Safety of journalists and human rights defenders

Journalists and human rights defenders around the world face major risks as a result of their work. Governments and other powerful actors, seeking to escape scrutiny and stifle dissent, often respond to critical reporting or activism with attempts to silence them.

Threats, surveillance, attacks, arbitrary arrest and detention, and, in the most grave cases, enforced disappearance or killings, are too often the cost of reporting the truth. The protection of journalists and human rights defenders, and ending impunity for attacks against them, is a global priority for safeguarding freedom of expression.

States are under an obligation to prevent, protect against, and prosecute attacks against journalists and human rights defenders. Creating a safe and enabling environment for their work necessitates legal reform, the creation of special protection mechanisms, and protocols to guide effective investigations and prosecutions where attacks occur. A free press and active civil society are essential to ensure the public’s right to know, so that governments and institutions can be held accountable.

Slovakia: Disappointment as suspected mastermind in Ján Kuciak murder acquitted again
19.05.2023 3 min read

Slovakia: Disappointment as suspected mastermind in Ján Kuciak murder acquitted again

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Uganda: Authorities must expedite investigation into the murder of blogger
11.05.2023 3 min read

Uganda: Authorities must expedite investigation into the murder of blogger

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Sudan: Free expression must be protected amidst violence
10.05.2023 17 min read

Sudan: Free expression must be protected amidst violence

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Turkey: Threats to the online environment during elections
10.05.2023 48 min read

Turkey: Threats to the online environment during elections

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Turkey: Control of the internet threatens election
10.05.2023 10 min read

Turkey: Control of the internet threatens election

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Europe: Jovanović and Saviano on legal actions to silence journalists
09.05.2023 13 min read

Europe: Jovanović and Saviano on legal actions to silence journalists

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Mexico: AMLO attacks ARTICLE 19 on World Press Freedom Day
04.05.2023 3 min read

Mexico: AMLO attacks ARTICLE 19 on World Press Freedom Day

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International: States must stop spyware threats to press freedom
03.05.2023 11 min read

International: States must stop spyware threats to press freedom

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Iran: Draconian legislative actions in the wake of the 2022 uprising
03.05.2023 2 min read

Iran: Draconian legislative actions in the wake of the 2022 uprising

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