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#Mexico 🇲🇽 @article19mxca profiles Miryam Vargas, an Indigenous broadcaster who turned community communication into a tool of resistance, keeping native languages and local voices alive on air. (In Spanish) articulo19.org/miryam-vargas…

🌏 A new collaborative piece from @globalvoices provides a brief history and overview of protest music, including censored songs, around the world. buff.ly/pWSujGe

Egypt 🇪🇬@Afteegypt says security forces arrested all 6 journalists of the independent fact-checking platform "Matsadaqsh", held them in unknown locations, and accused them of "false news" before investigating. The Journalists Syndicate demands answers. afteegypt.org/en/advocacy-en…

#TheGambia 🇬🇲 @gmpressunion held a pre-election deployment engagement with police officers and journalists to enhance the safety of journalists ahead of The Gambia's general election, bringing together 40 police officers and 30 journalists. facebook.com/gambiapressunio…

#NorthMacedonia 🇲🇰 Butchkuruzh, a project supported under the Digital Spark program, offers lessons on developing a digital queer archive. "Searching for queer histories in North Macedonia often means searching through fragments." @fmeta buff.ly/iEziMcd

#Pakistan 🇵🇰 A new report from @DigitalRightsPK exposes how digital spaces in the country "are increasingly weaponized to trivialize the violence that women face and turn such incidents into an opportunity for gaining personal benefit." buff.ly/hlWWwEY

#Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 @misazimbabwe reports on the detention of journalist Thomas Madhuku, who was reportedly held by the Harare Municipal Police for recording a video of them confiscating wares from vendors in Harare’s central business district. zimbabwe.misa.org/media_viol…

#Ecuador 🇪🇨 @IFEX and @IFEXALC express concern over ruling against @FUNDAMEDIOS in Ecuador, warning that its impact creates uncertainty and restricts the organisation’s freedom of expression. ifex.org/ecuador-ifex-and-if…

#Qatar 🇶🇦Media personality Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Ansari, 55, has been on hunger strike since Oct 11 water & salt only. He can't stand, has lost 6 kg, and doctors warn of organ failure. @Gulfcentre4Hr reports gc4hr.org/qatar-authorities-…

#Moldova 🇲🇩 Civil society groups, including the Independent Journalism Center, warn that the proposal to remove the requirement for urgent review of requests for protection under the anti-SLAPP mechanism would undermine the reform measure. buff.ly/tk6rb1e

🌏 Colleagues and partners pay tribute to the late Cartoonists Rights’ founder Robert “Bro” Russell. IFEX’s Executive Director Rachael Kay described him as “a champion for freedom of expression and cartoonists everywhere.” buff.ly/SfGQzVT

#Nepal 🇳🇵 @ForumFreedom filed a total of 18 Right To Information applications with the Office of the Prime Minister and 17 ministries "to promote transparency and accountability in government appointments and expenditure." buff.ly/FZZmVBk

#Egypt 🇪🇬 4 journalists were referred to trial after prolonged pretrial detention. Does this transfer mean an improvement in their legal status? Read the report by @AFTEegypt bit.ly/4dBqjZc

#Brazil 🇧🇷 @ARTIGO19 presents the winning works of the Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira contest, honouring journalism that defends the Amazon, Indigenous peoples and the environment. (In Portuguese) artigo19.org/2026/10/01/arti…

#Turkey 🇹🇷 @IFEX joined civil society groups in calling on the government to cease the use of blocking orders that violate the right to freedom of expression. In September alone, authorities ordered the blocking of at least 1,270 accounts on X. buff.ly/iX1FFeZ

#Nigeria 🇳🇬 @MRA_Nigeria filed a suit against the government, Attorney General, Inspector General, and Nigeria's Police Force, seeking judicial intervention over gender-specific attacks against female journalists. The hearing is set for October 29, 2026. mediarightsagenda.org/court-…

#India 🇮🇳 @SFLCin has written to Meta raising concerns over the automated restriction of its Instagram content discussing the takedowns faced by Alt New. It also pointed out the lack of an accessible mechanism to challenge these restrictions. buff.ly/Gu3uLZS

🌏 @globalfreemedia encouraged the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment to recognise protecting environmental journalists as integral to the broader protection of environmental human rights defenders. buff.ly/ALQzIZU

#Samoa 🇼🇸 @ForumPacific expresses concern over reports that a @samoaobserver reporter was directed away from an official Police Remembrance Day event. "Security must never become a pretext for obstructing legitimate journalism." buff.ly/rbF5VLJ

#Bolivia 🇧🇴 @ANPBOLIVIA alerts on threat of detention against Correo del Sur executives, warning that criminalising newspaper leadership jeopardises the paper's survival. (In Spanish) anp-bolivia.com/periodicos-d…