efjeurope condemns the failure of the judiciary and authorities to convict the mastermind in the trial for the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. buff.ly/itwN254

#Cambodia 🇰🇭 @cchrcambodia has released a factsheet explaining how the Law on Peaceful Demonstration in 2009, which designated 'freedom parks' as spaces for assemblies, has further undermined the people's rights to peaceful assembly and expression. buff.ly/dmWvrDp